I still love the view out my window

Not everyone agrees, but I still prefer my urban scenery to "nature". This is my nature, this is my environment, this is where I live.

That is so not right

Well, that backfired

So the Phillies signed Rudy Seanez. He's one of those relief pitchers who bounces from team to team. When I saw the signing hit the wire, I thought to myself, "Man, how old is that fucker? Seems like he's been around forever." So I went to baseball-reference.com, checked his birthdate, and ... oh. He's exactly my age.

Son of a bitch.

They had them by the register. I'm not made of stone.

Honestly, how big a loser geek do you have to be to blow three bucks on these mints?



I'd like to think that I'm only just barely over that line, and not way, way beyond it. I'd like to.

I'm no Gandalf

But I'm getting better with the smoke rings. And I like the way they photograph.

Who's the asshole here?

The scene: I'm at Walgreens buying dried cranberries, a cream soda and a small tin Spider-Man lunch box (impulse buy). A very attractive woman in a hurry and a short skirt -- the type who probably is used to guys being awfully happy to help her out -- taps me on the shoulder and says, "Can I go ahead of you? I only have one thing."

I say, "I've got three," and turn my back. I can't deny enjoying the annoyed noise I heard behind me.

I can't plan for shit

I find that people are often surprised by what I'm into, really into, especially because different people meet me from different contexts. I remember the horror in one person's voice when she was flipping through my CDs and asked, "Why do you have a Cardigans album? Holy shit, why do you have ALL the Cardigans albums?"

No one would mark me as a country guy, and I'm really not, but with Stevie Ray Vaughan gone and Pizzicato Five broken up, the #1 show I want to see any time possible is Junior Brown.



Well I checked his tour schedule, and he's playing the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay the week I'm in Las Vegas in January -- an hour after my flight leaves. And there's an Indian stripper I'd love to take to that show. Goddamnit.