Well, decided I needed my own table...
So I want to a used items store and bought one!
After a few trips to the hardware store, a trip to a fabric store, and using some nice fancy saws at work, I think I ended up with something nice.

Table with materials laid out on top:


Table complete:


With tiles set up:

Great piece of work! Proper old skool sit-on-the-floor stylee! Very nice.

PS I like to go barefoot at home too.

Two nights ago, I took my son and older daughter to see a AAA game at Coca-Cola Park here in Allentown. The local team, the tragically named Iron Pigs, lost to the Syracuse Chiefs, 3-2. But I didn't care about the outcome. It was a beautiful night in a beautiful park, and we got to see a mostly well-played game.

The kids at first were disappointed that we weren't going to get to see real major-leaguers; they'd heard that the Iron Pigs are affiliated with the Phillies, and somehow got the impression the Phillies were coming up here to the Lehigh Valley to play a game.

So I had to explain the difference between major- and minor-league ball, which is surprisingly difficult to do. I started out with some simple math: If we estimate that there are 900 major leaguers (30 teams times 30 players, which includes the 25 guys on the active roster and maybe five guys on the disabled list), and that those 900 are the best baseball players on the planet, then the guys in AAA are the next-best 900. Or at least they're in the top 2,000 baseball players in the world, based on present ability, as opposed to projection or past performance.




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