You're middle-age. You're a working man. Typically, you try and hit the sack as early as possible, because whatever you have to do in the morning, it requires lots and lots of delicious, delirious sleep. I know the feeling. But no, you're a dedicated Cubs fan, so when the boys in blue go out to San Fransisco and start at 9:15 CST, you do your fanly duty and stay up to watch. And as the bullet blasts through your wall, mere inches from where you lay your pillow, the one thing you think is: Thank God the Cubs are on:
Instead, Wednesday's late game had Ben Von Bruenchenhein up and in the living room of his Arlington Heights apartment about 10:15 p.m., watching Cubs star Aramis Ramirez smash a game-tying double.If you're asking who pulled the trigger -- no, it wasn't Diddy -- it was more benign than you think: Von Bruenchenhein's 82-year-old neighbor forgot his gun was loaded when he was moving it, and pulled the trigger. (He was appropriately embarrassed.) But of course there are lessons here:
That was also when a bullet ripped through his 15th floor apartment, slicing through the wall just above his bedroom pillow.
"If it wasn't a West Coast game, I would be asleep or reading a book in bed,'' said Von Bruenchenhein, 36, who is currently reading Lucky You by Carl Hiaasen. "The shot went between my bed and my light and my alarm clock."
1. If you're 82 years old, get rid of your guns.
2. Life is always about choices, luck, and the random variability of the universe.
3. The Cubs save lives.
(HT: Out of Right Field)
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