Because I rarely have anything original, I was reading Anti-pundit and he tried an open thread. I had nothing to say because, well, he writes better than me and his acid-laced comments are just better than mine. Anyway, he talked about a concrete cloud so I figured I’d copy his thoughts and try my Led [...]
Entries from August 2008
August 30, 2008
Thoughts on the DNC — what the hell were these people thinking
No, not regarding their politics or choice of candidate but their behavior. Old people rocking to Stevie Wonder like it’s 1979. I dig the singer but man, those delegates couldn’t dance to save their lives. it brought back horrible memories of an earlier one. I think it was 2000 when they did the Macerana. I [...]
August 29, 2008
Blues, I got them Bedtime blues
It’s still party time at bed time here at Grand Central. You know, I have referred to my house as Grand Central as a joke, a play on the title of this blog but yet, the past few weeks, it’s been true. It seems like the noise at bedtime is far louder than it is [...]
August 29, 2008
Obama-Rama
Say what you want about his politics or the Democrats having such a lavish affair for his acceptance speech (kinda interesting given they talk about helping the poor but anyway), Obama is one hell of a speaker. I mean, wow. He was Reagan and Clinton last night. Props to him. And yes, he did outline [...]
August 24, 2008
Olympic spirit — not so much
This guy from Cuba, a taekwondo fighter, got booted from the games and from competition for life for kicking a ref in the head after what he thought was a bad call in the bronze medal match. Well, that’s certainly not good sportsmanship but it also shows, in a way that I wouldn’t want my kids [...]
August 22, 2008
Open thread
I feel buoyed by the fact that two independent people, not my wife or those whom I pay, visited my site. I have a total of three people now who read this page so I am going out on a limb and asking for thoughts on life. I have been swamped by Olympic coverage. Yes, [...]
August 17, 2008
Olympic Joy
Wow. What a day for the Olympics. First off, Michael Phelps. Wow. Nuff said on that. Really, if you have to say more, then you just don’t get it.
But I am more interested in Torres, the 41-year-old swimmer who missed Gold by .01 seconds and who then within a few minutes, came back to race [...]
August 16, 2008
Peoria, we have a problem
A mouse was sighted in the kitchen 30 minutes ago. Wife is crazy. It’s my fault. She was going for crackers. Mouse ran over her hand. Chaos. Somehow, the kids didn’t wake up.
Switching to liveblogging mode
5:20 a.m. Mouse sighted. I am rushed downstairs to take care of it. I proclaim. what the hell am I [...]
August 16, 2008
Freaky Friday
Man, is it me or has the weather been great. It’s nearly 5 a.m., I am up watching the Olympics. My wife thinks I am crazy and my kids keep waking up with either weird dreams, a desire for snacks or just to have Daddy sit in their room. The last one I truly don’t [...]
August 14, 2008
Changing of the guard
Things change. It’s a part of life, akin to death and taxes but today, there was a big change at Grand Central. The boy wore me out. Yep. The little guy, full on in his toddler years, just took me for a loop and well, I am tuckered. I know, you are saying, well, sure, [...]
