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In celebration of Halloween, "Death of a Pumpkin"
In celebration of Halloween 2006, a YouTube video, "Death of a Pumpkin." -
Seen while driving
So, I’m driving through Boston today to go to Spooky World, an annual Halloween attraction in Massachusetts. As we’re driving through Roxbury, a suburb of Boston, we come to stop at a red traffic light at a four-way intersection on Dudley Street. As we’re waiting for the light to turn green I notice the following ( Read more... ) -
Blue Man Group
Blue Man Group - Boston Performance
This past Saturday, 10/21/2006, my girlfriend took me to see the 7:00 PM performance of Blue Man Group at the Charles Playhouse in Boston, as a belated birthday present. The show ran for an hour and 45 minutes without an intermission. Afterwards, the Blue Men did a meet & greet with the audience in the lobby, ( Read more... ) -
Renniedar
I didn't work King Richard's Faire this season (2006), but my girlfriend and I did get there one day to play. As we were walking around, she commented on the playtrons (a portmanteau of play and patron--guests who come to faire dressed in costume), and asked if they worked there. I looked at them and immediately said "No." She asked how do you know ( Read more... ) -
Only in New York City, a $1000 Ice Cream Sundae
I’m listening to NPR Food podcast for 10/06/2006 and they are doing a story on ”The Golden Opulence Sundae,” an ice cream sundae that costs $1000 at Serendipity3 restaurant in Manhattan, New York.
So Googled the story item and found this explicit description of the sundae on the web at Daily Olive, a gourmet food, wine, kitchen gadgets & cooking ( Read more... ) -
Aerosmith & Motley Crue in Concert, "The Route of all Evil Tour" 2006
Author’s Note: I’ll be updating this particular entry as needed until it’s completed-I have to get set lists, etc. but didn’t want to get too far behind in writing the entry.
Last week, Thursday, September 28, 2006, I saw Aerosmith and Motley Crue in concert at The Tweeter Center (FKA: Great Woods), on the ”Route of All Evil tour. If there was any ( Read more... ) -
I want this for my lair, err, I mean my apartment...
I came across this very cool James Bond style Super Villain Chair through the Trend Hunter web site and email newsletter. The chair is $6,852.64 (USD) from 3,600.00 (pounds)
(monetary conversion as of 09/04/2006 @ 11:55 PM ET; 1 GBP = 1.90351 USD = 1 USD = 0.525345 GBP).
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Shortest Jury Duty Ever
I had jury duty today in the town of Ayer, it’s one of those towns that one thinks is farther away then it actually is. I mapped in on Yahoo! Maps and they listed the travel time as 31 minutes, which it pretty much was ( Read more... ) -
I just joined MySpace
I finally jumped on the MySpace bandwagon, and got myself a page that can be found at
http://www.myspace.com/sll1065.I did some searching and found some people I know from my undergraduate college days and various other things I've been involved in. I also reconnected with a fraternity brother I haven't seen or spoken to in many years. Now I have ( Read more... ) -
The Wild Wild West episode that aired on my birthday
I’m watching the DVDs of the first season of the cult TV show The Wild Wild West starring Robert Conrad and Ross Martin, a show that’s best described as James Bond in the American Old West meets Steampunk. The show ran for four seasons, from 1965 to 1969. There were also two made-for-TV reunion movies: The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979) and More ( Read more... )