Porch sittin'
I finally got our laptop up and working again. It needed a new AC adapter and of course as soon as my eBay transaction went through, Dean came up with the same thing but with a much better price: free.
Can't you tell how thrilled I am that the laptop is working again?
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Wow, I haven't posted anything in a month!! I'm as shocked as you are...not that that means anything. The wife and I spent a week on the west coast with a couple of friends of hers from HS. It was supposed to be part of a 30th birthday celebration for all of us, but now that I think about it, we didn't have one piece of cake! Some celebration. I did get to do this:
I don't mean to brag, but I was able to identify this ride just from seeing the left front headlight. Take that, you black socks and sandals wearing mid-West tourists. Suck it!
I wasn't too keen on touring Hollywood, but I was outnumbered. Finding out that they have a John Wayne airport AND a Bob Hope airport really removed any credibility this town might have had to me. Bob Hope? What about Spielberg International, or Uncle Milty, or even Carmen Electra? I can think of at least 3 people who wouldn't mind taxiing on that landing strip.
We only spent one day in H-wood. I was pleasently surprised to find out that Charro's house has a basketball hoop.
The next day was spent returning one rental car, picking up another (don't ask) and then heading out to Venice Beach and Santa Monica. The beach was pretty nice until some sand got into my sandals. That's when I started getting some blisters on my feet. And the sand was rediculously hot.
Santa Monica was pretty nice, or at least the "Promenade" and the pier were. We didn't see the rest of the town, so who knows hot ghetto that place is?
We left LA early enough on Saturday to have lunch in San Francisco. I was pretty happy because I know how cold it usually is there so I dressed appropriately. The 3 women I was with? not so much. Ha ha.
Although my dreams of eating at Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles were dashed, I did get to eat at In n Out Burger near Ghiradelli Square. I asked the kid behind the counter to make it good, and his suggestion was to add onions. It was ok. I did like that the ingredients were all fresh (allegedly)
We spent the next day at the Jelly Belly factory which was a bit disappointing as they weren't making anything that month, plus, I don't need to eat that many jellybeans. We spent the afternoon sampling wine in Napa Valley and eating lunch. We stopped at this place called Market where I had a tasty prime rib sandwich:
Kim had herself a risotto that she absolutely loved. I think it had mushrooms in it
If I remember correctly, she freakin' loved it. (Does anyone know how I can get the pictures to show up where I have the cursor? It keeps putting the pic at the beginning of the post and I have to cut and paste the rest of the post above it. What a royal pain in the ass)
Anyways, I forgot that I also got this chop salad
If I remember correctly, the wife got some pan-fried chicken w/ mashed potatoes and Heather got a healthy portion of macaroni & cheese. I had a pint of some English sounding porter (whatever is similar to Guiness) but it still managed to taste kind of thin to me. We were all impressed with the little thingy in the can that controlled the foam.
Alright, this room is warm and the picture thing is starting to annoy me.
Ooh, I have a good reason as to why I haven't posted too much recently: apparently the AC adapter to our laptop has crapped out and the battery never lasted long to begin with. One of these days I'll get around to buying another one on Ebay (eBay?)
I found out this weekend that I am about to embark upon the greatest August in my lifetime, and perhaps everybody else's as well. The 2nd weekend of the month, we're headed up to PA as my boyfriend-in-law is hosting a hog roast (pig, to the lay person) Now, I've never been to anything like this and I'm not sure what to expect but I don't know how this can't be one of the top 10 events in my lifetime, up til now.
Then, the week after that, we're going to a crab feast. I've only had crabs one time in my life and found them to be a lot of work for the food, but it was fun and there was plenty of beer involved.
And that, is what leads to the greatest August ever. Previously, the month has only served as a beginning to any Labor Day countdown. Seriously, 31 days of 90-something degree heat with no holidays? Who's idea was that?? Yech.
And so now I'm stuck upstairs with only the MLB all-star game to listen to. I just watched two minutes while calling the wife and I think that is more than I've watched in the last five years combined.
Hmmm, what else is going on? Well, that's all I can think of, for now.
I'll get back to you with the story of the Oregon portion of our vacation and maybe some more pictures, if they don't piss me off too much.
I don't mean to brag, but I was able to identify this ride just from seeing the left front headlight. Take that, you black socks and sandals wearing mid-West tourists. Suck it!
I wasn't too keen on touring Hollywood, but I was outnumbered. Finding out that they have a John Wayne airport AND a Bob Hope airport really removed any credibility this town might have had to me. Bob Hope? What about Spielberg International, or Uncle Milty, or even Carmen Electra? I can think of at least 3 people who wouldn't mind taxiing on that landing strip.
We only spent one day in H-wood. I was pleasently surprised to find out that Charro's house has a basketball hoop.
The next day was spent returning one rental car, picking up another (don't ask) and then heading out to Venice Beach and Santa Monica. The beach was pretty nice until some sand got into my sandals. That's when I started getting some blisters on my feet. And the sand was rediculously hot.
Santa Monica was pretty nice, or at least the "Promenade" and the pier were. We didn't see the rest of the town, so who knows hot ghetto that place is?
We left LA early enough on Saturday to have lunch in San Francisco. I was pretty happy because I know how cold it usually is there so I dressed appropriately. The 3 women I was with? not so much. Ha ha.
Although my dreams of eating at Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles were dashed, I did get to eat at In n Out Burger near Ghiradelli Square. I asked the kid behind the counter to make it good, and his suggestion was to add onions. It was ok. I did like that the ingredients were all fresh (allegedly)
We spent the next day at the Jelly Belly factory which was a bit disappointing as they weren't making anything that month, plus, I don't need to eat that many jellybeans. We spent the afternoon sampling wine in Napa Valley and eating lunch. We stopped at this place called Market where I had a tasty prime rib sandwich:
Kim had herself a risotto that she absolutely loved. I think it had mushrooms in it
If I remember correctly, she freakin' loved it. (Does anyone know how I can get the pictures to show up where I have the cursor? It keeps putting the pic at the beginning of the post and I have to cut and paste the rest of the post above it. What a royal pain in the ass)
Anyways, I forgot that I also got this chop salad
If I remember correctly, the wife got some pan-fried chicken w/ mashed potatoes and Heather got a healthy portion of macaroni & cheese. I had a pint of some English sounding porter (whatever is similar to Guiness) but it still managed to taste kind of thin to me. We were all impressed with the little thingy in the can that controlled the foam.
Alright, this room is warm and the picture thing is starting to annoy me.
Ooh, I have a good reason as to why I haven't posted too much recently: apparently the AC adapter to our laptop has crapped out and the battery never lasted long to begin with. One of these days I'll get around to buying another one on Ebay (eBay?)
I found out this weekend that I am about to embark upon the greatest August in my lifetime, and perhaps everybody else's as well. The 2nd weekend of the month, we're headed up to PA as my boyfriend-in-law is hosting a hog roast (pig, to the lay person) Now, I've never been to anything like this and I'm not sure what to expect but I don't know how this can't be one of the top 10 events in my lifetime, up til now.
Then, the week after that, we're going to a crab feast. I've only had crabs one time in my life and found them to be a lot of work for the food, but it was fun and there was plenty of beer involved.
And that, is what leads to the greatest August ever. Previously, the month has only served as a beginning to any Labor Day countdown. Seriously, 31 days of 90-something degree heat with no holidays? Who's idea was that?? Yech.
And so now I'm stuck upstairs with only the MLB all-star game to listen to. I just watched two minutes while calling the wife and I think that is more than I've watched in the last five years combined.
Hmmm, what else is going on? Well, that's all I can think of, for now.
I'll get back to you with the story of the Oregon portion of our vacation and maybe some more pictures, if they don't piss me off too much.
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Catching Up
I forgot to mention that we went to my friend Jen's wedding last month. When I was living at home in my early 20's, we were the best of friends. Once I left for YCP, we didn't talk anywhere near as much. I got to take off a Friday and we drove up to Bethlehem, PA, a town that I had driven through many times but never stopped. Apparently, I didn't miss too much.
The ceremony was very Catholic with a mass and everything. My buddy Mike showed up just in time to keep Jen from having second thoughts and walking out the front door "These things never start on time" hehe.
We had a good chuckle at the old couple in front of us to made their own monogrammed handkerchiefs: they wrote a big "A" on it in magic marker.
The reception was in downtown Bethlehem in the historic Hotel Bethlehem. It looks like it'd be a great place for a weekend getaway. Cara is so hot. Plenty of shopping and bars within a couple of blocks of the hotel.
The cocktail hour was nice with the open bar and hors d'oevres. (sp?) Cara was drinking big margaritas on the rocks, Mike was drinking Yuenglings, and I really don't remember what I was drinking. We also had some brie, fruit, crackers, and some kind of stuffed mushroom or stuffed puff pastry.
The dinner was on a once-open terrace that has since been enclosed by windows that made up two of the walls providing a nice view on the main street on one side, and a great view of the local landscape on another. Through the entrance to the terrace, we could watch some local high schoolers attending their prom.
We sat with Mike and his date/girlfriend Ale, an old friend Meredith and her fiancee, and some 'fabulous' guy who works with Jen. The women at our table were all smitten with this guy, not surprisingly. He must've talked for 10 minutes about the cigarette holder he bought.
Dinner was very nice. The buffet consisted of a pasta table where I had some penne with a garlic alfredo-type sauce and you could choose from a few throw-ins such as mushrooms, minced garlic, and bell peppers.
The next table had roast turkey and prime rib with mustard, horseradish, and some unnoteworthy sauce. Finally, and much to Cara's delight, they had a mashed potato station with various fixin's like bacon, chives, cheese, and roasted garlic. The only drawback was that the attention to each individual's order slowed down the line as there was only one mashed potato engineer working.
Dessert, natually, was wedding cake. Afterward they brought out a small tray of cold anti pasti. I had some pepperoni, olives, and some other stuff. We had a good laugh at Mike's expense. he spent nearly 5 minutes talking about how good he is at handling hot/spicy foods. he had one pepper and it caused him to cough, hiccup, and start sweating a bit. He couldn't finish anything else.
I did make his day at last call when I got him two more beers and a double scotch on the rocks for myself.
Somehow I managed to drive back to my folks place that night. We had tickets to the yankees-A's game that afternoon at the Stadium. We got there just in time for the overcast clouds to break and the sun came out. As a bonus, it was cap day!
We were lucky enough to see the last appearance for the year of Tanyon Sturtze. it's really something to hear 50,000+ people groan in unison.
After the game we headed up to Westchester to pick up my grandmother and we all went out for dinner as a birthday bash celebration for Cara and myself. We had a huge Italian dinner.
the following day, we started our drive home with a detour into central PA to wish Cara's mom a happy Mother's Day. It was a welcome surprise to her and it really made her day.
it was a tiring, yet very fun and satisfying weekend.
I had a great time seeing Mike and Jen. I don't think I'd seen my parents since Thanksgiving, and these days it's always great to see Oma.
On an unrelated note, I have to go to work tomorrow, but Cara has the day off. I'm going to drive so that I can come home for lunch to watch the US-Czech Republic soccer game and eat some more leftovers from Maggiano's.
That's all for now.
I forgot to mention that we went to my friend Jen's wedding last month. When I was living at home in my early 20's, we were the best of friends. Once I left for YCP, we didn't talk anywhere near as much. I got to take off a Friday and we drove up to Bethlehem, PA, a town that I had driven through many times but never stopped. Apparently, I didn't miss too much.
The ceremony was very Catholic with a mass and everything. My buddy Mike showed up just in time to keep Jen from having second thoughts and walking out the front door "These things never start on time" hehe.
We had a good chuckle at the old couple in front of us to made their own monogrammed handkerchiefs: they wrote a big "A" on it in magic marker.
The reception was in downtown Bethlehem in the historic Hotel Bethlehem. It looks like it'd be a great place for a weekend getaway. Cara is so hot. Plenty of shopping and bars within a couple of blocks of the hotel.
The cocktail hour was nice with the open bar and hors d'oevres. (sp?) Cara was drinking big margaritas on the rocks, Mike was drinking Yuenglings, and I really don't remember what I was drinking. We also had some brie, fruit, crackers, and some kind of stuffed mushroom or stuffed puff pastry.
The dinner was on a once-open terrace that has since been enclosed by windows that made up two of the walls providing a nice view on the main street on one side, and a great view of the local landscape on another. Through the entrance to the terrace, we could watch some local high schoolers attending their prom.
We sat with Mike and his date/girlfriend Ale, an old friend Meredith and her fiancee, and some 'fabulous' guy who works with Jen. The women at our table were all smitten with this guy, not surprisingly. He must've talked for 10 minutes about the cigarette holder he bought.
Dinner was very nice. The buffet consisted of a pasta table where I had some penne with a garlic alfredo-type sauce and you could choose from a few throw-ins such as mushrooms, minced garlic, and bell peppers.
The next table had roast turkey and prime rib with mustard, horseradish, and some unnoteworthy sauce. Finally, and much to Cara's delight, they had a mashed potato station with various fixin's like bacon, chives, cheese, and roasted garlic. The only drawback was that the attention to each individual's order slowed down the line as there was only one mashed potato engineer working.
Dessert, natually, was wedding cake. Afterward they brought out a small tray of cold anti pasti. I had some pepperoni, olives, and some other stuff. We had a good laugh at Mike's expense. he spent nearly 5 minutes talking about how good he is at handling hot/spicy foods. he had one pepper and it caused him to cough, hiccup, and start sweating a bit. He couldn't finish anything else.
I did make his day at last call when I got him two more beers and a double scotch on the rocks for myself.
Somehow I managed to drive back to my folks place that night. We had tickets to the yankees-A's game that afternoon at the Stadium. We got there just in time for the overcast clouds to break and the sun came out. As a bonus, it was cap day!
We were lucky enough to see the last appearance for the year of Tanyon Sturtze. it's really something to hear 50,000+ people groan in unison.
After the game we headed up to Westchester to pick up my grandmother and we all went out for dinner as a birthday bash celebration for Cara and myself. We had a huge Italian dinner.
the following day, we started our drive home with a detour into central PA to wish Cara's mom a happy Mother's Day. It was a welcome surprise to her and it really made her day.
it was a tiring, yet very fun and satisfying weekend.
I had a great time seeing Mike and Jen. I don't think I'd seen my parents since Thanksgiving, and these days it's always great to see Oma.
On an unrelated note, I have to go to work tomorrow, but Cara has the day off. I'm going to drive so that I can come home for lunch to watch the US-Czech Republic soccer game and eat some more leftovers from Maggiano's.
That's all for now.
Saturday, June 10, 2006
Porch sittin'
Man, has it been over a month since I last posted? I haven't completely forgotten about this blog, only when I've been near a computer. Let's recap:
My 30th birthday was a month and a half ago. I haven't really been bothered by the age, I kind of like knowing my auto insurance might go down.
My better wife threw a very nice surprise party for me, inviting several friends of ours and our spouses and their significant others. I knew she was up to something but I just figured it was dinner or something. Who knew she'd have everyone drive all the way up to Germantown just to go bowling. (Of course, she did drive all the way to PA twice a year to see a dentist for years; I guess I should have known)
I can't really remember the last birthday party thrown in my honor except for when Tu got me loaded at Murph's in york. I think that was in 2000.
Anyways, my brother and his wife were in town for the weekend from Brooklyn so naturally we spent all of Saturday watching the NFL draft. Eventually we went to downtown Annapolis for dinner to have a good yet underwhelming dinner a couple of blocks from the Academy.
They got me a bottle of single malt scotch that I haven't had enough of. It's pretty good, though I don't know how good it is compared to other single malts.
One thing that I have been meaning to blog about is that last year at passover, just before my 29th birthday, my aunt was nice enough to tell me that the body starts falling apart at 30. When i was 29 I had several migraines that resulted in me throwing up, I dislocated my shoulder again playing touch football (I didn't even touch anyone on that play) and I also got strep (who gets strep anymore??) with a fever of 103.
For those of you who are curious, this is what my
(alright, I don't remember how to post a picture, but I'll do it once I figure it out.)
What else is new? I started biking to work a few weeks ago. It's about 8 or 9 miles and takes me no more than 45 minutes. I shower when I get to work and get to park in the garage every time (at the bike rack) so far it's only been real hot one day (mid-90's) so I guess I've been lucky. I brought my ride in for a tune up over Memorial Day weekend. Seems like since then, the shifting hasn't been as smooth as before. One day I'll get around to bringing it back, or maybe messing with it myself. It's great exercise, and I'm saving mileage on my car. The only problem is if I have to run an errand at lunch time. There arem't many places near my office at all, and I don't wanna break a big sweat and then have to be around people for the rest of the day...though I guess it'd be their problem to deal with.
movies I've watched recently: Mumford: ok, unspectacular with only a few people you've heard of in small roles
I finished the last season of Six Feet Under. I think I'm going to remember the final montage for a while.
Debs: VERY entertaining.
Hitch: not bad, whatshisname from King of Queens made the whole movie.
Melinda & melinda: pretty good, I seem to always enjoy Woody allen movies
Tin Men: I got it on advice from a co-worker. It did nothing for me
Love Stinks: very amusing if you can handle 90 minutes of that weird guy from 3rd Rock from the Sun.
Last picture Show: a classic that wasn't bad but I probably didn't give it enough attention.
We're leaving for LA on Wednesday. Cara and I are meeting two of her high school friends as part of a 30th birthday bash. We'll be in Hollywood til Saturday morning when we'll head north via rental car to San Francisco. Sunday we'll be in Napa to see a winery or seven and maybe see an olive oilery. From there we head to Ashland in southern Oregon for a day before ending in Portland where one of the girls lives. As far as I'm concerned, I'm only along for arm candy and lifting heavy things. I will try to stay out of the way exept to suggest place to eat. I think we have reservations at the Stinking Rose, where everything has garlic. I'd really like to try that chicken and Waffles chain, In n Out Burger, and maybe Fat Burger, too.
Also, my friend Stef from college lives out there somewhere so hopefully we'll get to see her at some point. I think I last saw her 5 years ago when I lived in Olney and my gerbils were still alive.
I think that's enough for now. Let that sink in and I'll get back to you.
Man, has it been over a month since I last posted? I haven't completely forgotten about this blog, only when I've been near a computer. Let's recap:
My 30th birthday was a month and a half ago. I haven't really been bothered by the age, I kind of like knowing my auto insurance might go down.
My better wife threw a very nice surprise party for me, inviting several friends of ours and our spouses and their significant others. I knew she was up to something but I just figured it was dinner or something. Who knew she'd have everyone drive all the way up to Germantown just to go bowling. (Of course, she did drive all the way to PA twice a year to see a dentist for years; I guess I should have known)
I can't really remember the last birthday party thrown in my honor except for when Tu got me loaded at Murph's in york. I think that was in 2000.
Anyways, my brother and his wife were in town for the weekend from Brooklyn so naturally we spent all of Saturday watching the NFL draft. Eventually we went to downtown Annapolis for dinner to have a good yet underwhelming dinner a couple of blocks from the Academy.
They got me a bottle of single malt scotch that I haven't had enough of. It's pretty good, though I don't know how good it is compared to other single malts.
One thing that I have been meaning to blog about is that last year at passover, just before my 29th birthday, my aunt was nice enough to tell me that the body starts falling apart at 30. When i was 29 I had several migraines that resulted in me throwing up, I dislocated my shoulder again playing touch football (I didn't even touch anyone on that play) and I also got strep (who gets strep anymore??) with a fever of 103.
For those of you who are curious, this is what my
auntlooks like:
(alright, I don't remember how to post a picture, but I'll do it once I figure it out.)
What else is new? I started biking to work a few weeks ago. It's about 8 or 9 miles and takes me no more than 45 minutes. I shower when I get to work and get to park in the garage every time (at the bike rack) so far it's only been real hot one day (mid-90's) so I guess I've been lucky. I brought my ride in for a tune up over Memorial Day weekend. Seems like since then, the shifting hasn't been as smooth as before. One day I'll get around to bringing it back, or maybe messing with it myself. It's great exercise, and I'm saving mileage on my car. The only problem is if I have to run an errand at lunch time. There arem't many places near my office at all, and I don't wanna break a big sweat and then have to be around people for the rest of the day...though I guess it'd be their problem to deal with.
movies I've watched recently: Mumford: ok, unspectacular with only a few people you've heard of in small roles
I finished the last season of Six Feet Under. I think I'm going to remember the final montage for a while.
Debs: VERY entertaining.
Hitch: not bad, whatshisname from King of Queens made the whole movie.
Melinda & melinda: pretty good, I seem to always enjoy Woody allen movies
Tin Men: I got it on advice from a co-worker. It did nothing for me
Love Stinks: very amusing if you can handle 90 minutes of that weird guy from 3rd Rock from the Sun.
Last picture Show: a classic that wasn't bad but I probably didn't give it enough attention.
We're leaving for LA on Wednesday. Cara and I are meeting two of her high school friends as part of a 30th birthday bash. We'll be in Hollywood til Saturday morning when we'll head north via rental car to San Francisco. Sunday we'll be in Napa to see a winery or seven and maybe see an olive oilery. From there we head to Ashland in southern Oregon for a day before ending in Portland where one of the girls lives. As far as I'm concerned, I'm only along for arm candy and lifting heavy things. I will try to stay out of the way exept to suggest place to eat. I think we have reservations at the Stinking Rose, where everything has garlic. I'd really like to try that chicken and Waffles chain, In n Out Burger, and maybe Fat Burger, too.
Also, my friend Stef from college lives out there somewhere so hopefully we'll get to see her at some point. I think I last saw her 5 years ago when I lived in Olney and my gerbils were still alive.
I think that's enough for now. Let that sink in and I'll get back to you.
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Yo Fuzz! Where you been at??
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Well, I'll tell you:
I've been around. I went for a nice 1.5 hr bike ride last week and twice jogged around the block (longer than you think)
also, my birthday was a week and a half ago. My brother and his wife came to town as well as my sister and boyfriend in law.
My better half had set up a surprise bowling party for me. I knew she had something planned, but I never thought she'd patronize the bowling arts. I think everyone had a great time.
The next day we sat around for hours watching the NFL draft. I'm pretty happy with the Jets picks. We went to Annapolis for dinner. I'had some seafood pasta thingy that was pretty good.
Last weekend we got together with our Romanian couple friends for dinner at Benihana. I believe we all had a good time there.
I also got a chance to prune the trees in the back so that I can walk under the branches and I got to the shrub on the side of the house too. I should post more about the goings on outside of our house. Maybe someone out there can advise me on what's going on out there.
We also all had a good time at our friend Megan's birthday happy hour yesterday too. Seems like I jam-packed of good times.
I'm excited about this weekend. My early 20's best friend Jen is getting married on Friday in Bethlehem, PA. I haven't seen her or my other buddy Mike in years.
Saturday we're going to the Yankees-A's game with my folks and brother and sisterinlaw. I haven't been to the stadium in years either. Afterwards, we're headed up to Ossining to see my 100 year old grandmother. I feel bad that I don't get to see her so much.
Then on Sunday we're headed back into PA to see my motherinlaw. Sometime we're going to do some laundry and maybe mow the lawn.
I guess I should tell my boss that I'm not going to be there on Friday, eh?
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Well, I'll tell you:
I've been around. I went for a nice 1.5 hr bike ride last week and twice jogged around the block (longer than you think)
also, my birthday was a week and a half ago. My brother and his wife came to town as well as my sister and boyfriend in law.
My better half had set up a surprise bowling party for me. I knew she had something planned, but I never thought she'd patronize the bowling arts. I think everyone had a great time.
The next day we sat around for hours watching the NFL draft. I'm pretty happy with the Jets picks. We went to Annapolis for dinner. I'had some seafood pasta thingy that was pretty good.
Last weekend we got together with our Romanian couple friends for dinner at Benihana. I believe we all had a good time there.
I also got a chance to prune the trees in the back so that I can walk under the branches and I got to the shrub on the side of the house too. I should post more about the goings on outside of our house. Maybe someone out there can advise me on what's going on out there.
We also all had a good time at our friend Megan's birthday happy hour yesterday too. Seems like I jam-packed of good times.
I'm excited about this weekend. My early 20's best friend Jen is getting married on Friday in Bethlehem, PA. I haven't seen her or my other buddy Mike in years.
Saturday we're going to the Yankees-A's game with my folks and brother and sisterinlaw. I haven't been to the stadium in years either. Afterwards, we're headed up to Ossining to see my 100 year old grandmother. I feel bad that I don't get to see her so much.
Then on Sunday we're headed back into PA to see my motherinlaw. Sometime we're going to do some laundry and maybe mow the lawn.
I guess I should tell my boss that I'm not going to be there on Friday, eh?
Porch sittin'
People are always wondering how life is different after you get married. Well, for me it wasn't that big of a change. We had lived together for 3 years so that wasn't a big adjustment for us. I think the hardest thing to do was remember that she is now "my wife" and no longer "my girlfriend" or "my fiancee".
As far as I can tell, the only way that I've changed is that since I got married I seem to have lost a portion of my fashion sense.
I used to be able to figure out what went with what and dressed with some flash. It's how I bagged my wife (so she says) Now I can't even figure out what goes with black slacks.
On the plus side, I don't care as much. I'm not trying to impress anyone at work and I come right home and change into exercizing clothes.
Maybe this downturn coincides with my increase in Old Navy purchases....
People are always wondering how life is different after you get married. Well, for me it wasn't that big of a change. We had lived together for 3 years so that wasn't a big adjustment for us. I think the hardest thing to do was remember that she is now "my wife" and no longer "my girlfriend" or "my fiancee".
As far as I can tell, the only way that I've changed is that since I got married I seem to have lost a portion of my fashion sense.
I used to be able to figure out what went with what and dressed with some flash. It's how I bagged my wife (so she says) Now I can't even figure out what goes with black slacks.
On the plus side, I don't care as much. I'm not trying to impress anyone at work and I come right home and change into exercizing clothes.
Maybe this downturn coincides with my increase in Old Navy purchases....
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
What It's Like to Be A Man
Last year, during some of the warmer months, I was weed whacking the yard while wearing shorts. Naturally, something small came flying at me and hit my leg drawing some blood. It took longer than I thought it should have for it to heal and I didn't even play with the wound!
Needless to say, last night I was right back out there with the weed whacker and shorts, tempting fate. Somehow, my skin is still intact.
Last year, during some of the warmer months, I was weed whacking the yard while wearing shorts. Naturally, something small came flying at me and hit my leg drawing some blood. It took longer than I thought it should have for it to heal and I didn't even play with the wound!
Needless to say, last night I was right back out there with the weed whacker and shorts, tempting fate. Somehow, my skin is still intact.
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Porch sittin'
so last night I finally got around to watching Cider House Rules with the kid from Spiderman & Pleasantville and that blonde from...uh...something. charlize? Is that a name or a verb?
It also stars Delroy Lindo who I think is always pretty good and I think kinda looks like my friend Derek, except much older.
Spiderman is raised as an orphan and unwillingly apprentices as an abortion doctor. He eventually leaves with charlize and her husband to work on the husband's parent's orchard. The husband eventually ships off to WWII and Spidey and charlize hook up and then the ol' Webslinger has to abort a fetus in Delroy's daughter that was fertilized by him. some people die (fairly willingly) and then Spidey returns to the orphanage and takes over for the doctor who trained him to begin with.
This movie did absolutely nothing for me. There were no reall surprises in the plot. If I grew up in an orphanage in Maine and I finally decided to leave, I wouldn't work on an orchard in the same state and then go back to the same orphanage. I'd head south to see what this whole bikini thing is all about. They got apples down there too!
so last night I finally got around to watching Cider House Rules with the kid from Spiderman & Pleasantville and that blonde from...uh...something. charlize? Is that a name or a verb?
It also stars Delroy Lindo who I think is always pretty good and I think kinda looks like my friend Derek, except much older.
Spiderman is raised as an orphan and unwillingly apprentices as an abortion doctor. He eventually leaves with charlize and her husband to work on the husband's parent's orchard. The husband eventually ships off to WWII and Spidey and charlize hook up and then the ol' Webslinger has to abort a fetus in Delroy's daughter that was fertilized by him. some people die (fairly willingly) and then Spidey returns to the orphanage and takes over for the doctor who trained him to begin with.
This movie did absolutely nothing for me. There were no reall surprises in the plot. If I grew up in an orphanage in Maine and I finally decided to leave, I wouldn't work on an orchard in the same state and then go back to the same orphanage. I'd head south to see what this whole bikini thing is all about. They got apples down there too!
Monday, April 17, 2006
Porch sittin'
Over the 20 or so years that I have been listening to rock, I've mostly listened to bands that were well-established by the time I found out about them. I found the Stones in '89, a good 25 years after they started. I found the Ramones in the early 90's, 15 years too late. This trend goes on for most of the music I listen to.
I've been lucky enough to see the Stones and the Ramones 3 times each.
Another favorite band of mine, Black Crowes I was able to discover when they first came out, in 1990-ish. I caught them once at Horde Fest at Waterloo village in NJ, once at Dickinson College, and a week after that in NYC. After they got Yoko'ed a few years ago, I figured I was all done with them, until this past September. I happened to hear on the radio that they were coming to town the following month to the 9:30 Club. Somehow we were able to get tickets. I was surprised because they have a huge following and hadn't toured in years. It wass a pretty good show, at least the first set was. I missed the second set because some nameless person apparently is a lot older than me and wanted to go home. So I did.
I'm still happy that I was able to see them one last time (probably) because in the future I'll probably deem myself too old to go.
Back in 1994 (or so) the fantastic movie Clueless with Alicia Silverstone came out. featured on the soundtrack was this never heard of band called the Smoking Popes. i loved their rock sound and crooner-esque singing. all of their songs are about having a girlfriend, wanting one, or losing one; very apro pos for me at the time. They were always a fairly local band from Chicago and in those pre-internet days, it was nearly impossible to learn anything about them. They broke up several years ago so the singer could join a Christian rock band...or something like that. I never thought they would reunite, only bands guaranteed a huge payday do that.
Until a few months ago when I was convalescing (sp?) from strep, my better half saw in the paper that they were playing in DC later that week! In fact, it was at the same club where I saw the Ramones play about 10 years ago (I think it was the show where I came home with a footprint on my face)
We got the tix for like $15 (nearly doubled with service charges) The show was awesome. It was very not-crowded and a good portion of the crowd apparently was following the band from one town to another. I also learned that the guitar player, Eli looked just like a hobo version of Food Network's Alton Brown.
After the show, we picked up a t-shirt and their new cd/dvd of their reunion show in Chicago that was recorded in the fall. After that, we were able to talk with Eli and the singer, Josh. We missed out on the bass player, leather pants and all.
Thanks to seeing that show, I've been able to now see all of the bands that I've been a big fan of: Rolling Stones, Ramones, Styx, Weird Al, Donnas, Living Things, Black Crowes, Smoking Popes...even parliament Funkadelic, Bloodhound Gang, and Joan Osbourn before I knew how much she rocked (One of Us notwithstanding) all bands who I kinda like.
I still can't believe that 2 bands who i've liked for a nearly a combined 30 years who hadn't been heard from in years came out of nowhere to play right here in DC and I was able to go see them!
If it came down to it, I could happily retire from my concert going career and be completely satisfied. Now, if I could figure out a way to make some home-made Kahlua, that might change.
out.
Over the 20 or so years that I have been listening to rock, I've mostly listened to bands that were well-established by the time I found out about them. I found the Stones in '89, a good 25 years after they started. I found the Ramones in the early 90's, 15 years too late. This trend goes on for most of the music I listen to.
I've been lucky enough to see the Stones and the Ramones 3 times each.
Another favorite band of mine, Black Crowes I was able to discover when they first came out, in 1990-ish. I caught them once at Horde Fest at Waterloo village in NJ, once at Dickinson College, and a week after that in NYC. After they got Yoko'ed a few years ago, I figured I was all done with them, until this past September. I happened to hear on the radio that they were coming to town the following month to the 9:30 Club. Somehow we were able to get tickets. I was surprised because they have a huge following and hadn't toured in years. It wass a pretty good show, at least the first set was. I missed the second set because some nameless person apparently is a lot older than me and wanted to go home. So I did.
I'm still happy that I was able to see them one last time (probably) because in the future I'll probably deem myself too old to go.
Back in 1994 (or so) the fantastic movie Clueless with Alicia Silverstone came out. featured on the soundtrack was this never heard of band called the Smoking Popes. i loved their rock sound and crooner-esque singing. all of their songs are about having a girlfriend, wanting one, or losing one; very apro pos for me at the time. They were always a fairly local band from Chicago and in those pre-internet days, it was nearly impossible to learn anything about them. They broke up several years ago so the singer could join a Christian rock band...or something like that. I never thought they would reunite, only bands guaranteed a huge payday do that.
Until a few months ago when I was convalescing (sp?) from strep, my better half saw in the paper that they were playing in DC later that week! In fact, it was at the same club where I saw the Ramones play about 10 years ago (I think it was the show where I came home with a footprint on my face)
We got the tix for like $15 (nearly doubled with service charges) The show was awesome. It was very not-crowded and a good portion of the crowd apparently was following the band from one town to another. I also learned that the guitar player, Eli looked just like a hobo version of Food Network's Alton Brown.
After the show, we picked up a t-shirt and their new cd/dvd of their reunion show in Chicago that was recorded in the fall. After that, we were able to talk with Eli and the singer, Josh. We missed out on the bass player, leather pants and all.
Thanks to seeing that show, I've been able to now see all of the bands that I've been a big fan of: Rolling Stones, Ramones, Styx, Weird Al, Donnas, Living Things, Black Crowes, Smoking Popes...even parliament Funkadelic, Bloodhound Gang, and Joan Osbourn before I knew how much she rocked (One of Us notwithstanding) all bands who I kinda like.
I still can't believe that 2 bands who i've liked for a nearly a combined 30 years who hadn't been heard from in years came out of nowhere to play right here in DC and I was able to go see them!
If it came down to it, I could happily retire from my concert going career and be completely satisfied. Now, if I could figure out a way to make some home-made Kahlua, that might change.
out.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Porch sittin'
So, for any of you who watch the OC, I have some thoughts:
Somehow, all the Cohen men (ryan included) all got real dumb.
I'm not sure what's going on with Sandy, but he somehow upset his wife who, for her age, is quite attractice. you never want to upset attractive women, especially one you're married to.
Ryan flew all the way out to Alberqurque (sp??) to invite his mother to his graduation. he first mentioned it to her, but then backed off. That made no sense to me. Apparently it didn't make sense to Ryan either as he later re-invited her. On the plus side, he did manage to hook up with the hotttest diner waitress ever only a couple of hours after meeting her. And she wasn't drunk, either!
Seth is the biggest dumbass out of anybody on the show ever. His girlfriend, the incomparable Summer Roberts applied to Brown U just to be near him. She got it, he didn't. Instead of her turning down the offer so she can be with him at not Brown, he breaks up with her so she can go without him. Eventually she pushes her chips to the middle of the table and asks if he stopped loving her. He says that he did, just to keep up his ruse of not admitting that he didn't get in.
If you ask me, Summer Roberts is this generation's blonde whatshername from Charlie's Angels...you know, the one with the poster. Any guy should know that if you just told her that you didn't get in to Brown, that she'd be fine with it and they'd all work something out.
I can't believe what Seth has done to himself. However, it does leave him vulnerable to a power play from Taylor Townsend who was digging him pretty hard when she first came on the show.
apparently next week is the return of Anna, the blonde punk from Pittsburgh. She wasn't so bad herself, if I may say so (Cara, may I?)
for some reason though, she grew her hair out and from what I saw, it just looked bad.
Anyways, that's all I have to say about that.
what else is going on? Our old vacuum got it's last rights last weekend so we've been shopping for a new one. Looks like we're going with a Hoover upright. From what I've read, none of these things really last more than 5 years. yech.
I've officially decided that I don't really like the band X. I like their version of "Wild Thing" but probably mostly because it was featured in the classic movie, Major League, one of the top 5 best sports movies ever, along with Happy Gilmore and 3 yet unnamed others.
have you heard of the All Male Genetalia pitching rotation?
1st, Chien Mien Wang from the Yankees
2nd YA Dickey (something like that) from some team.
3rd some new guy named Putz (Yiddish for dick)
there are more than those, but I can't remember their names. They'll come to me. I'll update when i can.
My Netfilx viewership has declined sharply over the last month. I watched The Upside of Anger last week. I don't get why kevin Costner always has to play some kind of baseball player. I thought the whole purpose of acting was to pretend to be different people.
The Mets are probably much better off with Carlos Delgado at 1B, but Mike Jacobs is looking pretty good. Maybe they'll trade for him in a couple of years when delgado's contract is up and Jacobs has gotten more games under his belt.
What are the odds that Victor Zambrano pitched a better game that the Zambrano on the Cubs?
Lawn mowing season is upon us. I saw a couple of people doing it today, I'll mow this weekend sometime. I also plan on finally getting up on my bike and going for a ride. I've been saying it for weeks but it's been rainy or lazy out.
That's all I got for now. I'm sure if my better half was awake, she'd be asking when I would be coming upstairs
So, for any of you who watch the OC, I have some thoughts:
Somehow, all the Cohen men (ryan included) all got real dumb.
I'm not sure what's going on with Sandy, but he somehow upset his wife who, for her age, is quite attractice. you never want to upset attractive women, especially one you're married to.
Ryan flew all the way out to Alberqurque (sp??) to invite his mother to his graduation. he first mentioned it to her, but then backed off. That made no sense to me. Apparently it didn't make sense to Ryan either as he later re-invited her. On the plus side, he did manage to hook up with the hotttest diner waitress ever only a couple of hours after meeting her. And she wasn't drunk, either!
Seth is the biggest dumbass out of anybody on the show ever. His girlfriend, the incomparable Summer Roberts applied to Brown U just to be near him. She got it, he didn't. Instead of her turning down the offer so she can be with him at not Brown, he breaks up with her so she can go without him. Eventually she pushes her chips to the middle of the table and asks if he stopped loving her. He says that he did, just to keep up his ruse of not admitting that he didn't get in.
If you ask me, Summer Roberts is this generation's blonde whatshername from Charlie's Angels...you know, the one with the poster. Any guy should know that if you just told her that you didn't get in to Brown, that she'd be fine with it and they'd all work something out.
I can't believe what Seth has done to himself. However, it does leave him vulnerable to a power play from Taylor Townsend who was digging him pretty hard when she first came on the show.
apparently next week is the return of Anna, the blonde punk from Pittsburgh. She wasn't so bad herself, if I may say so (Cara, may I?)
for some reason though, she grew her hair out and from what I saw, it just looked bad.
Anyways, that's all I have to say about that.
what else is going on? Our old vacuum got it's last rights last weekend so we've been shopping for a new one. Looks like we're going with a Hoover upright. From what I've read, none of these things really last more than 5 years. yech.
I've officially decided that I don't really like the band X. I like their version of "Wild Thing" but probably mostly because it was featured in the classic movie, Major League, one of the top 5 best sports movies ever, along with Happy Gilmore and 3 yet unnamed others.
have you heard of the All Male Genetalia pitching rotation?
1st, Chien Mien Wang from the Yankees
2nd YA Dickey (something like that) from some team.
3rd some new guy named Putz (Yiddish for dick)
there are more than those, but I can't remember their names. They'll come to me. I'll update when i can.
My Netfilx viewership has declined sharply over the last month. I watched The Upside of Anger last week. I don't get why kevin Costner always has to play some kind of baseball player. I thought the whole purpose of acting was to pretend to be different people.
The Mets are probably much better off with Carlos Delgado at 1B, but Mike Jacobs is looking pretty good. Maybe they'll trade for him in a couple of years when delgado's contract is up and Jacobs has gotten more games under his belt.
What are the odds that Victor Zambrano pitched a better game that the Zambrano on the Cubs?
Lawn mowing season is upon us. I saw a couple of people doing it today, I'll mow this weekend sometime. I also plan on finally getting up on my bike and going for a ride. I've been saying it for weeks but it's been rainy or lazy out.
That's all I got for now. I'm sure if my better half was awake, she'd be asking when I would be coming upstairs
Sunday, April 02, 2006
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Porch sittin'
Maybe it's just me, but it seems like no one knows the grammatical difference between 'effect' and 'affect'.
My opinion? If the definitions are so similar, why don't they just delete on of the words from the English language (as opposed to Spanish, in case you got confused)
Another word to be abolished? stationery (the paper one) Nobody uses it anyway and it'll save that much money from elementary schools' budgets from saving on all the red ink the teachers use.
Maybe it's just me, but it seems like no one knows the grammatical difference between 'effect' and 'affect'.
My opinion? If the definitions are so similar, why don't they just delete on of the words from the English language (as opposed to Spanish, in case you got confused)
Another word to be abolished? stationery (the paper one) Nobody uses it anyway and it'll save that much money from elementary schools' budgets from saving on all the red ink the teachers use.
Monday, March 27, 2006
Porch sittin'
So we have this couch in our family room on which I have taken more than my share of naps. Now I'm thinking that I might sleep better on it than in our bed.
Case in point: Saturday night I was suffering through the usual congested related problems: not being able to breathe, and well that's about it. It's a good one, no?
So I got out of bed 'round 6:30 out of frustration, and to let Cara sleep some more since she was going to work most of the day.
I come downstairs, lay on the couch, and proceed to sleep for like 3 solid hours. very nice. It probably saved my Sunday.
Then today I come home, quite tired, and without really trying, I sleep from 7 to 9:30!!!
bonus: Upon awakening, it feels like my cold is finally in remission. (I say remission because the way this year is going, it'll come back in a month)
out.
So we have this couch in our family room on which I have taken more than my share of naps. Now I'm thinking that I might sleep better on it than in our bed.
Case in point: Saturday night I was suffering through the usual congested related problems: not being able to breathe, and well that's about it. It's a good one, no?
So I got out of bed 'round 6:30 out of frustration, and to let Cara sleep some more since she was going to work most of the day.
I come downstairs, lay on the couch, and proceed to sleep for like 3 solid hours. very nice. It probably saved my Sunday.
Then today I come home, quite tired, and without really trying, I sleep from 7 to 9:30!!!
bonus: Upon awakening, it feels like my cold is finally in remission. (I say remission because the way this year is going, it'll come back in a month)
out.
Porch sittin'
My prediction: Mason's win over UConn yesterday will be the biggest win in the history of that building (MCI/Verizon Center). None of the three teams that play there regularly will ever win anything that big.
My prediction: Mason's win over UConn yesterday will be the biggest win in the history of that building (MCI/Verizon Center). None of the three teams that play there regularly will ever win anything that big.
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Porch sittin'
So what have I been up to?
Somehow, I went and got myself kinda sick again, being congested since Wednesday. It's been like twice a month in 2006 that I've gotten some kind of bug. Before my company switched from endlessly accruing sick days to only getting six per year, I've come down with something like five times. Last year? Maybe twice.
I really don't get it, I eat well, I get exercise, I routinely get at least 7 hours of sleep per night, I don't live in squalor....maybe this house we bought is one of those poisonous houses, like my mom's was known as a vomitorium for a while a few years ago (four people who slept downstairs wound up getting pretty sick (naturally, two of the times, it was me)).
We had a little delay in having carpet installed in our two downstairs bedrooms so everything we kept in them is still piled unceremoniously in our living room. One of those things is our treadmill. It had been warm enough to go jogging in shorts last week, but this week it had been cooler and then I got sick.
I finally got some exercise today by pruning some branches off a tree in the backyard that had been affected by the snow we got last month. Some of the branches were pointed down and were actually touching the ground. Sensing this would cause a problem for me when I fertilize and mow, I cut off a bunch of them. And since I read that it was supposed to rain today, I figured it'd be a good time to put down the springtime fertilizer, so I did. Naturally, it hasn't rained yet and it probably won't until I try putting out the sprinkler. Then it'll rain.
Get this: Soul Train is still on tv.
Anyways, I saw that ChemLawn is offering to give a free review of your lawn. I took them up on it and found out that we have Kentucky Bluegrass and 2 kinds of Zoysia (or something like that) we got some crabgrass, dandelions and a few other weeds, and we got thatch. That means I get to aerate the lawn in the fall. I'm looking forward to that. I also have to put down some lime which I'm also looking forward to, but not as much.
tomorrow I plan on maxing and relaxing, doing some laundry (all of it, really), watching the race at Bristol, and the two basketball games. I'll probably fit in a nap somewhere too.
Oh, the Mr. Steve Martin episode of SNL is on again tonight. Just in case, I'm much more sober than the first time it was on, and I'm taping it on my dvr.
That's about it, I can't think of anything else to blog about...for now.
So what have I been up to?
Somehow, I went and got myself kinda sick again, being congested since Wednesday. It's been like twice a month in 2006 that I've gotten some kind of bug. Before my company switched from endlessly accruing sick days to only getting six per year, I've come down with something like five times. Last year? Maybe twice.
I really don't get it, I eat well, I get exercise, I routinely get at least 7 hours of sleep per night, I don't live in squalor....maybe this house we bought is one of those poisonous houses, like my mom's was known as a vomitorium for a while a few years ago (four people who slept downstairs wound up getting pretty sick (naturally, two of the times, it was me)).
We had a little delay in having carpet installed in our two downstairs bedrooms so everything we kept in them is still piled unceremoniously in our living room. One of those things is our treadmill. It had been warm enough to go jogging in shorts last week, but this week it had been cooler and then I got sick.
I finally got some exercise today by pruning some branches off a tree in the backyard that had been affected by the snow we got last month. Some of the branches were pointed down and were actually touching the ground. Sensing this would cause a problem for me when I fertilize and mow, I cut off a bunch of them. And since I read that it was supposed to rain today, I figured it'd be a good time to put down the springtime fertilizer, so I did. Naturally, it hasn't rained yet and it probably won't until I try putting out the sprinkler. Then it'll rain.
Get this: Soul Train is still on tv.
Anyways, I saw that ChemLawn is offering to give a free review of your lawn. I took them up on it and found out that we have Kentucky Bluegrass and 2 kinds of Zoysia (or something like that) we got some crabgrass, dandelions and a few other weeds, and we got thatch. That means I get to aerate the lawn in the fall. I'm looking forward to that. I also have to put down some lime which I'm also looking forward to, but not as much.
tomorrow I plan on maxing and relaxing, doing some laundry (all of it, really), watching the race at Bristol, and the two basketball games. I'll probably fit in a nap somewhere too.
Oh, the Mr. Steve Martin episode of SNL is on again tonight. Just in case, I'm much more sober than the first time it was on, and I'm taping it on my dvr.
That's about it, I can't think of anything else to blog about...for now.
Porch sittin'
So we're almost done with the NCAA tourney (5 games left) and I'm slowly yet steadily plummeting down the standings of my pool.
Some observations:
Is there a new trend where the team that beats duke automatically gets into the Final 4? LSU is in this year, Indiana did it in 2002, and I'm thinking Michigan St. did it last year. Frankly, I can really get behind this trend. Teams should be rewarded for ousting the suckiest bunch of sucks who ever sucked.
Also, I didn't notice it so much this weekend, probably because the games were so much closer, but it seemed to me that in every game last weekend when one team was losing by less than 10 and had the ball with less than a minute left, one of the announcers would complain that said losing team doesn't need to take a three point shot. They would never say when that team DOES need to take a 3, though. I'm still curious, when do they need to take it? Perhaps I'll never know.
Finally, we've all heard about George Mason's Tony Skin who was suspended from their first round game vs. Michigan St. for punching a guy in the CAA tourney in the nads. All during the MSU game, the announcers were hoping that GMU would win to continue Skin's career. Since when is it ok to blatently bunch a guy in the 'nads and have the whole country routing for your team? And suspended for only one game? Obviously, the coach figured they wouldn't win a game in the NCAAs so the length of the suspension wouldn't matter. I guess we all showed him, huh? Don't you think that if this had happened at the high school level, Skin would've been kicked off the team, thus assuring that we'd only hear about Tony Skin in the porno industry?
That's it for my basketball thoughts for now.
So we're almost done with the NCAA tourney (5 games left) and I'm slowly yet steadily plummeting down the standings of my pool.
Some observations:
Is there a new trend where the team that beats duke automatically gets into the Final 4? LSU is in this year, Indiana did it in 2002, and I'm thinking Michigan St. did it last year. Frankly, I can really get behind this trend. Teams should be rewarded for ousting the suckiest bunch of sucks who ever sucked.
Also, I didn't notice it so much this weekend, probably because the games were so much closer, but it seemed to me that in every game last weekend when one team was losing by less than 10 and had the ball with less than a minute left, one of the announcers would complain that said losing team doesn't need to take a three point shot. They would never say when that team DOES need to take a 3, though. I'm still curious, when do they need to take it? Perhaps I'll never know.
Finally, we've all heard about George Mason's Tony Skin who was suspended from their first round game vs. Michigan St. for punching a guy in the CAA tourney in the nads. All during the MSU game, the announcers were hoping that GMU would win to continue Skin's career. Since when is it ok to blatently bunch a guy in the 'nads and have the whole country routing for your team? And suspended for only one game? Obviously, the coach figured they wouldn't win a game in the NCAAs so the length of the suspension wouldn't matter. I guess we all showed him, huh? Don't you think that if this had happened at the high school level, Skin would've been kicked off the team, thus assuring that we'd only hear about Tony Skin in the porno industry?
That's it for my basketball thoughts for now.
Saturday, March 18, 2006
Porch sittin'
Question of the day: Why does CBS keep showing the wives of the coaches in the last 5 minutes of the games?
We all know that they will be fairly attractive, wearing something in the color of whichever school their husband coaches at, and they will be cheering half-heartedly, like they're looking around to see if they should be cheering or not.
It was particulary noticeable during the Illinois-Washington game when they kept showing Washington's coach's wife. After every possession in the last 4 minutes, there she was, quietly clapping and looking around the crowd. My only guess is because she resembles RuPaul without the dress and makeup and the cameraman couldn't believe the resemblance.
Also, I usually detest Appleby's Restaurant but their new commericial has me appreciating them a bit. Although it's been shown ad naseum (at?) during every timeout, you can't help but wonder who would let the first verse of the commercial's song be something like "grab a piece of tail".
Finally, after watching UCLA for a few minutes, I can't help but think: "Whatever happened to Toby Bailey?" I think he was a freshman on the 1995 championship team and played well. There was another kid, I think named Henderson, first name was two initials.
My first guess is that they're playing in Israel, alongside ex-Terp John Gilchrist.
I'd like to take this time to propose a toast. Grab your drinks and raise them high and let's celebrate the end of the Travis Garrison era at Maryland. He came from high school as a McDonald's All-American and played significant minutes in his first two years. Since then, it's become apparent that he still needs more time to grow into his body. He's listed at 6'8" and has to be around 240, pretty big for college. Unfortunately, he didn't play that big, consistently not posting up, taking perimeter shots, and making really dumb fouls. Not only were they really dumb, but more often than not, they didn't prevent the guy with the ball from making the shot.
In this, his senior year, he started less than 10 games, rarely played more than 20 minutes. and only dominated the likes of Delaware State and Hampton.
Unfortunately, Nick Caner-Medley also just played his last game. Although he wasn't as consistent as he probably should have been, he seemed to be the only guy in Maryland's senior class who seemed to care about the game.
And Sterling Ledbetter? We hardly knew ye.
I'm looking forward to next season when UMD finally gets a bona fide point guard and everybody can move back to their natural positiion (see: DJ Strawberry) And hopefully they won't lose somebody mid-season like they have the last few years: Chris McCray, Strawberry, Gilchrist (mentally), Hasan Fofana, and Andre Collins.
Question of the day: Why does CBS keep showing the wives of the coaches in the last 5 minutes of the games?
We all know that they will be fairly attractive, wearing something in the color of whichever school their husband coaches at, and they will be cheering half-heartedly, like they're looking around to see if they should be cheering or not.
It was particulary noticeable during the Illinois-Washington game when they kept showing Washington's coach's wife. After every possession in the last 4 minutes, there she was, quietly clapping and looking around the crowd. My only guess is because she resembles RuPaul without the dress and makeup and the cameraman couldn't believe the resemblance.
Also, I usually detest Appleby's Restaurant but their new commericial has me appreciating them a bit. Although it's been shown ad naseum (at?) during every timeout, you can't help but wonder who would let the first verse of the commercial's song be something like "grab a piece of tail".
Finally, after watching UCLA for a few minutes, I can't help but think: "Whatever happened to Toby Bailey?" I think he was a freshman on the 1995 championship team and played well. There was another kid, I think named Henderson, first name was two initials.
My first guess is that they're playing in Israel, alongside ex-Terp John Gilchrist.
I'd like to take this time to propose a toast. Grab your drinks and raise them high and let's celebrate the end of the Travis Garrison era at Maryland. He came from high school as a McDonald's All-American and played significant minutes in his first two years. Since then, it's become apparent that he still needs more time to grow into his body. He's listed at 6'8" and has to be around 240, pretty big for college. Unfortunately, he didn't play that big, consistently not posting up, taking perimeter shots, and making really dumb fouls. Not only were they really dumb, but more often than not, they didn't prevent the guy with the ball from making the shot.
In this, his senior year, he started less than 10 games, rarely played more than 20 minutes. and only dominated the likes of Delaware State and Hampton.
Unfortunately, Nick Caner-Medley also just played his last game. Although he wasn't as consistent as he probably should have been, he seemed to be the only guy in Maryland's senior class who seemed to care about the game.
And Sterling Ledbetter? We hardly knew ye.
I'm looking forward to next season when UMD finally gets a bona fide point guard and everybody can move back to their natural positiion (see: DJ Strawberry) And hopefully they won't lose somebody mid-season like they have the last few years: Chris McCray, Strawberry, Gilchrist (mentally), Hasan Fofana, and Andre Collins.
Friday, March 17, 2006
Porch sittin'
Question of the Day: For any sign that says "No Dumping" (albeitly inherently funny) does that include tree branches?
I was 'delivering' some fallen branches to this park in my neighborhood mostly because I had seen that plenty of other people had done the same thing, and I figured 'It's all trees and trees=nature, right?'
One woman who lives across the street from the "park" said that her husband does it all the time, but some soccermom and her ancient parents took offense to me leaving more nature in this "park".
I quote the park because there is no big field, or picnic tables, or anything parky like that, it's mostly just a lot of trees with a dirt path that seperates our neighborhood from State Rt. 3 and something that resembles a river.
I wonder if I can contact the Social Security people and instruct them to make sure that none of my "contributions" are directed to these people.....
The old guy even took some pictures of me and my car/license plate. Frankly, I'm just surprised that someone over the age of 60 knows how to use something like a digital camera.
So what do you think? Does "dumping" include branches and other nature, or only man-made trash?
Question of the Day: For any sign that says "No Dumping" (albeitly inherently funny) does that include tree branches?
I was 'delivering' some fallen branches to this park in my neighborhood mostly because I had seen that plenty of other people had done the same thing, and I figured 'It's all trees and trees=nature, right?'
One woman who lives across the street from the "park" said that her husband does it all the time, but some soccermom and her ancient parents took offense to me leaving more nature in this "park".
I quote the park because there is no big field, or picnic tables, or anything parky like that, it's mostly just a lot of trees with a dirt path that seperates our neighborhood from State Rt. 3 and something that resembles a river.
I wonder if I can contact the Social Security people and instruct them to make sure that none of my "contributions" are directed to these people.....
The old guy even took some pictures of me and my car/license plate. Frankly, I'm just surprised that someone over the age of 60 knows how to use something like a digital camera.
So what do you think? Does "dumping" include branches and other nature, or only man-made trash?
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