As you can see, I have not posted much of anything in the past few months. I am currently undecided as to whether I should continue to occasionally post on this blog, or do away with it altogether. I’m not sure I have anything interesting left to say. Some might say I’ve never had anything interesting to say and that having this blog just proves that in the internet age, every moron thinks he is a great writer or someone of importance.
Nonetheless, since I’ve started this entry, I might as well write about a few things of interest going on.
First, since I posted my last entry re BC basketball, they’ve completely gone into the tank. No heart, no teamwork, no hustle, and questionable talent. The coaching hasn’t been good, either. There won’t be anymore entries on this topic unless they decide to get a new coach. Skinner deserves another year based upon his impressive history here, but I’d like to see him bring in a few new assistant coaches
Speaking of BC, I attended the Frozen Fenway game against BU at Fenway Park on January 8. We drank before, during, and after, so the cold was somewhat manageable. Well except for my toes, which were ready to fall off by the third period (I put the toe warmers in too late). The atmosphere was electric- it was pretty neat being at Fenway in the dead of winter with snow falling and “watching” a hockey game. I put watching in quotations because we were in the RF corner and could see and hear very little from the game. We basically paid $50 to stand outside and watch the game on the scoreboard. Here was the view from those seats:
Thankfully, we moved to higher seats and closer to the rink for the 3rd period, when people started leaving because it was so cold:
All in all, it was a great experience. After the game, two of us went back and had a few beers at a nearby establishment. I knew I had a buzz, and I drove home fine, but in retrospect, driving was probably not the greatest idea in the world. When I got home I realized that the extra hand and toe warmers I had in my jacket were no longer there. I was pissed off, thinking someone in the bar must have swiped them when I put my jacket down (2 of these warmers were these rechargeable ones that I bought in NYC; I was at Union Square in this park where all these Christmas booths were set up. As I was strolling around, I saw this attractive woman standing next to one of the booths. As I was admiring her beauty, she caught me looking at her and asked me if I wanted to try one of these new rechargeable hand warmer things. Of course I tried them, and then the Mrs. came over and said, “oh, those would be great for that Fenway game you’re going to in January”. So, I bought them. Good trick- have your attractive girlfriend stand near your booth but make it appear as though she is not a saleswoman. Then lure the gawkers in . . . ) Anyway, I thought the warmers had been stolen, and the Mrs. thought I was getting too worked up over it and therefore must be drunk. Of course I protested that I wasn’t drunk. Well, the next day, while I was recuperating from my hangover, I went out to the car and there was one of the hand warmers lying in the driveway. We found the second one a day later also in the driveway . . .
Ok, let’s end this with a few quality photos and videos courtesy of failblog and daily motion:
http://failblog.org/2010/01/14/proper-hygiene-fail/#comments
(That one counts as my one crap reference found in each post)
Ok, one more crap one:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbrai8_public-decency-fail_fun
I’d have liked to have been there in person for this one:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbqw7b_weightlifting-fail_fun