Goin'-Goin', Back-Back, to Itha-ca-ca

It was three years ago this weekend (give or take) that I made my first and, to this point, only trip to Ithaca, NY.It was 2006, and my brother was about to graduate from law school. Those pre-recession halcyon days were a different, more carefree time for A.F.O.M.G. There was no worry about the GMAT, business school or the the next job. Life wasn't for the orgiastic future, that could wait. As a paralegal at a pre-TARP investment bank, I was working 9-to-5 and making more money than somebody who lived rent-free at home could know what to do with.Best of all, the Mets were winning, and winning big. On this day in 2006, the Mets were 21-10. Back then there was no 2007, no back-to-back playoff misses on the last day of the season. There was only the daily joy of watching a really good team win a lot of games. For me, it was all orgiastic present.* * * * *This afternoon I'll return to Ithaca for my sister's law school graduation. The Mets are 14-13 now, half a game out of f...