Saturday, September 27, 2008

Out of the Park

If I hear the expression “hit it out of the park” one more time, I’m sure I will commit a felony, though what section of the penal code that will involve, I’m not sure of yet.

We’re Americans, and we have to score everything. In the big debate, neither McCain nor Obama hit it out of the park, the analysts said. But hey, was there a ground rule double, a bunt, or a sacrifice fly? I guess most people had it a draw.

Did you notice the approval bars that CNN was running continuously through the contest, to show how various constituencies were reacting? What exactly did it tell you? But hey, it’s a score.

Go on the Internet. Everything is rated from one to five stars. We all are assigned credit scores (not that those are of any particular use right now). No matter how good an eBay seller you are, there’s always somebody that wants to give you a low score and bust your average. It’s inevitable.

How good a life have we all led, on a scale of 1 to 10? I  guess I’ve done a passable job so far, but if I had my druthers, I think I’d rather have it expressed in a pie chart that a graph. As long as I get to enjoy some of the pie.

There, now I've said it.

1 comment:

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I have experienced the same thing when I am having some time to spend in the park that is near to my house. There are many things that I use to notice for the first time.