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?
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
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?
Sunday, March 12, 2006
Porch sittin'
So there's an article in today's Washington Post about Romania's quest to join the EU. It talks about how the country will have to mordernize their way of life to get admittance into this union. Apparently, they still rely on horses for transportation
In the print edition is the picture of a sheep that is all white, except for the ears, nose, eyes, and lips. Those features are all black. It looks like something else they'll have to give up is goth sheep like the one in the picture.
Unfortunately, I can't find a copy of the picture. My description doesn't come close to doing it justice.
More importantly, time for new Sopranos!
So there's an article in today's Washington Post about Romania's quest to join the EU. It talks about how the country will have to mordernize their way of life to get admittance into this union. Apparently, they still rely on horses for transportation
In the print edition is the picture of a sheep that is all white, except for the ears, nose, eyes, and lips. Those features are all black. It looks like something else they'll have to give up is goth sheep like the one in the picture.
Unfortunately, I can't find a copy of the picture. My description doesn't come close to doing it justice.
More importantly, time for new Sopranos!
Porch sittin'
I watched the movie Rush Hour today. It is one of the more predictable movies I've ever seen, but it was still fairly entertaining.
What else have I watched recently?
Way of the Gun: Another movie where the Netflix description got me hooked. Very disappointing.
That's about it.
I watched the movie Rush Hour today. It is one of the more predictable movies I've ever seen, but it was still fairly entertaining.
What else have I watched recently?
Way of the Gun: Another movie where the Netflix description got me hooked. Very disappointing.
That's about it.
Porch sittin'
Last weekend I think I only left the house to go out for food. Very relaxing, but it felt very wasteful to me.
I was pretty happy with this week. Since we somehow moved south of the Tropic of Cancer (or Capricorn, whichever one is northernmost...I forget which one it is) it's been over 60 degrees for the last few days, and it's mid-March!!!! I don't mind weather this pleasant, but I do mind it when it's not supposed to be going on. It's supposed to be cold, jacket-worthy weather.
Anyways, it has been nice enough for us to leave the windows open for a few days to de-stink the house, and I went jogging for the first time since September (just before I dislocated my shoulder (again) for those keeping score at home). Since it was fairly cool, I went further than I was expecting, but not even half as far as I was able to last year. I'm looking forward to jogging through LA, SF, and Oregon when we're there in April, or June, or whenever it is. I think June.
Also, we're signing up to run another charitable 5K this year, and I'd like to run the whole thing, or at least not be as sore as I was last year (I could barely move for 3 days)
Wait, what was I saying? Oh yeah, the busy weekend:
Friday night we went out to Tia's, pretty good as usual. Afterwards, we went to Home Depot to put in an order for carpet for the two bedrooms downstairs. FYI: we're now referring to the small bedroom downstairs as the basement. We don't have an actual basement under the house and that's what the room has served as since we moved in. Canned food, treadmill, plenty of other stuff what we never use.
Anyhoo, it took us a while to get help at Home Depot as there was only one guy in the flooring area. All we could do was wait, so we did.
Once we got home, we finished emptying out the two rooms, then started taping it up with perhaps the biggest rip off in home improvement: blue masking tape. It goes for $6, doesn't work great, and has gotten me to actually doubt if the regular masking tape would work. I don't know what the hell is wrong with me. It's f'ing tape!!!
We wound up staying up past 1am, rarely seen territory for us these days.
Saturday morning, I got up, still tired, and went for another jog. Then I ran some errands which included: me paying to pick up some dry cleaning, but then leaving the clothes at the cleaners, buying some mousetraps (see www.myspace.com/blurfish), buying a new air filter for the lawn mower (does anyone have a torque wrench I can borrow? I apparently need it to get the blade off the mower so I can get it sharpened), then picked up some chinese for lunch.
Once lunch was over, the better half and I got to painting. We listened to my new punk compilation which is quite good. We got the first coat on, then broke for snacks and naps.
Maybe it's just me, but it seems like Home Depot paint always requires a second coat. Maybe it's our technique, but maybe it's a way for HD to increase revenues.
Like I was saying, we eventually finished the second coat around 8. It looks pretty good, fyi. It's a light green, like you see in a catalog from some company that sells overpriced furniture or bed sheets.
Cara insisted that we get pizza, which was plenty fine with me, except I couldn't decide what toppings to get. I left it up to her with splendiforous results. She got me The Works. I never get that for myself because I wouldn't pay for it even though I absolutely eat everything that has ever been on a pizza. I could barely stay awake to finish. I think I fell asleep around 10:30.
Today i pretty much did nothing, and it was nice. I did finally get around to Armor-Alling my car, which I'd been meaning to do since I got it, nearly 2 years ago. It also gave me a chance to close the window I left open to air out the car since it was supposed to rain tonight.
Tonight we had a tasty dinner at Chipotle where I was witness to a black guy wearing a Pau Gasol jersey. How often to you see a black guy wearing the jersey of a white guy, let alone a European?
One thing I didn't do this weekend? Shower. Oh yeah, good times.
Last weekend I think I only left the house to go out for food. Very relaxing, but it felt very wasteful to me.
I was pretty happy with this week. Since we somehow moved south of the Tropic of Cancer (or Capricorn, whichever one is northernmost...I forget which one it is) it's been over 60 degrees for the last few days, and it's mid-March!!!! I don't mind weather this pleasant, but I do mind it when it's not supposed to be going on. It's supposed to be cold, jacket-worthy weather.
Anyways, it has been nice enough for us to leave the windows open for a few days to de-stink the house, and I went jogging for the first time since September (just before I dislocated my shoulder (again) for those keeping score at home). Since it was fairly cool, I went further than I was expecting, but not even half as far as I was able to last year. I'm looking forward to jogging through LA, SF, and Oregon when we're there in April, or June, or whenever it is. I think June.
Also, we're signing up to run another charitable 5K this year, and I'd like to run the whole thing, or at least not be as sore as I was last year (I could barely move for 3 days)
Wait, what was I saying? Oh yeah, the busy weekend:
Friday night we went out to Tia's, pretty good as usual. Afterwards, we went to Home Depot to put in an order for carpet for the two bedrooms downstairs. FYI: we're now referring to the small bedroom downstairs as the basement. We don't have an actual basement under the house and that's what the room has served as since we moved in. Canned food, treadmill, plenty of other stuff what we never use.
Anyhoo, it took us a while to get help at Home Depot as there was only one guy in the flooring area. All we could do was wait, so we did.
Once we got home, we finished emptying out the two rooms, then started taping it up with perhaps the biggest rip off in home improvement: blue masking tape. It goes for $6, doesn't work great, and has gotten me to actually doubt if the regular masking tape would work. I don't know what the hell is wrong with me. It's f'ing tape!!!
We wound up staying up past 1am, rarely seen territory for us these days.
Saturday morning, I got up, still tired, and went for another jog. Then I ran some errands which included: me paying to pick up some dry cleaning, but then leaving the clothes at the cleaners, buying some mousetraps (see www.myspace.com/blurfish), buying a new air filter for the lawn mower (does anyone have a torque wrench I can borrow? I apparently need it to get the blade off the mower so I can get it sharpened), then picked up some chinese for lunch.
Once lunch was over, the better half and I got to painting. We listened to my new punk compilation which is quite good. We got the first coat on, then broke for snacks and naps.
Maybe it's just me, but it seems like Home Depot paint always requires a second coat. Maybe it's our technique, but maybe it's a way for HD to increase revenues.
Like I was saying, we eventually finished the second coat around 8. It looks pretty good, fyi. It's a light green, like you see in a catalog from some company that sells overpriced furniture or bed sheets.
Cara insisted that we get pizza, which was plenty fine with me, except I couldn't decide what toppings to get. I left it up to her with splendiforous results. She got me The Works. I never get that for myself because I wouldn't pay for it even though I absolutely eat everything that has ever been on a pizza. I could barely stay awake to finish. I think I fell asleep around 10:30.
Today i pretty much did nothing, and it was nice. I did finally get around to Armor-Alling my car, which I'd been meaning to do since I got it, nearly 2 years ago. It also gave me a chance to close the window I left open to air out the car since it was supposed to rain tonight.
Tonight we had a tasty dinner at Chipotle where I was witness to a black guy wearing a Pau Gasol jersey. How often to you see a black guy wearing the jersey of a white guy, let alone a European?
One thing I didn't do this weekend? Shower. Oh yeah, good times.
Sunday, March 05, 2006
Friday, February 24, 2006
One thing I forgot to mention: when I was at the doctor's on Thursday and she was telling me that I have strep, she said that there's an outside chance that it's mono, which of course let me to think of one of my favorite lines from Wayne's World: " I once thought I had mono for an entire year. It turned out I was just really bored."
Makes me laugh every time.
Makes me laugh every time.
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