countin' squirrels and cuttin' heads

So my one-day weekend is over. It wasn't bad.

Ten loads of laundry. One beer. One glass of Prosecco. A few more of those awesome little sweetish crackers with some cheese.

I got a long-overdue haircut. I went to (Dis) Astor Place and my man Rocco took care of me. I think he will be my featured barber for awhile. He don't say much, and what he does say you can't understand, but he's 2 for 2 in the haircut department. And ultimately that's what counts when you're choosing a barber, no?

Those of you who are familiar with Astor Place Haircutters but haven't stopped by in a while might be disappointed to learn that the ground-floor half of the place is gone. They got priced out of their lease. Now it's just the basement, and the cost of a haircut is up to (a still-reasonable) $14.

But I was relieved to see that they haven't discarded their board of celebrity Polaroids. They just took it and wedged it half-assedly into the stairwell. It's an amazingly random assortment of people who have been at least quasi-famous at some point in the last 30 years -- athletes and movie stars and rappers and socialates -- all smiling dutifully as they get their cheap haircuts at Astor Place.

For three genius points each -- and no research of any kind is allowed -- name as many of these celebrities as possible.

I will post a picture of the board tomorrow.

As I was walking out of Stuytown on the way to the barber, I thought of a fun game ST/PCV residents can play on their way to work each morning:

The object is to guess how many squirrels you will see before you leave the project, as well as the ethnic makeup of this group. My guess today was "19 squirrels total; 12 brown, 7 gray." I stopped counting when I reached 27 squirrels. Those little monsters are everywhere. If you ever get it exactly right, you can buy yourself a chocolate milkshake.

No Mac for me this Xmas. With the Intel switchover happening at some point in the next year, it seems like a bad time to buy one. When the switchover happens, I can possibly either get the new one or maybe they'll have some leftover stock of the non-Intel PowerBooks on sale for cheap. Maybe not, but best to wait and see either way, I think. Plus, a lot of people have told me that the 15" PowerBooks get hot as a mother when you use them. That's no fun, burning the old balls and such.

In the meantime, I may order a new hard drive for my busted computer to see if that's what the problem is. I found the exact same model hard drive online at some shady retailer for like $100, but I'm wondering if I should buy something different cuz that one is a lemon. What are the rules governing laptop hard drive compatibility? Isired, you out there?

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While you are guessing Astorlebrities, you can also have a quick, preliminary look at the next namedatlyric song (an MP3 of which will appear following the correct guess).

Here goes:

If

Good luck with that one.

Also, please check out Crsmal's new blog! (As mentioned in the previous post below.)