Blogger has eaten my blog

I have no idea what happened but Blogger ate my Blog yesterday. I am changing the template and starting from scratch. We shall see.

Gawker Stalker

Celebrity bloggers are the latest rage. Apparently, they are the latest thing to enrage celebrities as well.... http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/03/clooney.gawkerstalker.ap/index.html


Sooooo, after looking at today's Gawker Stalker I decided to do just that....stalk. I noticed that someone saw Drew Barrymore filming at 18th and 5th. So i walked down there given that it is only two blocks from my office. Sure enough, huge crew setup, dressing room trucks the whole kaboodle. I even stole some Tootsie rolls off the catering table as i walked by:) Apparently it is a Drew Barrymore and Hugh Grant movie, Music and Lyrics by. No sign of Drew or Hugh, but i did recognize a couple E-list extras tooling around the catering table.
No doubt in search of more Tootsie rolls.

On a sadder note....

I turned 30 last Wednesday. Officially accountable for life now. When you are 0-12 people call you a child, a kid not old enough to do anything. 13-19 you are a teenager. Immature and inexperienced. You can vote, not that is matters cause look what that got you for the past 6 years. 20-29 you are a "twenty-something". Young, energetic, eyes-wide-open, passionate, brash and capricious but it is okay because you are still in your "20's". Now 30.
What is 30? Simply the decade before you are "Over the Hill". Great.
They used to have a show called "thirtysomething". (Not that YOU in your 20's would remember it). It lasted 4 years. Hmm, that doesn't bode well. I remember it being about adult angst and the harsh reality of getting old, physically and emotionally.
So i've got that going for me...which is nice.

Happy Happy Joy Joy

That's how I feel about being married so far. It will be two weeks tomorrow since we were standing with the beautiful turquoise blue water behind us saying I Do. Seems like eons ago. It was quite possibly the longest two weeks vacation I have ever had. And I remember ever single minute of it. I probably always will. (Having pictures will help I'm sure:)

This picture truly captures our spirit. Always laughing. I love that. I love her laugh. Nothing makes me smile more. (Not even a Liverpool victory.....although that is a close second:)

I can't wait for the next 70 years with my Bebe! (I plan on living to 100 BTW)

And..we're...out.

Sucks. The defensive stalwart that is the Liverpool backline was maligned with injury and lack of talent. I am not sure why that bumbling fool Traore was in the starting 11 since I can't even remember seeing him play since last year's Championship game. He is horrible. But we can't but the full blame on his weak shoulders. Our strikers just continue to be bereft of scoring ability. Between our 4 strikers (Cisse, Morientes, Fowler and Crouch) they have had I think 4 goals in 40 starts. That is NOT what you need to win games. Mind you the defense had only given up 5 goals in that same span but this is not the NFL...defense does not win games. It simply causes a draw. And you know what they say TIES are like.....
something about your sister and first base....

Well, on to securing our automatic spot in next years tourney.

Sidenote...isn't it odd that the top three teams in Englans are out and the has-been Gunners are still in it? Of course who couldn't string together two wins against to over-hyped, over-the-hill, Gaglacticos .

Fin.

Let the idiocy commence

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/06/sd.abortionban.ap/index.html

I actually wrote a pretty severe email to this guy two weeks ago. Amazingly enough, no reponse yet.

Dark and Stormy

No, not the weather...although it is White and Snowy out there today. A random 4-8 inches of the icy powder on March 2. To think Spring is just 19 days away. But back to Dark and Stormy.

I love rum. People who know me, know this. I collect rum. I drink rum. I smell rum. I have even thought about making the stuff(Apparently it is still illegal though.) My nickname is The Captain. No, I don't own a boat. Nor have I ever. So you do the math.
When the Captain and I aren't hanging out I like to venture into different cocktails and types of rum other than his spiced Puerto Rican gem.
The Bermudians make this terrific rum called Black Seal. It is distilled by Gosling's. I believe it is the national rum of Bermuda. To make a Dark and Stormy, take a cocktail glass; fill with ice; fill about 1/3 with Black Seal and top with ginger beer. Now, not ginger ale mind you. Ginger beer. Ginger ale is the sweet knockoff of true ginger beer. The drink totally loses its feel with ginger ale.
Now, where do you find ginger beer do you ask? Good luck. I have been having the same problem here in NYC finding a good ginger beer anywhere.

Soooo, i have decided to brew my own. Here in the office in fact. The fermentation should be complete by this afternoon and the final batch by tomorrow morning. (Don't worry, i am not brewing "beer" in the office, though the thought has crossed my mind, since the sugar and yeast I am using really don't produce any significant amount of alcohol. Merely some flavorful carbonation.)

Stay tuned for the results.

La musica por hombres? De hombres.

So with the countdown at just under 20 days I have been trying to put together the playlist for the reception in Mexcio. Knocked out the playlist for the wedding CD in a matter of minutes. However, in doing so, it was brought to my attention that I didn't have one female singer/group in the bunch.
Which got me thinking....do I have something against female singers?

I had noticed this before and never really put much thought into it. I guess there aren't that many female singers/groups that I really get into. Perhaps it is because most of the music I listen to is about the music and not really about the lyrics.

I am not a lyrics guy by nature.
The sounds and transitions is what moves me about music and not necessarily the message.

Giving a cursory glance at my iTunes library only compounded this argument. Jazz, classical, punk, rap, techno, trance, acoustic these are the genres that have distinct melodic quality and not necessarily a vehicle for a poignant message or lyric.

To make a long story not much longer....there was a staunch request for the wedding playlist to include at least one female. So, Sheryl Crow's Strong Enough made the cut. Apropos I think.

As for the reception playlist.....not sure if I can make any promises. (But there may just be some Gwen and Kelly on there for good measure)