Archive for April, 2004

Monday Morning Quarter-in-the-Jukebox: The Funk is too Deep Friday

Friday, April 30th, 2004

Prince - ‘Musicology’
George Clinton with Ice Cube - ‘Bop Gun’
James Brown - ‘My Thang’
one of these things is not like the other, and one of these things doesn’t belong…ok, so, Phish on a funk is too deep Friday? Yes! Check out the little jams between verses on Suzy Greenburg, and the jam at the […]

words

Friday, April 30th, 2004

I used to write poetry. I don’t do it anymore. I leave it up to people who really can…
“A Supermarket in California” by Allen Ginsburg
What thoughts I have of you tonight, Walt Whitman, for I
walked down the sidestreets under the trees with a headache
self-conscious looking at the full moon.
In my hungry […]

he loves it when you call him big poppa

Friday, April 30th, 2004

Yesterday’s Red Sox game rocked!! The seats were great, the sun was shining, and Notorious D.Or.Tiz hit a huge home run!
I caught a nice farmer’s/truck driver’s tan and it’s got me wanting to be outside, taking a nap.

*cough* i’m calling in, ummm, sick today…riiiiiggghhht

Thursday, April 29th, 2004

A buddy of mine gave me tickets for today’s Red Sox day game! Wooohooo!
It’s the first game of a day/night double-header — the tickets were originally for this past Tuesday night.
so…in 2 1/2 hours I’ll be sitting in right field enjoying the summer-like spring day!
I can’t even complain about my job today because I’m only […]

I’m not allowed to complain about my job…well, at least for the next, say, 20 or 30 minutes

Wednesday, April 28th, 2004

so…we’ve got a really large project coming up this summer…correction, I have a really large project coming up this summer. It’s not that I’m doing it alone, it’s just that I’m architecting it and developing it, oh, and testing it, which is just a bit more than most people are going to be doing.
But I’m […]

just swing at the one in the middle

Tuesday, April 27th, 2004

So, this year at Bonnaroo, if three, non-stop days of music isn’t enough, you can hit the batting cages:
-Baseball-
Thanks to our friends at Major League Baseball, Bonnaroo attendees will have the chance to slug for the fences in our onsite batting cages. Pitching cages will put your arm to the test. Wešll also have baseball […]

50 degrees and people lose their minds

Tuesday, April 27th, 2004

so…today is free ice cream cone day at Ben and Jerry’s, and wouldn’t you know it, there are 50-60 people lined up, outside, waiting for a free taste.
It’s 50 degrees out, and these people are acting like it’s the dog days of summer!
Here’s a buck-twenty-nine…go back to your office!

is it friday yet?

Tuesday, April 27th, 2004

ok…so the rain has stopped, but work is slow…can’t I just go home, and have a 6-7 day weekend?

sweet sweep

Monday, April 26th, 2004

Sweet Sweep
With its first series sweep of New York since 1999, Boston improved to 6-1 against the Yankees for the first time since 1913 — when the Red Sox were defending World Series champions.
Powerless
That derisive “1918″ chant, so ubiquitous in Yankee Stadium? Dan Graziano of the Newark Star-Ledger suggested that at this rate, it will […]

I’m Hank Hill, and I sell propane and propane accessories

Sunday, April 25th, 2004

the grillin’ season has been underway for a couple weeks, but yesterday we kicked it up a notch…
We got a new grill!
In our old apartment, our landlord had a grill, so when we moved into the house we only had the Coleman Road Trip grill. It works great for tailgating and camping. I would also […]