Our thoughts, part 2.0

Skeey Family Addition

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:55:22 -0400

Congrats to CK and Jen on their 8lb. 13oz. baby boy named Milo.

Pap coming in to close the Rangers game on Sunday.

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:32:05 -0400

Pap coming in to close the Rangers game on Sunday.

Seriously, what's up?

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:48:49 -0400

Last night I was flipping through the channels and saw “Aftermath: Population Zero” on National Geographic. Always intrigued by any title with “Aftermath” in it (“Aftermath: Gym Class” was my favorite growing up), I watched a couple minutes of it, but realized it was the same exact premise of The History Channel’s “Life After People”, which I blogged about a couple months back.

Which leads to my point — does Basic Cable know something that I don’t? Did they get a tip from someone that human civilization was about to end?

Because I have huge summer plans and would hate to have to cancel them. We’re talking BIG plans.

-al

Photo

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:31:06 -0400

Photo

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:30:48 -0400

‘77 Sox middle reliever

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:22:56 -0400

‘77 Sox middle reliever

Anyone seen my golf tee?

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:07:00 -0400

Anyone seen my golf tee?

Finally, there's hope for me....

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:26:52 -0500

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200803/single-marry

-al

Well that'll be the end of civilization as we know it...

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:50:00 -0500

I don’t like to start all my stories with “Just went upstairs…”, but I just went upstairs and saw that they had a new Snickers bar named “Snickers Charged”. And guess what it contains?

Caffeine.

We really need a Snickers bar that contains caffeine? That’s a rhetorical question — of course we need it.

-al

Hmmm.....

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:30:09 -0500

Just went upstairs to grab a turkey sandwich on wheat bread. While she was placing the tomatoes on the bread, I asked her to cut it diagonally (less seepage that way). So she took the tomatoes off, sliced them, and put them back on the bread diagonally. Then she placed the lettuce on the bread diagonally, and did likewise for the American cheese. Then she put the turkey on and put the other piece of bread on top.

Then she cut it straight down the middle.

I’ll be more specific next time.

-al

Welcome to Cockeysville

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:21:00 -0500

I’m working on a client site and one of the towns listed is named “Cockeysville.” Which makes me happy - the first time I’ve been happy in this post-Super Bowl wretched world we now live in.

I bet the dudes that live there are really arrogant. And do Jagerbombs.

-al

Don't blame me when you get addicted

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:00:05 -0500

Don't blame me when you get addicted

Thanks Charlie.

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:20:00 -0500

Thanks Charlie.

The "Oh, like [faux negative]" blog post

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:22:00 -0500

Oh, like the season premiere of “Lost” isn’t on tonight?

Oh, like Gavin and I don’t get tizzy just thinking about it?

Oh, like the Patriots aren’t in the Super Bowl this weekend?

Oh, like I’m not drinking a Nantucket Nectars Half and Half right now?

Oh, like golf season doesn’t start in three months?

Oh, like it’s totally not awesome to be alive right now?

Oh, like Steve Hansen’s not reading this post right now and nodding in agreement?

-oh, like not written by Al

Me & U23D

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:24:51 -0500

Saw the U23D movie at the IMAX in Providence Place Mall last night with the MNCC (Monday Night Card Crew). Awesome movie! 80 minutes long, which is just about the right length for it. Some of the shots they got were incredible. Check it out. Tell them Al sent you. They’ll have no idea what you’re talking about. -al

"Life After People" -- talk about a Debby Downer...

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:41:37 -0500

If you’re looking for two hours of depressing television, check out “Life After People” on the History Channel. It predicts what would happen to earth if humans were extinct. It starts with “the day after” and ends with 10,000 years from now.

The gist of the show is that everything mankind has produced in the past 5,000 years would start decaying as early as 25-50 years from now, and in 1000 years, cities would crumble, suburbs would be forests, and wild animals would rule the world. Basically just like the first half-hour of “I am Legend” without Will Smith. At the 10,000 year mark, there would be no evidence that mankind ever existed on the planet.

While they did mention that paper would disintegrate within a couple hundred years, they never mentioned laminated paper. So I’m going to print out these blog posts and laminate them. That way the wolves, cockroaches, and termites can enjoy some reading material.

-al

Three weeks - time for new challenge

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:06:02 -0500

The three-week coffee challenge has been successfully completed, and it was much easier than expected. My next liquid challenge will probably be to see if I can go an entire week drinking nothing but water. Sounds incredibly boring.

-al

My latest guilty pleasure

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:36:00 -0500

This past week I drank Diet Root Beer like it was going out of style.

Previous guilty pleasures include: ripping the tag off my mattress, driving five miles over the highway speed limit, and 48-hour cocaine-fueled benders.

-al

Two weeks and a confession

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:12:00 -0500

Two weeks sans coffee. Three weeks is in the bag. Who’d have thunk.

And now, a confession. I cannot spell “specialty” correctly. I always go with “speciality”. Not since “receive” in 5th grade has one word given me so much trouble. “Guage” vs. “gauge” also drives me nuts.

Anyhoo.

-al

Yeah, definitely tailgated.

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:56:00 -0500

Last night some buddies and I tailgated at the Pats-Jags game. We didn’t have tickets, so we hooked up a 32” TV, set up the grill, food table, and fire, and hung out in the parking lot for 7 hours. Some guys and gals from Worcester (Wis-tah!!!) joined us, so it turned into quite the affair. Sure, I still smell like cigars, beer, smoke, and buffalo chicken dip, but that’s the price you pay for being a gamer. I could take a shower, but then I wouldn’t feel like Britney.

I had my digital camera and was planning on taking pics, but when I turned it on, it said there was no memory stick in the camera. So I freaked out, covered my ears, and yelled at the top of my lungs. Luckily Charlie Babbitt stormed into the room, turned off the toaster, and told me everything was gonna be alright.

-al