As some of you may know, I traveled to Ireland last May with my family.  In fact, it was one year ago this week.  Our party consisted of myself, my parents, my brother Brian, and my sister-in-law Beth.  I kept a journal of the trip and always meant to post it, but I never did.  Right now I’m simply dying for a jump start or some inspiration to get ( Read more... )

 A few of my friends have their wives out of town this weekend, so the idea came up to have a "man weekend".  Five or six guys are involved.  The plans for Friday are dinner and then a "gentleman's entertainment" establishment, and Saturday is an afternoon of barbecuing and beer at someone's house.

Now, I HATE strip clubs.  I've been to one exactly ( Read more... )

Yes, I haven't written in a long time.

So...things are pretty much the same.  I go back to LA on December 22 and then leave on Christmas Eve for the holidays in New Jersey.

And...yeah.

Further bulletins as events warrant.

Or, maybe not.

In light of O.J. Simpson's atrocious new "hypothetical" book, O.J. Simpson: If I Did It, Here's How It Happened, here are some books I'd like to see published:

Osama bin Laden: If I'm Hiding, Here's Where I Am

Kenneth Lay: If I Stole All My Employees' Retirement Funds, Here's Where I Stashed Them

Adam Sandler: If I'm a Retarded 13-Year Old, Here's ( Read more... )

File under "Are you talking to ME ( Read more... )

Remember in my grab bag entry a few days ago how I talked about the political atmosphere in my office? It's slanted so far to one side and such a constant topic of conversation that it's almost suffocating ( Read more... )

Stolen from englshivy, who stole it from raeloncemore, who probably stole it from someone else ( Read more... )

Welcome to today's episode of "Actual Conversations I've Had With Real People!"

Today's real person is...a Deli Worker.

Me: "I'd like a tuna salad sandwich on wheat toast, please."

Deli Worker: "What would you like on it?"

Me: "Just lettuce and onions, please."

Deli Worker: "Any mayo or mustard on that?"

Me: "No thank you, just lettuce and onions ( Read more... )

I haven't journaled (?) in a while, so let's just jump in ( Read more... )

Damn Canada ( Read more... )