Real [Man] of Genius

Halloween is truly one of the greatest holidays-you get to become anyone or anything you want, if only for a day. This year I chose Hulk Hogan and as you can see it was awesome-complete with a beautiful handlebar mustache that I am going to keep. I even got over-50 female support for keeping the 'stache from the other volunteers at the Senior Center. I had a good ol' time with the fam' and a fun time at the other parties I went to. Sadly, the crowd must have been too young to recognize the awsomeness of my costume, as I didn't win any awards. I am excited for NCAA basketball to start this month, the NBA just started, the World Series is wrapping up, and football is getting interesting-Fall is truly the most wonderful time of the year.

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Green is the Colour

You French cinema enthusiasts might remember a little 1969 film called More about idyllic life on Ibiza. Partiers in Ibiza enjoy the lush, rolling green hills often associated with Ireland or New Zealand. I will soon be a partaker in their joy. My apartment complex started putting in sod today, and while the dirt yard was nice, I think I'll like the grass even better. This is another example of me getting excited about the mundane, but I'll try to deal with it-it happens to the best of us. I mean even Snoop dogg pontificates about grass in Starsky and Hutch, so why not me? (mild expletives in this clip) And Green is the Colour is one of my favorite Pink Floyd songs (they wrote and performed the soundtrack for More including this ditty).

You're the Best Around

So I realized this week that I'm kind of a loser. My roommate finally got us a shower curtain and a rod, and the first time I saw them I was so excited-giddy with anticipation. I hope you don't know how hard it is to take a shower with no curtain while keeping the floor and the toilet relatively dry, but let's just say it's been a struggle. So when you start getting excited over shower curtains, your coolness level plummets (good thing mine was so high to begin with). Of course (to bring up Halloween again) if you get excited about shower curtains because you bought one to follow in Ralph Macchio's footsteps then your coolness level sky rockets, and perhaps you too will become the best around. By the way, I recommend that costume if you don't have an idea already. A nice young man named Dan tells how he did it here.

I Can See Clearly Now

Happy World Sight Day! I am sure glad I can see well enough (those who have been on my softball team might disagree but...). I am also glad that Johnny Nash taught us all about the wonder of seeing clearly. Coincidentally, it has stopped raining here in Richland. Just a reminder that the Red Sox are playing in the ALDS tonight at 9:37 EDT on TBS. For those of you who don't have the luxury of cable you can view all postseason games on mlb.com for the low price of $10. Now you have no excuse.