Willie Mays

I'm a Benicio Del Toro fan but i'll be damned if this doesn't make perfect sense. Why is that?? God Dammit Rod you've done it again. Touche!

The Boilermaker

So I jogged in the Boilermaker roadrace this past weekend which is a 9 mile run through the streets of Utica, NY which is a pretty awful town. No offense to Utica but you make Washington Heights seem like Palm Beach. Do you want to know how bad Utica is? The Boilermaker is the biggest event that goes on in Utica. When a 9 mile jog is your towns highlight, well lets just say enough said. But aside from that, I realized how much I dislike major roadraces. Its not the actual running that I dislike, its what goes on before and after the race. I can't exactly put my finger on what it is that I don't like but perhaps this video can help clear it up. This video shows three people "hanging out" and "cutting loose" after finishing last years Boilermaker:

See what I mean? I don't know what it is but roadraces really bring out the cheesiness in people because I saw similar behavior at this years Boilermaker with the help of that song "You Can't Stop the Beat" from Hairspray (Use your imagination). All I'm trying to say is that I have the NYC Marathon coming up and I am more terrified of the pre and post race antics of the fellow joggers than I am of the 26.2 miles.

More Temp Stuff

I was in the Kitchen at my temp job yesterday having an afternoon snack. My snack consisted of a bowl of cheerios mainly because thats all the kitchen had at that point in the day. A guy that is pretty high up in the company came up to me and said "You're Phil right?" and I said "Yeah" and he then said "So are you here as an auditor or something?" I'm sitting there thinking, "Yeah, how many auditors do you know eat cheerios at 3 in the afternoon?"


On a side note, I shampooed my hair last night which maked me look like I was in the Monkees.

HBO

Remember when HBO played this before they showed a movie.

Wow!! I have to admit I got a little choked up watching this. It's a weird memory from when I was a little kid. My brother taped The Empire Strikes Back on HBO and it used to be my favorite movie. Everytime I watched it I always made sure to re-wind it all the way to the beginning so that I could see this HBO introduction. They don't make em like they used to.

1982

This song by Keni Burke came out in 1982, which is the same year I was born.

I just hope that when Keni Burke passes away we give him the same treatment that we are giving Michael Jackson now. Based on the jumpsuit he is wearing in this video how can you not.

Hey Preppy!

Remember when AC Slater used to always call Zack Morris "Preppy" on Saved By the Bell? I never understood why. I mean I sort of get it. Zack Morris had the blonde hair, he was pretty clean cut, but still it didn't make sense. I mean check out Mark Paul Gosselar (Zack Morris) now:

He looks pretty Preppy these days.

But here?:

Come on.It looks like he got those clothes at Marshalls. And its almost a canadian tuxedo. Preppy? Not in my book.

Wacko Memorial

Thousands of Michael Jackson fans gathered at the the Apollo Theater in Harlem to celebrate the life and music of the "Gloved One." I find it a little strange that they would honor him at the Apollo considering he really wasn't black anymore.