Team FRB Softball squeezed out a 5-4 win last night over our opponent, guaranteeing us the #2 seed for the playoffs. I went 1-4 from the plate, and the one time I did get on the bases, I got caught in a pickle between 3rd and home. I rounded 3rd and was halfway home when I saw the catcher get the ball. I put on the brakes, took two quick strides ( Read more... )

In New York, when summer arrives, we all sort of step it up a notch. The girls put on those sundresses and slinky tank tops and get their hair cut all fancy. The fellas show off their weird 'Eastern Sun God' tattoos and awkwardly try to negotiate cargo shorts. It's not pretty. But it gets an 'A' for effort. Insound is no exception. We do some e- ( Read more... )

I finished up Globalization and its Discontents a few days ago. Not exactly "summer reading" (whatever that means), but an interesting read (moreso b/c I deal with the IMF and World Bank on a regular basis). I went to both Olsson's Courthouse and the B&N in Clarendon last night, initially looking for hardcover versions of Nick Hornby novels (he's ( Read more... )

* N E W P H O S P H O R E S C E N T A L B U M S A L E ( Read more... )

This past weekend was tiring, if nothing else. I struggled over whether I should execute some trades in my fantasy baseball league (still working that out). I helped ET move into her new apartment, and in doing so, got some good exercise. However, I was also very dehydrated, which made the several drinks I had at Leslie's birthday party @ Tom ( Read more... )

Courtesy of Nada Surf's website...It’s with great excitement that we announce plans for the release of Nada Surf’s fourth album "The Weight is a Gift ( Read more... )

On a night like tonight. Out in some no-name business travelers' hotel near San Francisco, surviving on airplane food and dreams of a simpler life at home back East, you start to think things. You look out at the great Pacific. And you hear the new Smog album. And it fades perfectly into that hook from the new White Stripes album. And that ends ( Read more... )

Friday: After work, maybe checking out Hillary's new apartment. That's right...Hillary has (tentatively) decided to move to Arlington, VA. She does not have a job as of yet (if you have any leads for a girl with an honors Biology B.S., let me know), but she's looking. It's a 4-5 person house in a nice neighborhood around Clarendon, conveniently ( Read more... )

Thank you, David...a moment of lucidity on this topic.May 19, 2005 ( Read more... )

School may be out for the year, but summer school is just about to start for Insound. That's right. Insound's going back to school -- Thorton Melon style (semi-obscure 80s Dangerfield reference). It's true. We're taking a musicology course at the New School that features a guest lecture from Lou Reed (friend of the prof). 'Why? For the love of god ( Read more... )