memento
i had my 10 year high school reunion this past weekend. I actually drove down to philly by myself. Di made plans to visit her friend in N.C., so i was flying solo. The reunion was on friday night. I had an absolute blast. i saw a good many people that i hadn't seen in forever: packer, boland, raftery, shevland, alloway, phil ballard(!), etc. there was, needless to say, lots and lots of alcohol being consumed. I'm not going to say i drank too much, but i woke up the next morning feeling like the guy from "Memento" and brandishing odd cuts all over my right hand and a bruise on the side of my hip. word on the street is i didn't get into a fight (thank god)... so who knows what really went down. and no, there were no lewd acts involved. get your mind out of the gutter. we were all very well behaved. it was our livers that were out of control.

cannon fodder
my buddy john turned me onto True Combat: Elite. It's a completely free online shooting game. basically, it's like being in a war. it's crazy. i get killed way way way more often than i kill anyone else. it's great!

pimp dionne's ride
the wifey finally got a new set of wheels this week. she settled on a brand new toyota yaris. so far, she loves it.

a new look
Di managed to redesign her blog. check it out. she got rid of the retina-burning pink motif.

i watched this like 10 times today. it's still funny.

check out this great clip: Matthew Le Tissier's top 10 goals:

how sports are like members of your family
this just cracked me up....
The Intimidation Station: its a family affair

this goal by brian ching of the houston dynam (mls) is just badass. check out the replay!

Kasabian's new video for "empire" (also the name of their new) album is absolutely golden. a great song and a great, original video. i can't get enough. unfortunately i missed their concert a few weeks back in Boston. too bad, since I hear their live shows are off the chain.

is it me, or has bush's presidency just devolved from merely evil into a complete farce. check out this lovely quote from a recent bush appearance

DubyaSpeak.com : Fresh Dubya:

"DUBYA: I fully understand, however, that there will be a Russian-style democracy. I don't expect Russia to look like the United States. As Vladimir pointedly reminded me last night, we have a different history, different traditions. And I will let him describe to you his way forward, but he shared with me some very interesting thoughts that I think would surprise some of our citizens. Now that I've lured you into the deal here, you know -- like, for example, how do you promote land reform. So we discussed land reform. You know, one of the interesting decisions a government has to make, particularly this government would have to make, is how do you encourage private ownership of land further than that which has already happened. Anyway, he shared some thoughts with me. Sorry to put -- lay the trap out there for you -- but it was a good discussion. He's a strong man. Look, he's willing to listen, but he also explains to me, he doesn't want anybody telling him how to run his government. He was elected. And so it was a cordial relationship. But he can speak for himself.
PRESIDENT PUTIN: We certainly would not want to have the same kind of democracy as they have in Iraq, I will tell you quite honestly. [Massive laughter erupts]
DUBYA: Just wait.

-- Dubya suffers from a zinger issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin, and issues sad retort: 'Just wait.' Strelna, Russia, Jul. 15, 2006"

check this out...

Sorry for the delay, folks. I do apologize for the lack of posts lately. Hopefully now that things are looking a bit up for me, i'll get my blogging mojo back.

it's friday, you ain't got no job, you ain't got shit to do
so this past few weeks have been real ball-busters. as many of you know, i got laid off from my job... only a few months after starting there. so i was basically back to square one. things were looking kind of rough, but luckily i found another job... one that i'm super excited to start. I'll be working in the archives department of a major textbook publisher (finally i get all that money back!). the job is in boston, actually right across the street from copley square. lovely area. nice office. supposedly a very good place to work.

return of the sneaker pimp
i ALWAYS want new pairs of sneakers. it's been a while since i've gotten a new pair, unfortunately. them's the breaks when you're unemployed and broke. oh well. i just saw these today and KNEW i have to have them: they're a reissue of a rare puma running shoe that was released only in france in the late 70s... until now. ha.

we all have iTunes at work and we can play music from each other's mp3 collections thanks to being on the same network. a couple of coworkers have the new madonna album in their collection. i admit to actually liking the song "hung up." but it's another song, called "i love new york" that truly stands out for having possibly the worst song lyrics ever penned:

don't like cities, but I like New York
Other places make me feel like a dork
Los Angeles is for people who sleep
Paris and London, baby you can keep

Baby you can keep (8x)

Other cities always make me mad
Other places always make me sad
No other city ever made me glad
Except New York

I love New York
I love New York
I love New York

If you don't like my attitude, then you can F-off
Just go to Texas, isn't that where they golf?
New York is not for little pussies who scream
If you can't stand the heat, then get off my street

Get off my street (8x)

Other cities always make me mad
Other places always make me sad
No other city ever made me glad
Except New York

I love New York
I love New York
I love New York

I love New York (Get off my street, get off my street) (4x)
(Get off my street) (10x)


i didn't think madge could top last year's embarrassing faux-rap that involved rhyming "pilates" with "moccha latte."

soul groovin'
sorry for the lack of posting lately. i suck. i know. ok, here's a nice goodie i just found: great soul train footage set to MFSB's "The Sound of Philadelphia," a great soul/disco track. enjoy.

the ultimate hot sauce
i think i have a new, favorite hot sauce. di brought back a bottle of Pickapeppa red pepper sauce from Jamaica. it's soooo good. it's very hot, due to, i think, the scotch bonnet peppers, but it's also got a sweet side to it from vinegar and tamarind. delicious.

live and direct
check out some good musique! i've been diggin on radio ABF lately. it's a french internet radio station that drops some GOOOOOOOD electro, house and techno beats. now if only my car stereo had winamp.

in da brewery
jay just updated our homebrewing website, da brewery. Check out our pictures of each batch we've brewed, plus some videos and pictures of our brewing hijinks.

this is a picture of our second beer ever: a raspberry wheat beer.

suck it, world!
fifa released its national team rankings today and the u.s. is, ahem, cough, um, errr, fourth best in the entire world. we're now only behind brazil, the czech republic (who we will play in the world cup) and the netherlands. we're actualy ahead of a veritable murderer's row: spain, france, portugal, argentina, england, italy and germany. now i love our team and wish them well, but there's no way in hell we're that good.