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It’s me again, your friendly neighborhood PSA.
Today is 7/11, so 7-11 is giving away free Slurpees.
Just thought you’d like to know.
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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like …
10 Jul
It may only be July 10, but to me, it’s the first day of the holiday season. Why? Because I received my first four (unsolicited) holiday CDs in the mail at work today. Nothing earth shattering — they’re last year’s releases — but what do I care? They’re new to me and I’m more than happy to get the ball rolling on the new A Very Marty Xmas CD. Now the hard part is deciding which of the tracks — if any — on Hanukkah Swings! and SantaMental will make it. (Not sure I’ll use the other two albums. I may even give them away.) Tough choices indeed. Last year’s mix set the bar so high that I need to start now if I’m going to top it this winter.
Like Rain on Your Wedding Day
10 Jul
I’m sure I’m not the first — and I know I won’t be the last — person to point out the utter irony of the Herald‘s front page today.
Juxtaposed right next to a photo of the chaos that erupted in the North End following Italy’s World Cup victory is the headline “Peace on Our Streets.”
Ha!
(And yes, I know “rain on your wedding day” is not ironic. So isn’t it ironic that the headline of my posting about irony is not actually ironic? Don’t ya think?)
Pretty Good
9 Jul
I needed a date for the weekend, so I went to see The Devil Wears Prada, where the ratio of guys to girls was, like, 1:7.
Nevertheless, though I walked out as single as I went in, I enjoyed the movie, so I guess it was worth it.
I mean, putting aside that some things are a bit far-fetched (like the fact that a modern job seeker — and an aspiring journalist — would not do her homework before an interview), I think Anne Hathaway gives a good performance, Meryl Streep is truly bitchy, and Stanley Tucci is fun, and the movie is light and easy to watch.
It’s hard to believe a boss could really be that much of a tyrant, but then again, I’ve been lucky thus far to have less demanding bosses than Miranda Priestley so I guess it’s possible somewhere. Continue reading
Hot Dog!
8 Jul
Got an email from a PR person yesterday alerting me that the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile will be in town next week for the company’s Sing the Jingle, Be a Star contest.
Come one! Come all!
From July 13-17, local residents will have their chance to sing one of the company’s famous jingles (the bologna one or the wiener one — in English or Spanish) for a chance to appear in a national television commercial.
I don’t know all the details (that was all she wrote), but I thought I’d post an announcement here just in case it was your lifelong dream to be a wiener. Wouldn’t want you to miss out on this exciting opportunity.
With a Name Like Manischewitz …
7 Jul
According to the New York Times, everyone’s favorite brand of kosher food, Manischewitz, wants to go mainstream. If I didn’t know Manischewitz, chances are no kind of advertising would convince me to buy its products when up against other brands. And since I do know Manischewitz, I’ll stick to buying their products only during Passover. But you tell me:
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Are You Bored?
6 JulMy skin is starting to peel.
I tell you this not because I feel compelled to continue my sunburn saga or to share the gross details of my life, but because it’s National Anti-Boredom Month and I know how some of you feel about coming to this site and not finding anything new. So consider this posting my cure for your boredom.
Need something to do? You can click here and watch ESPN’s news coverage of Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, which I wrote about yesterday.
Or, you can visit one (or both) of my favorite celeb gossip/photo sites: What Would Tyler Durden Do? or Celebrity Terrorist.
Or, you can read through my blog archives. For example, you could read my G.M. hire news story or my Aeroballoon experience or my “People Are Stupid” posting, which was the first one of my postings to be quoted in the Boston Globe.
Or you can go to Blogger.com and start your own blog. It’s quite easy, lots of fun, and quite time consuming. You might never be bored again.
So there you go. Happy National Anti-Boredom Month. (And a day early, happy Chocolate Day.)
Red, Red and Red
5 Jul
It’s not officially summer until I get a horrible sunburn, and I’ve returned to Boston with just that, all over my upper chest and around my neck. I suppose my face is burnt a bit too, but not as bad (though the area around my eyes apparently makes me look like I have allergies).
And yes, I did use sunscreen; it was the Coppertone Sport SPF 15 spray kind. So either the stuff is crap or I needed a higher SPF. Or, the sun in Florida was just that strong (temperatures were in the high 80s the entire time I was there). I’ll say the correct answer is a little of all three.
Either way, I was only a third prepared for the Fourth of July. I had plenty of red. I just needed some white and blue. And now I’m practically swimming in aloe.
Continue readingSox Gone South
2 Jul
I’m in Florida this weekend, mainly to see the Sox play the Marlins. Went to the game Saturday night, and man, it was just like being in Boston. Alright, so maybe the sight lines were better, the stadium a bit brighter, and the hot dogs not as tasty — oh, and there were actual cheerleaders — but the place was crawling with Sox fans wearing the team colors and making their allegiances known. We must have outnumbered the Marlin fans 2-1. In fact, every time a new Sox batter came to the plate for at least the first two innings, the crowd erupted in “Let’s Go Red Sox” cheers. (This was followed by a faint “Booo” by the local fans.) There were even a few chants of “Yankees Suck” when a fan wearing NY was spotted.
It’s not like this was the first time I’d been to Dolphin Stadium for a game, but seeing the Sox play made it more enjoyable. Papi and Manny both hit two home runs each in the 11-5 Sox win, so suffice it to say, a good time was had. Our seats were in the first row of section 230, the club level, so we were just a little ways up from Trot (and then Gabe, when Trot was taken out). The weather was hot and humid, but it was all good. And, we got to the park early enough so I could watch the boys take some batting practice (and take some decent pictures — that’s my boy Gabe Kapler, above, signing an autograph).
Still, the best part was being amongst so many Sox fans in a “foreign” city. I’m not sure how many were like me and just down for the weekend, but regardless, it was fun to be reminded that Sox fans are everywhere.
Pretty Fly for a Super Guy
30 Jun
If you’re looking for good old fashioned summer movie entertainment on a grand scale, look no further than Superman Returns.
The film is basically an homage to the spectacles of days past, and specifically to the Superman movie of 1978. From the opening chords of John Williams’ theme music, to the replica of the credit style, to the clips of Marlon Brando’s performance, and even including the final shot of the movie, Superman Returns is a film that treats its source material as if it was a holy text.
In fact, director Bryan Singer has crafted a movie where Superman isn’t just a hero — he’s practically a god. Continue reading
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