Tully Tuesday's Volume 21: Back to 11

I might’ve stayed up until 1:30 playing EA College Football.

It’s amazing. I felt like an 11 year old version of myself just enjoying the simplest of things. I then trounced my 13 year old cousin online and reminded myself that the old guy still has it.

I’m not sure what to write about today. I find these weeks in the middle of the summer go very fast after July 4th. A few weeks from now we’ll have preseason football, and a few weeks after that it will be Halloween and then we’ll be covered in snow.

I often feel like I’m still in High School until life’s events remind me that was a long time ago. I wonder about other people and what age they feel trapped in. I don’t mind growing older, and I enjoy the freedoms that come along with that privilege.

I play golf in a group of people mostly older than me, I always feel like a kid in that setting. I grew up hanging around and caddying, watching matches and shooting the shit, and now I’ve become one of their peers. Sometimes I catch myself thinking about how much younger I am and whether other people think about that. Outside of my inner circle, most of my closest friends are 5-10 years older than me, further progressed in life and I have found those friendships to be very valuable in terms of mentorship and getting different perspectives on life.

Now the thing is I could beat the shit out of them in NCAA Football. I could beat them with BC or Army or Kennesaw State. They don’t know what’s coming. I’m excited to share that sickness (Far) down the road with my kids, letting them know that being a Tully means when you get the sticks you’re playing for the name on the front of the jersey not the back. I’m excited to let my son hang around in a game in a tough environment and then hit him with a trap option and blow the game open. I’ll hold onto that for as long as I can.

When I was 6, my dad used to smoke me in Madden. We’d talk shit, talk about players, and he had a lot more important things to do but he’d always make time, and he always had to be the Cowboys which was sweet because we’d play Madden 2002 and Quincy Carter was an absolute liability. Catch me with Daunte Culpepper throwing bombs to Randy Moss over George Teague’s head all day.

As I’ve grown up I’ve realized not everyone had the same fortune as I did in that department, and I’m grateful to have had that and still have that today.

Back to Food

You’ll be excited to know that I made the trip to New Jersey and had the #1 Sandwich on earth. It was fantastic. I ate 4000 calories a day on vacation, including a surprisingly excellent Cheesesteak from Surf’s Up in Bethany. I wish I could run, I’m sure I could, because I’d love to put back those kind of calories on the regular.

I’m on a Five Guys run right now. I’ll go off the reservation sometimes and get a Grilled Cheese with Grilled Onions and Grilled Jalepenos. That stuff will change your life. It’s also the only way to get out of Five Guys without dropping an Andrew Jackson baseball card on the counter.

The Fast Food Burger is a fascination of mine. I avoid McDonalds and Wendy’s level chains because if you’re gonna do it, you gotta do it right. I think In & Out gets a bad rap because of the hype around it but I would take that up against any of the burgers on the market. Five Guys is the most consistent chain in America. It’s simple, it’s fast, and you’re always getting enough food.

The one thing that I can’t wrap my mind around is the Milkshake situation in America. When I go to Five Guys there are people getting shakes non-stop, I’ve had a few in my day, but getting a Milkshake with Dinner is insane to me. Why would you get Dinner with a side of Dessert? Is there no government anymore? Where is Michelle Obama on this topic?

My problem doesn’t lie with the caloric intake or indulgence of the situation. My problem is I want to dessert to cap off my meal. I want the Milkshake on the car ride home, maybe a couple sips post meal at the table, but I like the delayed gratification of the post dinner dessert. Has time passed me by? I’m the type to go order the Milkshake once I’ve finished the burger. I want the 5 minute intermission to gather myself and enjoy the milkshake at it’s peak. Nobody feels good after drinking a milkshake, why parlay that with post burger stomach? You need the Milkshake to assuage that pain, to really get yourself to come to grips with yourself on that car ride home and really think about what a piece of shit you really are. That’s the America I want.

And Finally, The Tully Tuesday’s PS5 Dynasty league is taking on Members, we have about 9 commits so far, and looking to get upwards of 15-20 before we kick things off. Shoot me a text or LinkedIn message and let’s get it on. Go Bucks.

Til Next Week

TT