I don't play multiplayer online games.

You know why I don't play multiplayer online games? Because, if I wanted to interact with people in real time, I'd leave the house.

My family's connection to Fenway Park

So, my wife has heard frequently that my father's father's father Hedley Osmond was a superintendent at Fenway Park, and she was rolling her eyes about that -- why did my family go on and on about that? What was so cool about that?

What she realized when we were talking at Easter is that she was mishearing it: Hedly Osmond wasn't a superintendent at Fenway Park -- he was the superintendent of Fenway Park. Hedley Osmond was in overall charge of the physical plant of Fenway Park from construction until he retired sometime in the Sixties.

He's the reason the Green Monster is green. You know why Fenway Park is painted green? Because my great-grandfather got a deal on a whole bunch of green paint cheap.