As some of you may remember, Animated Meat first came to life in 2008 as a way to document some sights that managed to slip through the cracks of most popular travel websites. You may also remember that the original website was built on Apple's now defunct iWeb. From there, it migrated over to WordPress where it met an untimely demise at the hands of Russian hackers. Many of those old, pre-2012 entries have found a new home here in the Before the Now section. I would consider these posts as my starting place as a writer, probably comparable to a musician's first demo tapes. They are very rough, but I took them all seriously and wrote each one with passion. While I would like to believe that I have matured in my abilities as a writer, it is my hope that I carry this same blind passion into all of my new efforts.

Angel Stadium - Originally Published 2009

February 10, 2019

“Take me out to the ballgame. Take me out to the crowd.”

Excuse me? Are you telling me to TAKE you out to the ballgame?

“Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack.”

Buy you some peanuts and Cracker Jack? Do you think I’m made of money? Do you realize that some scalper charged me sixty bucks each for these seats? How about you just sit back a and enjoy the game?

“I don’t care if I never get back.”