I have been outside of Philadelphia the last two days living it up with my brother, a week before his wedding. (The Oxford dictionary defines wedding as the act of removing weeds from one's garden.)
My wife and I depart for Boston tomorrow. I'll be driving a Mazda. There's a first time for everything.
Blog later.
I sold the tickets that I had for today's Phillies game, but unfortunately, it was a tad harder than usual. I posted the ad on craigslist and I got a lot of email and phone messages from interested buyers. Most of these leads died on the vine however, like this one...
reyonthehill: Are you still going to buy the tix?
Potential Buyer: unfortunally I have a death penalty
reyonthehill: That's kind of scary.
Potential Buyer: What's scary my mother died you jerkoff
reyonthehill: I apologize. How was I supposed to know that from "death penalty?" My condolences, seriously.
In Philadelphia, "death penalty" means your mother has died. And "jerkoff" means "nice fellow." You just have to get used to it.
I will be podcasting by phone, or I think I will make an attempt to, during my trip to the east coast. If (and when) I do, this widget will update itself with the latest phonecast. Hopefully I will have something valuable to say.
For lunch today I had a burrito. That is, in itself, nothing special nor out of the ordinary, as I eat a lot of burritos. Some of the best burritos, no doubt, are made (and eaten by me) in Berkeley. It does turnout, however, that this was my last burrito. Well, at least in Berkeley, for lunch, during a workday.
I am moving on (again) in my profession. I am truly excited moving forward, and I do mean that.
The future has not yet been written, a wise man once said, and it is with that wisdom I am establishing my own path.
Onward and upward.
I'll be leaving town for the next ten days. I'll let Bob Dylan explain...
LEAVING TOWN FOR PHILA-DELPHIA BOSTON AND ANNA-POLIS WILL TRY TO BLOG AS OFTEN AS I CAN WILL PODCAST BY PHONE BECAUSE LET ME ADMIT IT I'M ADDICTED
Barry Bonds played his last game in San Francisco as a Giant last night, and he did it his way. The Giants orchestrated a tribute to Bonds towards the end of the game that included video and audio set to Frank Sinatra's My Way, which I thought was an interesting choice. As the lyric goes, I did it my way... on steroids.
Talking Points Memo (always) does a nice job of recapping the previous night's debate, and with video, which is key (for those of us who miss the televised event, and can listen while working).
The video recap of last night shows why there are a couple of bums (Gravel and Kucinich) in the mix, and that the leaders of the pack (Clinton and Obama) are not necessarily worthy of writing home about...
This is a very fun movie to watch (and now I know why there was so much hype for the sequel). More fun is added by spotting scenes from the ride in Disney World. One scene was eerily similar (hint: dog with keys).
(Returned 08/08/06.)
Jake Tapper blogged yesterday about the GOP presidential candidates turning down an offer to debate on minority issues, and I commented...
Reaching out or speaking on black issues is not an appropriate action for persons looking to show off their conservative-base bona fides. It is a sign of the indecency of the GOP.
- A bug in the newest release of Microsoft Excel leads to a computation error: 850 x 77.1 = 100,000. (Note: I use Excel a lot.)
-Rahm Emanuel on Bush's promised veto of an expansion of child health coverage: "Two hundred billion dollars more for Iraq -- and $35 billion for kids is labeled excessive spending? Forty-one days of war would give all 10 million children health care. This is not a matter of spending, it's a matter of priorities." (Emanuel was one of the reasons the democrats regained power in Washington.)
- Also, at the same time, "Defense Secretary Robert Gates will ask Congress on Wednesday to approve nearly $190 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008, increasing initial projections by more than a third." Bush is faithfully executing his office out of both sides of his mouth.
- And a senior U.S military official on the Blackwater scandal: "It may be worse than Abu Ghraib." Um, that's some mucky shit right there. (By way of TPM Muckracker.)
