Hi,
Another month of TOA in the books! And what a weird month it was, almost historic for this humble space. I highlighted a few weeks ago that moving to a REAL URL had the predictable positive effect on my search ranking, but as I write a mere two weeks later I'm stunned to see TOA lurking just outside the top ten. We're like Everton Football Club... honestly reader, I was expecting the ascent to be more linear, but isn't that one of my common mistakes? Life moves quick, y'all, sometimes exponentially.
That said, the newsletter is a great time to slow down and think about the important(ish) things we often take for granted in everyday life. I noticed my recent posts have focused on The Big Wide World and My Wee Little Place in it, so let's take a break. (But no worries, we'll get right back to The Big Stuff almost immediately - hint, tomorrow's post has the word 'racist' in the title!)
For today, let's have a classic Proper Admin style recap about what's changed in my life since the lockdown started in March.
Pizza Friday
Speaks for itself, right? And this after almost a decade of making fun of any 'pizza Friday' routine - I was wrong, I was wrong!
I started this new tradition at The Hill Tavern near the end of April, their BBQ Pork pizza is on my list of annual Michelin Star Snubs. And don't forget the tots! But weeks later, The Upper Crust countered with 'buy one, get one', so in early June I had no choice but to make a change.
But if I don't write it, how can I read it?
Amusingly, last week I forgot my own rule and created chaos for those crusty folks down the street - I'm sure anyone named 'Tim' is now banned for life, sorry. Hopefully I can rehabilitate my image as 'Timothy' in July.
The lesson - I should read (and reread) my own crap.
So now I just turn on my three computers when I wake up
I wrote (pompously) during the early lockdown days about taking early morning strolls through Beacon Hill, but once the mask order came down I stopped these walks. Turns out, 'drinking coffee while walking' actually meant 'walking while drinking coffee' and the mask made it impossible for me to continue my primary activity.
Back to my roots
Guests to my apartment will recall my preference for sitting on the floor, an effective method for creating extra space in my one hundred and twenty square feet of open floor. But whenever I was alone, I generally sat on the couch. This changed after a few weeks of quarantine when hip and hamstring tightness forced me to reevaluate every aspect of my solitary days. I finally tried sitting on the floor during the day - or I should say, I returned, for this is a true callback to a distinct feature of Japanese culture, and one that I was very familiar with from my childhood.
It's hard to imagine going back to old (couched) ways, and not just because my work from home arrangement was extended through the remainder of 2020. Sitting on the floor has massive benefits that deal specifically with some of my nagging physical problems (flexibility in my lower half, core strength). It's no longer a solution to my aforementioned apartment space constraints, it's a vital part of my overall fitness.
Of course, one possible factor I'm underrating here is the process of standing up from the floor. If I wore goofy tight clothes and paid $200 a month to do this in a glittering gym, it would be called a 'squat workout'. It may be that I'm simply 'working out' every day because of my seating arrangement. If I'm ever forced back to loftier heights, I may try to make do for a short time by incorporating regular full squats throughout the day.
Anything else?
No.
Really?
Nope.
Nothing else?
Well...
Well?
Championes! CHAMPIONES!
There it is...
Ole, ole, ole!
Who taught Klopp how to dance?
Let's say the footage is here if anyone needs it.
OK, anything else?
Sure, one problem this year was how pathetic some of the other teams were this season, particularly Manchester United. It's almost no fun when you win with twenty percent of the season still to go.
Anyway, to increase competitive balance I've done some advance scouting, she seems a good prospect, and unlike some of United's recent forwards appears capable of scoring at Anfield.
Liverpool have not won the league in a week! The drought continues!
In the next month... of True On Average:
1. Never mind this, I need to make sure Jamie Carragher gets home safely.
