I've decided to shave the "Earl" mustache clean off. I'm not sure exactly when, but it shall definitely be within the next week. It's getting unmanageable, and I've been feeling like I should try to date again. I'm not sure how many women would flee screaming from a mustache, and I'm not willing to find out. I grew the mustache just to prove to myself that I could, and I'm satisfied with that. It's summer, and it's time for something cleaner and more aerodynamic. My mind was made up for certain when I sat down at my desk this morning and realized that a piece of raisin bran had been stuck in the hair above my upper lip for two hours. Now that is attractive.
I mentioned a few weeks ago that my Uncle Jeff had graciously agreed to bestow a large majority of his baseball card collection upon me. I'm still sorting through the last of it: 62 unopened packs of 1988 Topps brand cards, each with that chalky, rock-hard slab that cannot even be considered "gum" in an elemental sense. Yes, I've actually been eating it. I am a strange little man. Anyway, I opened one such pack and laughed out loud. For those of you who are fans of the Adult Swim cartoon Metalocalypse, I think I have found the real-life inspiration for
Murderface. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you journeyman relief pitcher Steve Crawford: