In Eckleburg's Eyes - 8/12/2008

On Monday, I caught up with my friends that I had not seen during my convalescence.

I ate lunch with SMA and his mom, BCA, at Calhoun’s. I had not eaten there on a Monday in some time as the place is always packed on “Burger Monday.” It was a good experience. BCA picked up the tab and, as SMA remarked, our waiter was quite intense but made up it for by greatly resembling Harry Potter. It’s a shame the server did not resemble Hermione.

I had not seen SMA in many moons as he had spent much of the previous week on holiday at Disney World. He had a good trip though we did not speak of it much. Instead, we spent much of our time discussing the Olympics. The Decemberists’ “The Crane Wife” is actually being featured prominently in Olympic commercials. As always, I highly encourage you to sample some of their music.

In other SMA news, he convinced me to join his Fantasy Football League at Yahoo Sports. For once, he is beating the rush and founding his own league instead of being stuck with the leftovers in someone else’s. It should make the NFL season more interesting. I have never played fantasy football but project to fair as poorly as I do in NCAA Tournament brackets. In deference to this, I have named my team, Busey’s Bedlamites. Our live draft is presently slated for Sunday, August 31st, at 10 pm (though it is subject to change). If you would like entry into the league, let me know, as there are some spots remaining.

On Monday night, the MoFoS crew met at Applebees. As you may have noticed by the link, MoFoS now has its own MySpace page. It was good to see my friends though I was still very weakened by my recent illness and my depleted energy level at the later hour was apparent. In attendance were CTH, JTH, and JBT. SCB’s brother attended though she did not. After prolonging her Virginia vacation several times, she finally returned to Knoxville on Sunday night.

Unfortunately, JBT’s elbow has not healed well. As per the sehedule, he visited a doctor three weeks after he sustained an injury playing basketball. It was discovered that he still has a small bone fragment lodged in his elbow. He has three options and will likely need an elbow replacement. The elbow alone will cost $5000. Doctors fear that inserting a screw, another option, will almost certainly break the bone. Keep JBT in your prayers.