Those ribs are AMAZING (with homemade sauce, not store bought and full of corn syrup...), as is the Mac-n-cheese, homemade and the best I think I've ever eaten. As for the "oh that's soo unhealthy" whatever. Its ribs and mac-n-cheese. And it comes with coleslaw, also homemade and delicioius. You can't eat healthy EVERY day. It's just not fun. Once in awhile you have to let loose... As for the "it's not pretty.." THEY'RE RIBS. Slathered in BBQ sauce. Messy. Delicious. YUM. I'm sure your lives must be boring to come here and take stabs at a picture of food taken from a camera phone (high quality photos, really!)

It's the first Friday of every month, and so worth it!

I ran across an interesting blog post from a Galesburg, Illinois newspaper reporter tonight about one of Willie Mays’ early card show appearances.

It was  1986 at a show that was very popular at the time despite not really being that close to any major city.  Back then, the autograph guests were a bonus.  Most people still came to buy and sell cards.  There were about three dozen dealer tables as I recall and plenty of customers.  The hobby was big—but the overproduction era had not quite begun.

It was a long time ago and I hadn’t been able to recall the details from that day but I do remember it being the first time I’d heard about Mays’ tendency to be a little surly when things didn’t go perfectly at a show.

Apparently this was one of those times because a writer who must have been about my age at the time was there too and remembers it a lot better than I do.