Snippets:
- This morning was, sadly, the first day I had to wear a fleece upon getting up. Mark it down -autumn. I don’t mind so much since it’s my favorite season, I just find myself wondering how another autumn got here so damn fast. Truly incredible. All you twenty-somethings who shrug off the people telling you how fast time goes – take it seriously. Because it’s true. I was one of those non-believers and now here I sit, 39 and wondering where the hell 15 years just went. Every autumn I also get this odd urge to move to Western Massachusetts. It’s been happening now for 10+ years.
- This was the first year I sprung for Bruins season tickets. Oh, I can’t afford that kind of money and I definitely don’t have the time to go to 40 Bruins games – which is why I’m splitting it a few ways. The tickets arrived in a pile this week and it was a sight to behold. I do still have a few games to sell, so if anyone is interested, let me know.
- Can you still call your “new job” a new job after six months? Where did THAT time go?
- As more magazines emerge as IPad apps, I’m getting warmer and warmer to that device. It didn’t start well. In fact, it sat unused for quite a while there. But then I read somewhere that The Atlantic had an IPad app and I found a couple of others and now I’m back. Not sure it’ll last, but we’ll see.
- Just got a case of Wachusett Octoberfest, one of their seasonal beers and maybe my favorite from them. I got a six pack last year and raced to the store to find more, but it sold so fast and I didn’t see it again, so it’s been 11 months since I had one. Not getting caught with my pants down this time – so I got the case.
- Isn’t it funny how we change as adults? As a kid, I had mild interest in history. Mild at best. Today non-fiction books are pretty much the only thing I will read. Currently loving the Chez Panisse/Alice Waters bio and about to jump into a Dust Bowl study (middle America, depression era), courtesy of my in-laws. Wish I’d listened more in history class, but I have a feeling traditional high school history classes truly just scratch the surface due to time constraints. I have a feeling that if I were a history teacher, I’d get stuck on one single fascinating topic for a whole half-year or something. I mean, you could do a school quarter on single presidencies. You could do a whole year on Truman or Teddy Roosevelt.
- I still can’t type very well on the IPhone. My contract is still 8 months away from renewing, but what do you do when you love EVERYTHING else about your phone except for the one thing you do the most? Dunno.
Really been digging on this song again. These guys just kill it. There is no such thing as a perfect band, but they sniff around it sometimes. It starts to amp up around the 3:35 mark and that’s when you realize how epic this band can be.
A tree for all these problems
they can find you for the moment
then for all past efforts
there buried deep beneath
your heart and somewhere in your stomach
and hey, transform all others
when awful people they surround you
well hey, they’re just like monsters
they come to feed on me
giant little animals to feed
though to say we got much hope
if i am lost it’s only for a little while
a tree for all these problems
they can find us for the moment
then for all past efforts
there buried deep beneath
our hearts and somewhere in our stomachs
and hey, transform all others
when awful people they surround you
well hey, they just like monsters
they come to feed on us
giant little animals for us
though to say we got much hope
if i am lost it’s only for a little while
though to say we got much hope
if i am lost it’s only for a little while
if i am lost it’s only for a little while
if i am lost it’s only for a little while