Larry “The Beaut” has worked at and brightened up pubs around this dirty old town for as long as I have lived here. I worked with him myself at Tiernans many times, and he’s one of the funniest people I’ve ever met. Larry’s health has been an issue as of late, and he’s now making a steady recovery after a very scary couple of weeks. Friends and family are holding a fundraiser for him tonight at Hennessey’s right beside Faneuil hall. It should be a nice Tiernans reunion while raising some money to get Larry back on his feet. If you’re in the neighborhood, please stop in.
Monday’s Quotelet: Squid Pro Quo.
University of Missouri professor Toshihiko Ezashi could hardly contain himself when breaking news of his latest stem cell discovery. They taste absolutely fantastic with crab rangoons.
Friday’s Quizzlet: Here At The Herb.
Appetizer: What is your favorite herb or spice?
My favorite Herb is Drummond.
Soup: Name a song you like but haven’t heard in a long time.
I have been looking for the entire Here at the Home album by an old Boston band called Tribe for a while now. It is out of print, and I can’t find any of the MP3s either. A lot of the songs were re-recorded and released on an album called “Abort” a couple years later, but the HATH versions are far superior. If you happen across this, and you have the record, please put me out of my misery.
Salad: Write down everything you need to do. How many tasks are there?
Like I mentioned here recently, I need a readily accessible notebook to keep my life in some degree of order. I have pages and pages of bullets that I cross off with a highlighter when completed. If I lost my beloved notebook, it would be tantamount to Henry Jones Sr. losing the Grail Diary. Without first getting to sleep with the hot Nazi.
Main Course: Tell something interesting about one of your family members.
My first cousin, Reiner, lives in Spain with a Brazilian woman. That just sounds delightful. R-Man, does she have a sister? A brother, even. Hell, if I were in Spain technically I’d be on vacation. And what happens on vacation, stays on vacation. Especially if it’s kind of gay.
Dessert: What’s the latest you’ve ever stayed awake?
All damn night, obviously. I remember the first time I watched the sun come up. I was about 8 and we were at a party on Prince Edward Island. My parents were inside getting liquored up, and all us kids were outside on one of the famous red sand roads daring eachother to let fireworks explode in our hands. Yes, exceptional parenting on PEI.
Let He Who Is Without Sin Podcast The First Stone.
Seeing as I don’t have enough half-finished side projects in the works, Saturday Detroit Velvet Smooth and I will be recording the first of what we hope will be a long, funny series of GoonBlog hockey podcasts. The bulk of it will be recorded at my place, but we’ll also be taking a digital voice recorder to Saturday’s pre-season Bruins/Rangers game. The resulting rough mess will then be painstakingly edited by yours truly, with sound effects, music and the best bits of Chris and I slagging eachother off rounding out the final product.
The goal here is to create something that is more entertaining than it is informative. There are currently 3 or 4 hockey podcasts that I have listened to for research purposes that could put a speed freak to sleep in about 2 minutes. Chris and I have been working on our routine for the better part of 20 years, and I think we’re going to come away with something non-sports fans can enjoy too. We’ll also likely need the services of a good Boston lawyer by the time we’re done ripping through Bud cans and sensitive subject matter. I may also need to read myself a good SEO blog afterwards just to calm my nerves.
“We now return to our regularly scheduled blog after that short break for search engine indexing spiders“.
When the final version is up, I’ll let you all know. You’ll be able to download it as an MP3, easily throw it on your iPod or listen to it in a browser. You don’t need an iPod to listen to Podcasts – that’s a very common misconception. Another common misconception is that there’s a snowball’s chance I won’t drop my $80 digital recorder into a cup of Garden draft by the 3rd period. But we’ll see how she goes, eh?