Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - I Learned This in Sunday School

Another day, another day of waiting. Hard to tell from Baltimore if any work was done today, like maybe a plumbing inspection, but Cara thinks we may have failed the required check. I haven't heard either way from our contractor, but no concrete has been poured, which is the sign of a successful inspection. We shall see on Thursday. As mentioned, today I am in Baltimore for the mother of all boring training sessions. Nothing like a little compliance training to get the blood flowing. Tonight, all of the excitement was hitting the streets of Baltimore and listing to some good ol' southern rock 'n' roll - all the Allman Brothers, The Band, ZZ Top, and George Thorogood you could stand - in a state north of the Mason-Dixon line. Nearly all night the lead singer would pontificate before every other song, "I learned this in Sunday school," but I'm not even sure what that means. The band, however, was a bit delayed in its start as they awaited the bass player to show. Why is it the bass player who always screws things up? One of my co-workers blurted out, just about 30 seconds after I thought it, (and right as the crowd was dead silent) that the bass player looked just like Andre the Giant, albeit a bit smaller...except the head, which I think was about the same size as the esteemed wrestling great. The bass player's tardiness wasn't helped by the fact that when he walked into start the show, bass thrown over his shoulder, he walked straight into a wall right in fronth of everybody. Didn't seem to bother him much, although he did keep his eyes shut tight the entire night. I think he played based simply on muscle memory. But he did what all good bass players do - he just stood there.