A couple nights ago I was finally able to convince three other people to play Bambu. Yes, I'm spreading the game yet again, mwa ha ha ha. I had the first tour, of course, and was solidly in the lead. In fact, I really only took more than two or three points twice. Unfortunately they were on the other players' all-in-ones.


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Here's one of those 100 question memes that i saw on desist's journal, so i posted it too.

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I could never really believe the Stones when they sang 'Satisfaction'. Indeed, as a teen, I long thought that if Mick Jagger could't get any, what possible chance did I have?

When Mark Mothersbaugh sings it, though, I find the song to be much more earnest.

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In looking for this, i also found a version by Aretha Franklin and another in a live set ( Read more... )

so yesterday and today, i had two consecutive days off with nothing scheduled to do. Well, there was a dr. appointment, but that go moved to tomorrow. Anyway, the weather forecast looked good, so I thought I would try to do something I've wanted to for some time: ride my bike to Montauk ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a rare event. Since Emily and I started going out in late february, we have had exactly three days off in common. Yesterday was one of them, so we sought to make the most of it. I had a bike from Sara for Emily to use, and we rode down to coney island. Emily had not been on a bike in 2-3 years. But, just like riding a bike, it comes ( Read more... )

So today was Logan's dreaded annual checkup. You may recall from last year, that the vet wanted him to lose about a pound, going down to 14.5 or so. Well, he was weighed at 14.3. Yay! Go go gadget kittydiet! Besides his improved weight, the vet says everything looks great, that he seems like a happy, healthy kitty and to keep doing what I'm doing. ( Read more... )

Here's what the AP had to say about the Cyclones' Bobblehead promotion last night:

Presidential Bobble

And here's a thing in the NY Times this morning about beer and food, with a mention of the place I just started at. Ii hope this turns into more customers

Beer!

Last night I went to my first Coney Island game of the season with Emily. The give away last night was a Baracklyn Cyclones Obama Bobblehead. It is fantastic. Everyone needs a presidential bobblehead. He's wearing a Cyclones jersey with #44 on it. Anyway, seats were great, as usual, basically if you extend the third base foul line into the stands, ( Read more... )

i rode in the tour de brooklyn today. but between that and working 30 hours since friday night, I'm kinda mentally exhausted and can't believe how much difficulty even these two sentences have given me.

For those interested, a link to my flickr photos of the funeral

That is a lot of cops on my corner.