Today's lunch was very expensive

Today was my one and only golf outing. Golf is a large part of Wall Street culture. Personally I can think of a lot of better things to do. I started going to this one when I was working at a hedge fund and making serious cake. I felt instead of always being the guest it would be a lot more fun to be the host and that way I could suffer through a day on the links with people I liked and not have to bullshit about business the entire day. So I picked this one because it actually happened to be the first one to come across my desk and it was hosted at a country club 5 minutes from my first marital residence. I invited 3 friends and we had a blast. I have pretty much kept two of the three originals and the other spot has changed many times. This year I only had one of my originals, a former co-worker and a repeat from last year. The thing is though it got rained out. The former co-worker, call him BP, was coming up from Philly so he was pretty much in transit when I got the email saying it was only going to be lunch and cocktails. The original, call him RM, was on his way from Princeton so he too was in transit. The repeat from last year, AJ, called the club, was told no golf so went to work. AJ is done, no longer gets the nod mainly because he didn't even bother to call me and say he was cancelling. BP and RM are definitely good to go next year and think my bond manager friend will be the fourth.

The bar in the club house was opened at 11, so BP and I had some beers whilst waiting for RM. He got there for lunch and we had some more beer and a very nice lunch. I told RM to eat a lot since I had paid for everything and wanted to make sure we got our money's worth. RM also happens to be a golf pro and evens out my complete and utter ineptitude at the sport. I have known him for sixteen years. His ex-wife is best friends with my ex-wife- go figure. At lunch he mentions he saw the ex at his son's First Communion this weekend. He asked if she is marrying Bob the Builder. I told him not that I know of but it would be a huge economic boon for me if she were to marry him. He said he bets they are married within a year- I told him from your lips to God's ears.

I didn't get to swim this morning but did bike after getting home at 3 PM and taking a nice nap with the lids on the bed. The husband got home and we went to the gym. Monday is definitely hottie night there. We got into a disagreement about this one- he's called gray sleeveless tee- as to whether or not he goes to our church. I say yes and the husband says no. But the husband was also wrong about our neighbor across the hall so I am right. Will swim tomorrow morning to make up for today's missed swim.

I was supposed to go out for beers and wings Thursday evening with a bunch of my fraternity brothers but that has now changed and I now I will be getting a lot of shit from them. Tonight when I was talking to the boys, my oldest told me he has a D.A.R.E graduation ceremony Thursday night at 7 down in Princeton. I told him of course I'd bee there and asked when did he find out about this. He replied yesterday. I said to myself, "Self, he did not find out on a Sunday." I did not want to point out the flaw in his logic because I think it is great he did the D.A.R.E program in fifth grade and want him to realize both his mother and I don't want him abusing drugs.

One can stand up in a basement

So yesterday we were up early and off to the U-Haul in Jersey City. They didn't have a ten foot truck they could give us enough time on so they gave us a fourteen foot truck instead that we could drop off out on Long Island. I then took the entire large storage space and put it into the truck. The husband and I then had a light lunch. Off I went to his parents house while he went to Queens to meet his mom and step father to look at outdoor furniture for their expansive deck.

I wasn't stopped going into the Lincoln Tunnel but was before I entered the Midtown Tunnel. The officer asked me for my license and to step out of the truck. He then asked where I was going, what was in the back of my truck and to open it for him. He then handed me back my license and thanked me.

After I bypassed the security system I went to what I was told was the basement. Ok, for me a basement is a place you can stand up in; the place I was in was not a place I could stand up in so it is a crawl space. After hitting my hand the third time and getting a gash on my shoulder from the circuit box I texted the husband explaining the difference between the two.

We then took the husband's parents out for an early Mothers Day dinner. Then we came home and crashed.

This morning we woke up at 9 AM in a panic because our race started at 10. We quickly got ready, grabbed coffees and got downtown to the race starting line. We met JP there and checked out the hotties and there were several- blue shirt (who the husband thinks is juicing), the two boxers, the white and red tank (who was really hot), Superman and the Irish setter.

I finished with 39 minutes on the clock, the husband was behind me at 41 and change and then JP at 42 and change. The funny thing is they were handing out red carnations to the women for Mothers Day and JP was given one- hahaha.

We then walked back and stopped at Dunkin Donuts for more coffees.JP had a great line I had never heard before about this guy who was sitting in front of DD "I think he goes to our church." The follow up is "But does he kneel in the pews?"

We are going to go to the Sunday night beer blast at the Eagle. We had a nice nap and are rested and ready to have a few drinks.

HoHa 5 mile race

Last night I had a business dinner in Hoboken with guy who used to live in town before h moved out to the 'burbs. We ate at a well known place in town called Leo's Grandevous. Leo's has been around for a long time and is a shrine to Old Blue Eyes. the last time I was there for a meal was about sixteen years ago. The place has not changed other than a fresh coat of paint. I couldn't believe that the menus still had the same prices as 1994. Then we went to an old hang out of mine. The owner was there and he had not changed. Actually he had; the helmet is still hot but the jersey is shot. He actually had been a minor soap opera star. Now he is just like any other Hoboken bar owner. The song Glory Days came to mind for some strange reason.

We don't have the boys this weekend so we are going to consolidate our storage spaces and move a bunch of stuff out to the in-laws basement. I will be driving the U-Haul truck tomorrow out to Sayville. Then we will be having dinner with the in-laws for Mothers Day.

Sunday we are doing a warm up for the triathlon. We and JP signed up for the race. JP is worried won't do well but I told him the point is to finish the race not win it. He picked up our packets for us today. We were going to go out tonight but is has been a long week so instead we'll just sit in and watch BSG. Ragnar asked us to join him and his boyfriend at The Night of 1,000 Stevies but we passed.

There is a cute guy in the office. He works in the HR department I think and has something to do with compensation. I noticed for the first time he has serious junk in the trunk.

My new $17,000 sunglasses

Sunday I did something I usually don't do- run outside on the road instead of on the treadmill. The husband and I went different ways and then plotted the rauns out on Gmaps Pedometer. Mine came out to 6.4 miles in a hour which I am happy with. If I can get a sub 20 minute swim and 45 minutes on the run I hope to break two hours on the race.

After the run we ordered sushi. I was writing when the delivery came to the door. I had taken my shirt off to cool and answered the door to get dinner. The delivery guy just chuckled the entire time and the husband said he was checking me out, lol.

I read yesterday about this guy who got trapped in a piece of machinery at the plant, shook his cell off his belt, slipped his shoe off and dialed 911. That is dexerity- for you old school AD&D players that would be an 18.

In case you missed it in the WSJ editorials yesterday, apparently a former Dartmouth professor is suing the university and her former students because the students had the termity to question all of her ideas. I think I really liked the piece because it used the words heteronormative and ecofeminism.

I was thinking about starting a cult until I read about how the one National Geographic did a special on got arrested today for possibly having illegal sex with his younger members.

I lost my Oakleys a few weeks ago, my guess is one of the guys who has worked on my car recently. So I need new ones and I have a credit card with all of these points built up on it. So I used some for a new pair of Oakleys. The thing is I had to use 17,000 points. I get a point for each dollar I spend effectively costing me $17,000 dollars.

The more I read about the BAC acquisition of CFC. Senator Schumer basically gave BAC an out by publically saying they should reconsider the price they are paying. I believe BAC will walk away from the deal.

So I saw a whole different segment of the gays last night when I went to Musical Monday at Splash with JP and his brother who is straight. I am not a musicals person in any way what so ever and don't have many friends who are, so really didn't get the whole jist of it but I know it meant a lot to JP and it was fun. I think the best part was when I totally shocked JP and his roommate (who is also in the theater biz) by being able to name one scene on the screen as the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie. I also met a fellow member of the social networking site I am on but did not recognize him because he had buzzed his hair down- my guess is a #3 razor. I also had JP take my picture with the really hot shirtless waiter by convincing him I was an out of towner. HE asked where I was from and I told him Omaha.

I can ride my bike with no handlebars

So they lost yesterday in little league. It was a 9 AM game. The funny thing is my oldest told me the entire ride down that he didn't want to work in the snack bar with me. So the snack bar opened at 9:15 and we got I went to work when my 11 year old said he'd like to give it a try. Two hours later as we were finishing up he asked if he could do it again. The man how runs the snack bar told me about half way through that every kid says he doesn't want to and then has so much fun they ask if they can do it again.

On the way home as we were listening to channel 21 on SIRI there was a song by the Flobots that they boys have heard before and like to sing along to. They asked me to get it on iTunes and put it on their iPods. Funny thing is only my oldest brought his iPod this weekend.

We went to TGT after the game to get me a tennis racket and some tennis balls. We also decided to get a movie to watch for the night. Again my 11 year old derides the choice as boring and why do we have to watch it. The movie was The Seeker, think it came out last Christmas time and was not a huge hit. Anyhow, after we had dinner we sat down to watch it. Guess who got totally into it and thought it was a great movie? Yeah, my 11 year old.

The husband spent the day in the city with one of his two best friends. I asked if what he did and he told me they hit a bunch of art galleries. I asked if he bought anything which is currently a no no for him. His answer was probably. I don't know what that means and frankly am reluctant to ask him.

After the boys and I watched The Seeker they went to their bedroom and watched Cartoon Network. They asked if they could stay up until 11:30 and I said sure knowing that since they had been up at 7 there was no way they'd make it. The husband and I watched 300 again- seriously, we cannot get tired of the beefcake in that flick. Around 10:45 my youngest came out and said they were ready for bed.

This morning I got up at 7, got the boys up. My oldest and I got dressed and and walked down to the public tennis courts. We were the only ones there and had our pick of the courts so we took the driest one. We played until around 8:30 then walked to Dunkin Donuts to get breakfast for the four of us. I pretty much won the tennis and pointed it out to my son. He said it was because he brought his crappy racket not his good one. I started joking with him about it. Then he said really he wasn't even trying. Wow, talk about getting nasty, lol.

We had the last baseball game on my weekends. They lost in the final inning by two runs. Of course the weather was great- sunny in the high 60s with a light breeze. I knew it would be since I made sure Master Chief was wearing an UnderArmour shirt and my oldest had a thermal on. We don't see the boys again until Memorial Day weekend and then we are going out to the beach so I told their mom there is no way they are doing the 6 PM game the Friday of the weekend.

Iron Man the second time in three days is still good

So the ex was coming into the city to go so some show and offered to drop the boys off at 4:30 in Hoboken. Now always happy not to have to add an additional 100 miles to my truck mileage I of course agreed. I left work right at the closing bell to get home in time. She has done this once before but got there a hour after the espected time. This time however she made it within 10 minutes. Normally we don't have the boys two weekends in a row but I switched this weekend for next weekend because next weekend is Mother's Day.

We took the boys to see Iron Man. They loved it and the hisband enjoyed it as well. IT was definintely just as good the second time around and it may be one I end up buying on dvd because I am sure there are a lot of good scenes that were cut out. What I noticed this time is the director Jon Faveraeu also actually stars in it- don't know how I missed that Wednesday when I saw it.

It is supposed to rain again this weekend but I don't believe the weather predictions any more. So I have to drag my fat ass out of bed tomorrow and be on the road to make a 9 AM game. The plus side is I get to work in the snack bar. Then in the afternoon my oldest wants me to play tennis with him on the public courts right at the end of the block. So I have to find a tennis racket and buy some tennis balls. I suck at tennis. I am ok and enjoy squash and racquet ball but not so with tennis.

So, coordinated central bank activity and the Fed upping the size of emergency loans? Sounds to me like a big old tape bomb is coming next week. Also in case you were not aware and actually read through the non-farm payroll numbers, all government statistics are not to be taken at face value. The other thing that caught my eye was BAC not saying what they planned to do about the CFC debt once the deal closes in Q3. Normally when a company acquires another, the acquirer honors all debt of the acquiree. Kind of makes you wonder why BAC even bought CFC if they are not going to honor the debt and intend to keep only the good part and then let the rest fail, i.e. file for bankruptcy protection. Why not let if file to begin with then buy the good part you wanted to begin with? My guess is BAC got a tap on the shoulder form the Fed.

The other hot married guy was on the bus this morning. He has got the shaggy look going as well. And the husband pointed out he looks leaner than before which leads me to believe he is having an affiar- LOL!

My fifteen minutes of fame passed without my knowledge

So apparently yesterday the PATH trains shut down. That would have explained the huge lines for the bus at the Port Authority after Iron Man. What I did not notice was the news crew there with the camera. I had my iPod on listening to Vampire Weekend and was engaged in Brick Breaker. As I go to bed I see I have a text message from a number I don't recognize saying "You are on the 11 o'clock news!" I am thinking what old trick has my number and remembers my mug? I text back "Who is this?" Turns out to be one of my co-workers using his personal cell not his crackberry.

I am not a fan of reality television at all except for Ultimate Fighter and that is not just because of my own participation in MMA but also because there are a lot of hot guys on it, lol. Anyways, having read about American Idol today I think it is safe to say that show is about dead and I for one will be very glad. My fear is what will replace it? Speaking of reality tv- Farmer Wants a Wife- never watched it but holy shit I would like to see that farmer in the dell.

I read the D.C. Madam committed suicide. Yeah right! She knew all the powers in D.C. and what their sexual fantasies were. She threatened them but never followed through. I am not a subscriber to all conspiracy theories but this situation has ALL the markings of one and a cover up.