Is it just me or is lending a DVD of Office Space to your boss just a bit contradictory to the spirit of the movie?
My brother alerted me to this ABCNews.com story about Germans concerned about the infusion of English words into the common vocabulary. He notes that “why is it every time I hear something like ‘KEEPING GERMAN PURE’ in an article I feel like fleeing to Norway?” That is one way of looking at it. I have no sympathy either, after all Germany did ruin the 20th Century (twice). A few English words won’t kill them.
I don’t know what the Democrats are thinking by pushing forward with an anti-Wal-Mart agenda; people in middle America LOOOOOOVE Wal-Mart and the last time I checked, middle America was where the Democrats were losing elections. Duh.
For many years my family and I have gone to the Dunn Loring Mobil for car inspections. It was always busy (I bet it is one of the busiest in NOVA) it generally passed any car which was particularly handy with some of our older cars. Anyhow, I drove Erica’s car to it the other morning and was surprised to discover that not only the 7 to 7 hours were gone (replaced by 8 to 5) but it was now a Sunoco and the was a new inspector. The previous inspector had been there for at least ten years. I wonder what happened to him.
Thanks to Sweet I discovered the #1 song in the U.S. on the day I was born was Barbra Streisand’s Evergreen. This will certainly please my mother who was calling the Brooklyn songstress Barbra long before Linda Richmond ever did. It however, depresses me. My brother’s song was oddly appropriate though. Find out for yourself.
It does not look like I am ever going to write a recap to my (first) trip down the shore. A few notable things though — there were plans carrying signs for Lynn Swann (running for governor in Pennsylvania) and PA Tourism (ha!).
Turning onto W. Beaver Ave. from S. Atherton Street a couple of Saturday’s ago I saw the bank sign that said the temperature was 44°. While it was cold and unpleasant, I knew it was not that chilly since my previous trip to State College was in that kind of weather. I wish I had a thermometer on me at the time to see how warm it actually was outside. That made me realize that a thermometer would be a great feature on a wireless phone. Perhaps this has already happened and I am just several years behind the times. An altimeter would be good too.
Can you believe that stupid Ben Rothliesburger didn’t wear a helmet on his appendix?
One thing that makes working really late more palatable is listening to Penn Jillete’s radio show at 7 p.m. on WJFK (106.7). Marc Fisher recently wrote about him in The Post.
Somehow, The Dead Milkmen became part of my soundtrack for trips to Penn State games.
Shouldn’t the band Ten Years After be Fifty Years After now?
