SOFTBALL - NO

For the second week in a row, my softball game got rained out. Instead, I was fortunate to have a nice birthday dinner with some of my kids and grandchildren. We had a great time. I got presents; shirts, deodorant, wine, pictures of myself, and blue shoes.

YES, BLUE SHOES!

Not just any blue shoes. Not blue suede shoes like Elvis wore. No, they are blue rubber shoes. Not rubber shoes like rain or snow shoes. No, these blue rubber shoes have holes in them. Big round holes all over the top. These blue rubber shoes with holes on top are molded by Chinese so that they are one piece of rubber - top and bottom, front and oops, there is no back. The insole is all bumpy and there is a blue rubber strap that holds your foot in place.

I've seen little kids wear shoes like this. I've seen women wear shoes like this. I've NEVER seen a MAN wear shoes like this.

On the attached sales tag, it says MEN'S CLOGS. If you look closely, you can see the words CORONA EXTRA all over the top of the shoe. They are walking billboards for a beer brewery...but, not a manly beer...a beer that people drink with a lime wedge in it. I dare say, you will never find shoes like this with Budweiser printed on them.

I think I'm the first man to ever own a pair of these things. All over the country, guys, who must have the first of everything, were standing in line to get the first i-phones. Little did they know that they could have had the first men's blue rubber shoes with holes on top and no back for a lot less money.