Random note: Barbara took a photo of a real American Bald Eagle this past weekend, perched on some wood just off the shore of the Potomac river, looking in towards DC. We were picnicing with some friends at a nice park in Alexandria VA (picnicing makes me sound so old) with some friends and they spotted it, some 50 feet away. It was oddly patriotic ( Read more... )

This journal isn't dead - it's just been neglected for the past month. I've settled into a groove of "work-pastepunk-(baseball)sleep x five" in the past month, and while I can't complain, it was inevitable that home computer time would be the loser. I think the best thing that has happened to me lately is that I'm no longer spending hours a day ( Read more... )

Last night Barbara and myself went to the Mets v. Nationals came, taking the Metro to get there. Our train car had a couple of punks on it that were heading into DC for the anti-war concert that was going on, featuring the Bouncing Souls and Anti-Flag, among others. The trains were packed and one of the young punks noticed my Thrice shirt and ( Read more... )

Alright... that's the last time I turn off Monday Night Football at the end of the third quarter. What a comeback!

Today my friends, is a good day. For the first time in about three years, we have brand new Pastepunk t-shirts. They can be purchased in our here, and look like this:


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Coffee Spill Caused Subway Doors To OpenDriver Faces Disciplinary Action For Drinking Coffee On Train ( Read more... )

Sigh...

Reading what comes out of the mouths of politicians lately regarding the increases in gas prices is a riot. Of course, I don't expect anything but ludicrous answers (when was the last time you met a pol who is actually qualified to speak on something that's more than a campaign zinger?), but my favorites thus far are ( Read more... )

My Terps mini-hoop set arrived today, and I'm currently testing out the various doors in my apartment for the best location to set it up. How can something that's priced at $9.99 deliver so much joy?!?

You just never know where hardcore bands will pop up these days in the press. Washington Post humor columnist Joel Achenbach keeps a blog on the Washington Post website, known as "Achenblog." Today's entry had the following...

Traveling in California is dangerous, because you start having real estate investment fantasies. Something about the air, ( Read more... )