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so…as I was pulling into the parking lot this morning The Beatles were on the radio:
“I’d hate to miss the train…oh yeah!”
it was rather appropriate as I managed to either miss or almost miss my train six times over the last 8 work days.
Today? On time. Early, in fact. I ran just out of habit.
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Between […]

so…yesterday marked the 5th anniversary of minorthird.com. What? You missed the fanfare and huge celebration? Oh, that’s right…there wasn’t any. Actually, I let the clock tick down until it was almost too late to renew my registration…but, alas, here I am.
I barely read any blogs anymore — flickr is the blog killer — but I’ve […]

so…there is a guy standing next to me on the Green line platform wearing a fur coat — it’s not every day that you see that (it shouldn’t be any day that you see that!)
when women wear fur it either makes them look either regal or stuck up; this guy just looks like fucking Chewbacca!

Ice from plane destroys shed
so…why is it that when a large chunk of airplane toilet ice hits something on the ground there is always someone willing to hold it up for the camera?
Dude…it’s a huge block of ice! From a toilet! On an airplane!
Did you miss the toilet part?
Great! Your garage was just levelled […]

so…I think it’s either slightly ironic or slightly like a kick in the crotch that they’re playing “It Never Rains In Southern California” on the platform at the train station while it’s snowing.

so…I want to be so wrong on this, but, the Red Sox are going to screw this whole deal with Mike Lowell, all on the grounds of a fucking year — but, they’ll contemplate giving a 10-year, $300+ million offer to Arod?
2008 might be the year of the idiot all over again…
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in response to the […]

so…how do you make a situation like waiting for a late train in 35-degree weather even less enjoyable? (keep in mind that all of the usual annoyances, read: people, are accounted for)
pipe in every Enya song known to man…
I’m going have “Sail away” stuck in my head all fucking day now! Thank you MBTA!

so…two posts in one morning…some strange is afoot…
actually, nothing strange, just three more things…
to counter the effects of the 5 people in the office that MUST turn on ALL of the overhead lights in the office WITHOUT warning, I need to invent a “cone of darkness.” It would be like the “cone of silence” on […]

so…three things…
Red Sox!!!
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we have a neighborhood skunk, and on occasion I’ll see him in the morning. We exchange civil looks and the occasional grunt — mine saying “dude! We’re cool, I’m just moving sllllooooowwwwly to my car” and his saying “hey, you allllmmmooost scared me, but I’m too tired to spray you, so I’ll let […]

so…I was in the first group of 60 to get called up to a courtroom. After all of the challenges, I came 10 people away from being impanelled.
In the first pass through the 60 potentials, at least 20 stated that they might have a hard time serving their duty. I understand that. However, at least […]