We got about twelve songs solid in the repertoire. The accordian player is acclimating nicely. In fact, he kicks ass! Time to bring in the bassist and drummer.

It's almost a band.

I've started jamming with the intent of forming an Irish punk band. Linda will be dancing angrily in a little plaid skirt. We'll be covering the Pogues and Flogging Molly as well as putting high-octane twists on all the old barroom faves (The Wild Rover, The Irish Rover, Whiskey In The Jar, etc.). You get the idea ( Read more... )

• 1952 Gary Cooper - High Noon as Marshal Will Kane
  • Marlon Brando - Viva Zapata! as Emiliano Zapata
  • Kirk Douglas - The Bad and the Beautiful as Jonathan
  • José Ferrer - Moulin Rouge as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec / The Comte de Toulouse-Lautrec
  • Alec Guinness - The Lavender Hill Mob as Henry Holland

Can anybody explain the appeal of facebook to me ( Read more... )

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Tuesday was my birthday. I got a Fratellis CD, saw Jonathan Richman at the Blue Lamp, and went home with the sexiest human being I know (my wife).

Can't get happier than that!

I'm putting together the disc that I'm going to use for my audition to become an indoor cycle instructor, and need your recommendations for 1) awesome contemporary dance songs or 2) awesome contemporary dance remixes of old school songs ( Read more... )

I try hard not to take my kids to fast food places, but sometimes it just can't be helped ( Read more... )

For almost a year now, spin classes at 24 Hour Fitness have been a staple of both my fitness regimen and my social life. I attended five or six classes a week and hung out with the instructor (Roger) and others on the weekends ( Read more... )

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Dang it!

The censors at the Department of Corrections just added LJ to their list of forbidden websites. It's blocked now. This is unfortunate because work's where I blogged.

What this means is that I'm about to become an even shittier LJ friend than I alreay am. Essentially, the only time I'll have to blog is on the weekend--ironcally, the time ( Read more... )

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So, if it came down to "the Lowercase Jays," "the Coughing Jags," or "the Bevels," which one would you pick?