Gotta love the Charlie

OK, kids. I'm hooked on a guilty pleasure and I'm not afraid to admit it. Remember Adam Curry, the VJ from MTV fame in the late 80's? Well, he has his own fairly daily podcast called the Daily Source Code and I've been downloading the podcast and listening to them on a regular basis. He plays some songs and talks about anything and everything and he's a computer geek. Go figure. Check it out if you can and let me know what you think. Warning: some shows may contain adult language.

Strategery

I just remembered that I had a weird dream last night where I was watching some show somewhere and Nora Jones was the performer. She came out on stage to sing but it wasn't her singing, it was a recording and she was lip-syncing. Then, during the show, other members of the audience were pre-occupied because there was a news report saying that Osama Bin Laden had been caught.

I need to lay off the chocolate.

Weird Al is back...

And he's got a new song that won't be on his upcoming album because of the artist's lame-o record label. But fear not Weird Al fans! He has the song available for download on his website. Check it out.

I've got nothing

other than... what the heck is going on in the Middle East?? They really want to blow themselves up over there, eh? Ugh.

So long, Red.

Comedian Red Buttons died today at age 87. Yet another great one gone. RIP.

update:
I just realized that one of the revolving quotes I have under the title is from Mr. Buttons himself...

Never raise your hands to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected. - Red Buttons

Party in the North End

And everyone's invited. Be Italian for a day! Congrats to the 2006 World Cup Champions.

Dr. Stephen Hawkings Asks...

How can the human race survive the next hundred years?

So close!

So Portugal is not going to the finals on Sunday. Oh well, it was a good run. Now I don't know who to route for, if anyone. Italy or France. Probably Italy since France beat Portugal.

On the local front, my son J. and I went camping for the first time on Monday night and he had a fun time. We actually rough it a bit by sleeping in tents at a camping site in Plymouth called Indian Head Resort. We stayed with some distant cousins that we haven't seen in a while and with some friends which was nice. We only stayed for the night as we needed to get back to rest up to go to work the next day. Plus, my wife and daughter were beginning to get sick and via doctor's orders they stayed behind. We went with my brother-in-law with the ok from my wife because J. was so excited to go.

We roasted marshmallows by the fire pit and I ate them for him. lol We went to the beach for a bit the following morning before heading back. It was super hot and humid on the 4th so it was unbearable at least for me, but J. was having fun and didn't want to leave. All in all it was a good time.

Viva Portugal!!

On to the semi-finals to play the ance of France!

Last night, we went to my not-so-distant cousin's wedding and got to see family that we usually don't get to see that often. It was a great wedding and great night for partying and dancing.

Today, we went to lunch with my sister and her family and my parents as it's my parent's 40th anniversary today, and it happens to be my sister and brother-in-law's 6th wedding anniversary!
Happy anniversary Mom and Dad!!
Happy anniversary Sis and Bro!!

To the Extreme!

Last night, my wife and I went to the Bank of America Pavillion, a.k.a. FleetBoston Pavillion to see the funky-rock band, Extreme. What a great show! It was a night for Boston bands as Charlie Farren from Farrenheit fame was the opening act. He played some of his solo acoustic stuff and then played Farrenheit's lone single, "Fool In Love".

Extreme came out rocking opening up with "Decadence Dance" and played for over two hours. At the end of the show during the encore, drummer Paul Geary took over the microphone and started talking how when he was growing up, he had posters of these guys up in his bedroom and were greatly influenced by them. Then, he proceeded to introduce on stage, Brad Delp and two other members of the band Boston! The crowd went nuts and they played "Rock and Roll Band". I couldn't believe I got to see Boston play live! They are one of my all-time favorites. It was truly a night for Boston bands.