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Monkey Brains, Cow Pee – Now We Can Eat!


in Consumables

Monday night I was watching Dennis Miller Live and he told a joke that just set me to giggling. The punchline went something like: “That guy has more intestinal fortitude than a Calcutta restaurant critic”. I guess you had to be there. But if you have a quick look at this article, I’m sure you’ll agree – source material for that sort of humor is as prevalent now as it was back in 1984 when we first watched Indiana Jones and Willie Scott eat chilled monkey brains.

People all over India are now turning to cow urine to cure what ails ’em. The practice is generally frowned upon within families so many folks just grab a bottle from the local cow shelter (goshala), take it to the park and chug it like it was a 40 of O.E. On the D.L.

Cow urine filled my mind, and I came up with a funky rhyme, UGH! Mama never said stop drinking bovine piss, but she would have. I know she would have.

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A Paragraph For Pixies Punters.


in Musical

BU’s Agannis Arena is apparently becoming the new large-to-really-large-but-not-quite-Banknorth-Garden-large venue for the city of Boston. Sting and Alicia Keys are playing there this week, for example. Too big for the Orpheum, too inconsequencial for the Fleet Center. And both shows I’d rather endure a Cheez Whiz enema than have to attend. But on June 15th, said arena will be a truly magical and Valhalla-esque locale at which I’ll rambunctiously rejoice. And no, the Antiques Roadshow is not coming to town.

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Shoot Me An E-Mail. Then, In The Forehead.


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Someone just told me to “shoot them an email” and I came to a violent realization – I have a new pet peeve. I saw his mouth form the aforementioned words, but “Shoot me in the head with a rusty whaling-era speargun” is what I heard in my mind’s eye. I’ve been meaning to start working towards actively changing some of our company’s vernacular, and this is as good a time as any. Also on my hitlist:

  • Brainfarts
  • Whatnot
  • Push (interchangable with ‘shoot’ in most cases)
  • Comprehensive
  • ‘Here’ and ‘there’ used at the end of every phrase: “I wanted to reach you on the phone there and get you in touch with our tech guy here. Did you have anything else you wanted to ask me about there? Or can we run with the ball here?”

I’ll leave it there for now. I need to comprehensively get some work done.

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Cinco De Cinco And The Roofdeck Of Doom.


in Heartwarming

This Saturday marks my 5th annual Cinco De Mayo party, and I hope to see you all there. Click here for details. Click here, here and here for photos from past years. Have a look here for the currently optimistic weather report as it relates to pre-party roofdeck revelry. And finally – click here for a personal message from me which will be extended should you not show up for any reason other than having an acquaintance on a deathbed.

If the roofdeck is ‘out’ – meaning it rains, gets really cold or I’m hit by a passing bus between now and then – I still want to see you at the SideBar… even if I am hovering 10 feet off the ground, clueless as of yet to my own demise. None of that will probably happen, so let’s just plan on more fun/alcohol abuse in the sun, and less ghostly manifestations. Aaaarrriba, bitches!

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Monday’s Quotelet: Stump The Chump.


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Can I get a drum roll please… From the makers of Friday’s Quizzlet, Pye In The Face is proud to bring you – Monday’s Quotelet! This blog is at it’s best when it’s interactive, I’m a big fan of photo captioning contests, so it was only a matter of time until I introduced my own. It fell into place. The cookie crumbled. What comes around… came around. OK I’ll stop.

I wanted to have some special rule or stipulation that would set this contest apart – but at the same time I don’t want to be limited as to which sort of photo I use. I want the images to be current and topical. So it’ll be real simple. I’ll post a photo and get the ball rolling with a caption of my own. You guys can then try and top me. If someone manages to kick my ass, I’ll concede objectively. But I have to warn you – I’m pretty good. Bragging rights will take the form of a “current caption champ” section on the left hand sidebar – complete with your own photo and everything. And with no further adue…


“Paula – just so you know, I voted myself off three times in the car on the way here.”
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