Friday, July 31, 2009

Sandwich Rorschach

Hey! Here's an incredible waste of time...

What sandwich you pick up today for lunch may say a thing or two about your personality. A recent study by the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago correlated the personalities of 2,747 people with their sandwich preference. Here are the results...

Club Sandwich
Club

Agreeable and unselfish, club sandwich lovers seek comfort in close, secure relationships. Strongly devoted to work as well as relationships, they can always be counted upon. Best two words to describe those who prefer club sandwich: commitment and loyalty. Those who prefer club sandwich are most compatible with those who chose club, BLT or turkey.

Ham and Cheese Sandwich
Ham & Cheese

Curious and intuitively oriented, those who prefer ham and cheese find their inquisitive nature directs them to a wide range of interests. Their serious nature can point them into the arena of existential concerns. They are most productive when allowed to work on their own, without micromanagement from supervisors. Down time allows their creativity to blossom. Those who prefer ham and cheese sandwich function best without strong romantic entanglements.

Turkey Sandwich
Turkey

Those who prefer turkey sandwich are free-thinkers, naturally rebellious against authority. They are their own boss and function best at work and in relationships when given "space" or when left to their own device. If not careful, turkey sandwich lovers can become mired down in a swamp of existential philosophy. Most romantically compatible with others who also prefer turkey sandwiches.

Tuna Sandwich
Tuna

Aggressive, achievement-oriented and natural leaders who are driven to succeed in both work and interpersonal relationships. Competitive, driven, intolerant of failure, they demand the best from themselves and those that surround them. However, they become irritated with the minor vicissitudes of life and demonstrate impatience with long lines, rush hour traffic or slow Internet connections. Those who prefer tuna sandwich are most romantically compatible with those who prefer egg salad and others who like tuna.

Egg Salad Sandwich
Egg Salad

Entertaining, lively, energetic, they thrive as the center of attention. Egg salad sandwich lovers crave novelty, excitement and adventure. They tend to be seductive, provocative and charming, but are also overly trusting and vulnerable to the influence of others who surround them. Those who prefer egg salad sandwich are the universal romantic. They are compatible with all sandwich lovers.

Chicken Salad Sandwich
Chicken Salad

Easy-going, well-adjusted, empathic, and understanding. They are the perfect spouse or partner. Those who prefer chicken salad sandwich are most romantically compatible with those who prefer egg salad sandwich.

Seafood Salad Sandwich
Seafood Salad

Agreeable, unselfish, seafood salad sandwich lovers seek comfort in close, secure relationships. Strongly devoted to work as well as relationships, they can always be counted upon. Best two words to describe those who prefer seafood sandwich: commitment and loyalty. Romantic compatibility is with those who prefer BLT and seafood salad.

Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato [aka the BLT]
BLT

Conscientious, perfectionist, devoted to work, home or relationship. Task-oriented and maintains the moral high ground at all times. Honest, forthright.Best described by the word "integrity." BLT sandwich lovers are most compatible with those who prefer seafood salad sandwich.

There ya go! So now next time you're meeting someone new or on a date or something all you have to do is take them to a deli and pay close attention to what they order and that will tell everything you need to know about this sandwich eater. Case closed. When it comes down to it I'm a turkey sandwich guy, but I've been known to dabble a little with a good tuna or BLT between rye. Sorry no grilled cheese or PBJ results. Fascists!!!

Tonight's Today


Tonight this place will be packed.

It's one of those days where everything is gonna rotate around tonight. Had to drive Laura in to work this morning so I could pick her up again and rush right off to Allentown. Didn't wanna waste any time. Supposed to be rainy so, crossing my fingers, hoping for the best. There's always that bar across the street from the stadium that would more than likely serve as refuge for any of those whose intentions may have been to watch a DCI show, but forgot somewhere between drink #3 & #4. Last year we met up with Eric and had a swell time. This year, who knows what to expect.

Here's last year.

I love any bar that serves their drinks in little plastic cups.

I have a feeling this year is going to be much tamer. And that is fine. Big weekend ahead. Lotsa cleaning, repairing, painting, maybe a little artistic rendering & general all around home improvements. Life improvements.

PS: I [kinda] learned how to embed music onto here, hence the track up top, but it was a bit of a pain so, if I can figure it out you might have pleasant music that may or may not coincide with their postings. More may not than may.

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Bell Ringers

...at Westminster Abbey.



Is it me or is this awesome?

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Berating Clowns In Minivans

Started a tradition yesterday. Roxbury staff parties. And why not? Good time with good people. Good food and good laughs. I seem to remember hearing stories about cooking horns in rubbing alcohol, singing idiots on school buses, and berating clowns in minivans. Good times.

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And the most integral part of this new tradition is a gift giving ritual that goes as such:

The host of the party shall receive a gift, preferably something hilariously ghastly & unequivocally hideous that they could never use or even begin to want to claim as a posession, and that gift shall remain at said party until all guests have vacated the premises at which time party's host shall do what they deem appropriate for previously mention "gift". Example: Burning in effigy, bury in a time capsule in the backyard, re-gifting at a later gathering or possibly to an unsavory family member.

So here's what Laura & I gave Rich & Michelle yesterday.

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Isn't it nice? We found it in a dumpster in Lancaster.

And here's Rich saluting it.

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You really should have been there. We were all humming Stars & Stripes Forever. It was an odd moment for the party and our country.

Can't wait til next time!

Høgni Caught A Snake


I thought she had grown a mustache

Mixtape> 7.16 thru 7.25

Strawberry Fields Banana Trees

  1. Lisandro Aristimuño - Lobofobia
  2. Simon & Garfunkel - April Come She Will
  3. FrYars - The Rise Of Jack & Chloe
  4. Tlaking Heads - Puzzlin' Evidence
  5. Deerhoof - New Sneakers
  6. A Camp - The Crowning
  7. A Northern Chorus - Remembrance Day
  8. Josh Ritter - Open Doors
  9. Kenna - Vexed And Glorious
  10. De La Soul - D.A.I.S.Y. Age
  11. The Matthew Herbert Big Band - Yessness
  12. Ra Ra Riot - Each Year
  13. The Shins - Saint Simon
  14. The Twilight Sad - Cold Days From The Birdhouse
  15. Lateduster - Grunting And Walking Around In A Circle
  16. Swan Lake - Are You Swimming In Her Pools?
  17. Clues - Ledmonton
  18. The Shaky Hands - We Are Young
  19. Look Mexico - Done And Done [The Dark Romantics remix]
  20. The Cure - Real Snow White
  21. Wye Oak - Tattoo
  22. The Fiery Furnaces - Even In The Rain
  23. A Band Of Bees - One Glass Of Water
  24. Under Byen - Den Her Sang Handler Om At Få Det Bedste Ud Af Det
  25. Wheat - Living 2 Die Vs. Dying To Live
  26. Portugal. The Man - The Sun
  27. Post War Years - Tubular
  28. Fol Chen - Winter, That's All
  29. Ino Hidefumi - Loving Message
  30. Dig - Unlucky Friend
  31. Modest Mouse - Styrofoam Boots/It's All Nice On Ice, Alright
  32. Benji Hughes - I Am You, You Are Me, We Are One
  33. Ben Folds - Protection

{edification}

yes
i know that this is how you spell faceted
that was my ineffectual attempt at a play on words
i apologize for any inconveniences

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Multi-Faceded

The BQE (Koyaanisqatsi?)

"The BQE is a self-made home-movie documentation, exhibiting how all the architectural colors of Brooklyn and Queens are fabulously intersected by this ramshackle artery of highway traffic. Shot renegade style on do-it-yourself film cameras, the animated footage of grid-lock crisscrossing the brick and mortar of Brooklyn flickers and cascades on three simultaneous screens."

I guess Sufjan gave up on the "States albums" when he realized he still had 48 to go. Here's the BQE instead.

THE BQE- A Film By Sufjan Stevens from Asthmatic Kitty on Vimeo.

Kinda Koyaanisqatsi-ish. We'll see.

Ángels & Demons


It's official. Mets fans are in hell. I haven't watched a game in quite a few weeks and I knew the season wasn't going smoothly but I had no idea it was becoming the tragedy it is. And with them currently 10.5 back in the east and even 7.5 back in the wild card, behind 8 other teams no less, this season ending on an upnote seems highly unlikely. At this point all we can hope for is that no one else gets hurt.

But who knows. Maybe management has some tricks up their sleeves. Maybe they got some secret bidding going on for Halladay, or whoever else is out there. Lord knows everyone's making great trades lately, except for the Mets. I thought Francoeur was gonna be great but he's been mediocre and after that embarrassing play at homeplate last night where he was out by ten feet and couldn't even channel his inner football star we always hear about to knock over the midget Pudge Rodriguez, kinda lame. And then what is up with the Ángel Berroa guy. I feel like everytime the ball is hit to him they should play the Benny Hill theme song. Just ridiculous.

If anything good comes out of this maybe we can get cheap tickets for a game in September. That is if we even wanna see them play.

Friday, July 24, 2009

Those Catholics Can Run Up A Bar Tab

Fresh back from a stint teaching my very first Catholic school. All these years and I've never managed to get in there, but now I can say that I have and I still got the hangover to prove it.

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Fairly uneventful, except for guy I was staying with got me playing that Starcraft game, I haven't played since I was like 15, but it all came back to me pretty quickly and now I know why I quit playing to begin with.

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And the best part of the trip when I woke up in a strange apartment on a strange couch with the front door wide open. But all was good because Howard the Duck was on and I watched the whole thing.

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Finished the opener for the them. Easy group of kids to teach, demonstrate and then walk away. Gave me plenty of time to walk around and take photos of... nothings.

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Going back for a full five days in a few weeks. I hope my liver can take it.

Got Herself A New Man

See what happens when I'm gone

Mad As A Hatter



Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Monday, July 20, 2009

Baby Bird Rescue

I found a little baby bird sitting on the front porch this morning whenI went to feed the cats, sitting right there next to their food bowl. Not the best place for a baby bird. I tried to take it out in the yard but that caught the attention of the cats and they followed me. They just sat around the bird in a circle waiting for him to try and fly so they could catch him. Don't think they wanna eat him. Just wanna play. But that'll probably kill him so ... I brought him inside.


After all the excitement died down and it was nap time I put him back outside. Hope he makes it.

Home For The Moment

Whew! What a weekend. Family & fairs, golf & gambling, rehearsals & radiators, wipeouts & weddings, and I'm glad to report that a good time was had by all. Now back to real life, which for me starts at 2pm, when I have to head down to Lancaster for 4 days. Gotta pay the bills.

I don't really have a lot of time to go thru all the photos from this weekend (993 in all, so close to 1,000!) but I can try and put up a few highlights to keep you intrigued til I can post on the whole ugly truth this weekend. Just know that Yes, my brother & Melissa did get married, and Yes my wife is a frigin lunatic.

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Little brother looks relaxed

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Crying at the rehearsal

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The start of the trouble

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Hanging at 7-11 Jackson style

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I don't know which faces are more life-like

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A bridesmaid for the ages

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Laura, Dani & Tyler squeezed onto this deathrap

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Trevor, the man

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Vicious as he gets

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Mom thinks she's being sneaky

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Mexican gang member meets bank robber

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Probably the best picture from the whole wedding if not every wedding ever

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Riding the Rainbow

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A nice day for a wedding

Stay tuned, there's lots more...

Saturday, July 18, 2009

My Handicap = 4

That's not bad for my first time golfing, ever. I even shot par on the 3rd hole and had my fair share of bogeys. The rest I sucked on, but I gotta start somewhere. In reality tho I will probably never golf again. It took me 31 years to try it once, so maybe when I'm 62.

Check the form. Impeccable.

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The golf crew. Warriors.

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I will put some more up later but right now it's all I can will myself to do. Wedding eve.

My Brother's Getting Married


...tomorrow!

Friday, July 17, 2009

The Drunk, The Dad, The Boots, The Bachelor & Me

Atlantic City!!!

Ugly step-son to Las Vegas. Infamously known as "Always declining, but never hitting rock bottom". Birthplace of the Sundance Kid and Wendy's Dave Thomas. Peaceful & humble summer home to the Lenni Lenape Indians until some savvy developers saw the oceanfront property as a potential money maker. Ah, the American dream is Atlantic City.

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I kid. A.C. was cool. I had never been. Tall shiny buildings frighten me. And my one experience in Vegas did not leave what you would call "a good taste" in my mouth. So I was skeptical, but pleasantly surprised.

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When you go to a city like the Atlantic City you new a crew. This is our crew.

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The drunk, the dad, the boots & the bachelor.

We headed straight to the Borgata, one of the most lavish and expensive hotel casinos on the strip. Planned on catching the comedy show there but first we had to eat so we took in the buffet. Delicious food, and I impressed myself by only having two platefuls. They were big plates tho. And the gelato and coconut macaroons (and two bottles of Cabernet) really capped off the meal.

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After the comedy show, which was much funnier than I had expected (and matrimonially appropriate for a bachelor's party), we headed over to Bally's for the cheaper $10 tables keeping our promises to our significant others not to lose too much money. I'll have you know that I came home with one $5 chip that kept as a souvenir. Tyler, Vic & Dane... not so lucky.

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Sorry the photo is blurry but there was strict no cameras law within the casinos so I had to be stealth and blur is a side effect of stealth.

A dangerous moment occurred when I got caught in the middle of a moving sidewalk point-off.

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Dane lost it.

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Here was a favorite moment of the evening, when we harassed a young boy and his grandmother enough that he did a little dance for us... and then Dane beat up my camera.



The most impressive thing I found in Atlantic City was the carpet. I don't know where they got these patterns but I want the number of their decorator. I was mesmerized.

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All that was on one floor of one casino.

And a gratuitous group shot to remind us, in case we forgot the next morning.

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So debauchery accomplished. On with the weekends more civilized activities.