Sometimes it can get ugly. Like, at Insound's pre-Siren party with Ponys and Chin Up Chin Up, I got into a fight with Patrick. It may have been the Malibu and club soda talking, but when he tried claiming that umbros were cooler than Jamz, I flat out lost it. See, everyone at the party was supposed to wear shorts (Patrick and I did) but some people ( Read more... )

Courtesy of "Insound Clips." I strongly support the inclusion of Bob Seger's "I Feel Like a Number." Anybody out there have their own songs for this list?

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The 10 Songs That Will Change Your Life But That You Probably Have Never HeardLook, I'm sure some of you know some of these songs but I'm guessing most ( Read more... )

I played with Team Greenspin (the Fed's ultimate frisbee team) for the first time last night. I'm definitely not a handler. I caught one touchdown (?), but got burnt on deep passes three times and botched a throw for a sure touchdown. I enjoyed it, but I'm sore (overall) and hurt my left hip on a dive ( Read more... )

My summer mix CD, "Pick Me Up," is in production and will be ready to ship this weekend. If you'd like a copy, please give me your mailing addy via email (Craig.Evers at FRB.gov) or post a comment below. I owe a few people some phone calls and emails, given that I've been largely out of touch the last month (and some would argue the last two ( Read more... )

The Court Has Ruled So Enter the Geeks ( Read more... )

It's a busy week. Moved the last of my stuff out of the old apartment last night. My new job has its first busy week (three briefing books due this week). NOP tables. My parents arrive this afternoon for the Gold Congressional Award ceremony (tomorrow @ the Reagan Trade Building). Softball semifinals Wednesday evening. Say goodbye to my folks ( Read more... )

1) We won our softball playoff game last night! Sadly, I went 0-for-3 (with a fielder's choice) and put in only 2 innings of outfield work (our coach forgot about defensive substitutions after a while). We were tied 7-7 at the end of the 6th and went into extra innings. The ump was horrible, calling random strikes on pitches that barely made it ( Read more... )

There's nothing worse than a cheap geek. You know? The sort of person who reads a stellar review of M83 on Pitchfork and desperately wants to buy the album and obsesses over the decision but then is afraid that they will be one of those people whose musical tastes are determined by Pitchfork and they wonder what the Brian Eno-type dudes in their ( Read more... )

Friday: picked up Hillary @ DCA and checked out her new house :) Dinner @ Cheesecake Factory, and went to watch the Nationals defeat the Seattle Mariners for their 8th straight win!

Saturday: shopped for and started a bank account for Hillary at Wachovia. Figures...I'm Bank of America, she's Wachovia; I'm Yahoo, she's Google; whatever :-P Went ( Read more... )

I went to Olsson's Courthouse last night for a book reading/signing by Nick Hornby. He read from his new book, A Long Way Down, which has such a simple premise that gets complicated (and funny) very quickly. Nick himself was much shorter, balder, and less intimidating than I imagined he'd be. I don't know what that says...like I was expecting ( Read more... )