Not! In taking the bus to and from work every day, I'm just trying to do my small part for the environment. Also, it's cheaper than parking downtown. Also, my car has been dead for a few weeks. I've been doing this for several months now, which is enough to recognize and be recognized by others - drivers, riders, crazy people. So I've made it a point to say "Good Morning" to the driver as I get on each day. It's usually the same guy. I don't know if he's in his own little world with his own thing going on, but I say it anyways. The other day, I left work right at 5:00 and high-tailed it over to the bus stop, ...
A list of persons who share my birthday. Philip Seymour Hoffman Stephanie Seymour Slash Woody Harrelson Charles Harrelson (Chuck Harrelson - Woody's dad - killed JFK, as everyone knows) Monica Lewinsky Don Drysdale Gary Payton Hubert Selby Jr. Terry Glenn Mark Jackson (scored the game-tying TD on "The Drive") Daniel Raddcliff (Harry Potter) Maurice Greene (The World's Fastest Man) Allison Krauss Marlon Wayans Nomar Garciaparra Terrence Stamp (ZOD!!! *Wikipedia says 7/23; IMDB says 7/22)
2/2006: 2/2007: It's approximately 84 degrees below zero outside right now. Exactly one year ago this week, I was sitting on a beach in sunny Aruba drinking fruity cocktails and getting burned beyond recognition. We sat at a poolside bar to watch the Super Bowl, then took a quick swim. I plan on spending the remainder of this week sitting on my couch wrapped up in a blanket watching TV, trying to avoid the weather outside.
There are certain events that transpire in our lifetimes that are so impactful, everything else is measured in terms relative to that event. For an individual, it may be graduation, marriage, childbirth. On a larger, societal level - Neil Armstrong, JFK, 9/11, the Berlin Wall, the Macintosh, New Coke. This weekend another event occurred that went wholly unnoticed outside of my living room. So today, I declare this the year Zero PHD (Post High Definition). WOW! I mean, come on! I can't believe I once lived in the squalor of analog broadcast television. Don't even get me started on the ancient days of UHF. And so far, I've only watched a surfing documentary and a football game. This is going ...
First off, I'm glad that the Colts won the Super Bowl last night. Heck, I'm more than glad. And relieved - I don't think I could live with a full year knowing that the Bears were the best team in football. But Peyton Manning was the MVP of that game? Ridiculous. He had a barely average game. Look at his final stats: 25/38, 248 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT On the other hand, look the Colts running game: Rhodes: 21 carries, 113 yards, 1 TD Addai: 19 carries, 77 yards; 10 catches, 66 yards So the two running backs accounted for 256 yards of offense. But it's Peyton Frickin' Manning's big game, and they won, so he must be the MVP. Wrong.