new horseshit!

It's been awhile since last I tossed some horseshit onto the internets. Reason: my ass is being thoroughly kicked by life. Every day, I strap on my lifegear and head out into the world with a heart full of hope. And every day, I end up dining on shit sandwiches for like 15 hours straight.

I don't see my friends.

I don't see my family.

I don't drink beerz at The Bar.

My job has just physically and emotionally overwhelmed me for the last 9 months. Too much.

Lately I've been so exhausted that I haven't even had thoughts relating to things other than my job. Like I'd want to do a post but literally my head would be empty. And on the rare moment when I do have something I'd like to say, the process of thinking it out and typing it up is too daunting.

So in lieu of an actual post, and in an effort to just get one out there and hope it leads to more, here is a list of some of the things I've considered posting about:

-Tom Chambers
-Things I do less of since I stopped drinking
-Dennis Johnson
-Old NBA games
-How some old athletes, like some old songs, hold up better than others upon review
-Career choices
-Bob Newhart
-Music
-A Great Fart Story a guy at work told me yesterday
-Getting Old
-1997

I miss you guys -- both in an ether-based sense and a physical one. Maybe I'll type up a real post soon, but in the meantime I hope the Gods of Leisure are smiling upon you.

bombs bursting in air, which is loud as hell you gotta take my word for it

My near-exact thoughts, in order, in the moments immediately following seeing Marlee Matlin signing the words to The Star Spangled Banner prior to the Super Bowl:

1. Wow, that's weird.
2. I can't think of any other time life when it's actually an advantage to be deaf besides during the Godawful National Anthem -- particularly this Godawfuller than usual Billy Joel rendition -- and we just ruined that for them.
3. Er, I guess another time it would be cool to be deaf is when somebody's car alarm goes off in the middle of the night.
4. Wait, what do deaf people use for alarm clocks? Do they have some kind of vibrating thing in the bed, or a bright light that flashes?
5. What is the point to signing the words to a song, anyway? Songs are pretty much an exclusively aural experience, you can't really visually describe a song to someone in a meaningful way. It's like describing a sunset with words. Plus, you gotta figure that any deaf people that had any interest in the lyrics to the SSB had figured them out by now.

Unrelated, but important information for the people at Frito-Lay: hot chicks do not walk down the sidewalk carrying giant bags of Doritos. Never ever. They might eat 'em but not walking down the street. Come on. You lost me with that one.