Flaming Fred & the Eco-conscious fetus

That would be an excellent band name, wouldn't it?

Weird news items:

"Candace Dickinson was fined $367 for improper use of a carpool lane, but contended her unborn child qualified to use the lane."

ummmm.... I'm not even sure how to respond to that.

Judge: Baby on board is no excuse

The new sitcom staring Fred Savage and Jane Curtain premiers soon. The odd thing here is Savage is portraying a gay man. Yes, Fred Savage, aka Kevin Arnold... boyish in the wonder years, however somewhat unlikely as a gay man... but perhaps that is just me. Those guys on Will & Grace are good at what they do, very funny. Savage, I think you have a knack for getting involved in short lived programming.

Those aside:

My weird news item, I actually left work at 6:00 today, which is the earliest I've left in quite some time.

In other news:

I picked up my official Millennium Pharmaceuticals T-shirt with our P to the 4th power motto for 2006 on the back. It is long sleeved, and purple. Simply divine design.

My new PC is coming along nicely. I solved my McAfee Virus software glitch, and also successfully transferred my MP3s after a bit of doubt.

Well, my Mom always said, "If you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything at all." I don't so much have negativity in me, more so just a lack of creativity and energy. So now I must prepare myself for the contentment of my comforter and pillows.

Have a lovely Thursday

Quick jaunt up to Maine

My weekend started out nice spending some quality time with Kate. Saturday we parted after going to a little Mom & Pop Italian eatery in Melrose. It is called Curoso's and the pizza was fantastic. I know where I'll get takeout for pizza from now on. One of these days I'll have to go back and have some lasagna or chicken Parmesan or some other lovely dish.

Kate's starting some classes this week which will run for over a month. No more Wednesday night dinner rendevous for a bit... I'll be sad, but I'll get by. :)

I then headed up to Maine listening to my new CDs. I really love the new Strokes CD. I almost think its better than even their first, although I'll need to revisit "Is this It?" to verify. The focus of the trip was to pick up my new computer which I had shipped to my parents since anything other than that would require picking it up at a UPS or Fed-EX location. This would mean taking time off which I was not prepared to do. I'm still sitting here typing away on my old computer, because I'm going to need to do a lot of file transfer. Also I'm going to Polish up this one, so to speak, and bring it up to my parents. It will be an improvement on their Pentium II. Maybe I can get them back on the net, or it will at least encourage them to get a new PC themselves.

Well so its back to work now.. I'll be busy, so I anticipate the week will go by fast.

Have a good Monday everyone!

jambalaya!

Kate and I went to our Wednesday night dinner at the Cheesecake factory. (3 guesses on what I ate) It will be our last Wednesday night dinner for several weeks as Kate is taking a course. (Sadness)

I bought the new Strokes CD I've been babbling about. You know who they remind me of? (heh-heh-heh....) The Walkmen. Seriously, this CD has really rekindled that association in my mind. It was a tired joke between Madden and I because I initially said the walkmen reminded me of the Strokes. John brought up U2 instead, and although I could see his association was much more relevant I was a stickler about giving in to my original conviction. I think the lead of The Strokes has a very Bono-like quality to his voice, and the clarity of vocals in this album coupled with a more pop feel and an occasionally faster past definitely makes this more audible. The song and lyric structure on several of the tunes is a new direction from past efforts that makes my Walkmen association more viable.

I think sleep deprivation is causing me to lose my mind. On the way home tonight I was thinking about butterflies and tadpoles. The obvious thought occurred to me that these two creatures are at the opposite stages of post embryonic metamorphosis. The fact that these two organisms randomly entered my mind together seemed like a bizarre coincidence. Both are common childhood obsessions, and yet are at such polar opposite stages of life. The mere concept of it all really rocked my world.

See... when you are sober, and your thought process meanders this twisty turny bizarre path. Then that's messed up right there. Of course no one has ever accused me of thinking ordinary thoughts.

May your Thursday be kind and gentle.