So I swam this morning. I did all pulling and did 2300 yards in about 39 minutes. I was supposed to swim longer but was exhausted and said to hell with it. The race is two weeks from this Saturday so I am in the home stretch.
Work was a bit slow today. The husband and I did a lot of scheduling for the beach house. We got the Republicans to commit to the Labor Day weekend. My parents are coming down for a weekend in July when their grandsons will be there. My brother the doctor and his wife and children are coming down in September for a weekend. The husband's assistant and wife and his one other close friend from work will be joining us for the 4th of July. The husband's best friend Ragnar and his boyfriend will be joining us on a weekend we have the boys. My mother-in-law, step-father-in-law, sister-in-law and the husband's niece and nephew will be there for the mother-in-law's birthday. The summer is pretty much filling up.
The Republicans are friends who I met through the Internet and are seriously two good ol' boys from the deep south. They were both formerly married to women like I was. Moved to NYC years ago and are just really great guys. They were at our reception back in October. They aren't really Republicans but the fact they are from the South and have the accents and all makes it easy to call them the Republicans. TL told me they are going to go out to California to get married. They have been registered as domestic partners in NY for as long as that has been legally available. I told him he could cross the Hudson and get the same thing but it is just called a civil union; you get the certificate and all the same rights and benefits as marriage.
Speaking of gay marriage I just have to say having been through a hetero marriage and now on into the second year of my gay marriage, I think a lot of the gays are not cognizant of the fact that with the rights and benefits of marriage there come obligations and responsibilities. If they just took a second to think it all through they may come to the realization that sometimes you should be careful of what you wish for.
Last night while eating dinner the Mets game was on and the husband could not take his eyes off #5 any time he was on the the screen. In case you were not sure #5 is David Wright- one of THE hottest men in baseball, hell in all of professional sports for that matter. If you don't believe me check out kennethinthe212's blog.
Took a spinning class tonight after work as my biking. The guy who ran it played music that made me turn to the husband ans ask "Are we in the Pavilion?" Hence the title of tonight's post. If you don't know what the Pavilion is and are one of my straight friends reading ask. If you are a member of my church you should know.
Having drinks tomorrow night with a broker and a kid who used to work on the desk but left to pursue his dream of being a rock star. The husband has a dinner. Will probably run tomorrow morning before work.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Dad, what's a hemaphrodite?
One thing I forgot to write about last night was the funniest question I have been asked yet by one of my sons. On the drive to FI from central Jersey, somewhere on Staten Island specifically, my oldest out of the blue asked me the title of this post. I replied to him that it is any organism that has both sex organs. I explained to him that I think a lot of snails are hermaphrodites. Someone else told me so are many snakes.
It appears everyone is going green. I read today how armaments makers in Germany (why does that not surprise me?) have devised explosives that are more environmentally friendly. Am I the only one who sees the irony in that? Seriously, couldn't one argue successfully that war is the ultimate harm one could do to the environment? Does that make the neutron bomb green? While we are on the topic of war and the military I read today on BBERG that homes near military bases (primarily of soldiers) are getting foreclosed on at roughly four times the national average. (I am not sure of that number, didn't write it down in my notes.) Where the fuck is Congress in dealing with this issue? I strongly feel that the people putting their lives on the line- whether or not you agree with the two wars we are engaged in- should have some security that when and if they get home the bank who gave them their mortgage and then sliced and diced it 100 ways to Wednesday, does not give them the shaft. Screw the people who bought the second home or were doing it to flip it or the ones who committed fraud.
If for some reason you decide to subject yourself to watching CNBC, the only person you need to listen to is Rick Santelli. I love the no bullshit attitude he has. Hell I love Rick Santelli- but only in a fraternal, non-sexual manner. While we are on the markets I have a feeling this tape is a lot like a side friction roller coaster but I do not know who the brakeman is or if there even is one. I saw a picture of August Busch, IV in the WSJ today. For someone who has Ted Kennedy proclivities he is actually pretty hot.
So, I was in the shallow end of the pool today- not a shocker to some of my friends, lol. On this business networking site I ran across a fraternity brother a few years behind me who had a mug shot on and he was freakin' cute. So I added him to my network, lol.
The boys are not going to be with us this weekend at the beach so it could end up being like the ancient Egyptian festival of drunkenness out on FI. It will definitely be like that when Mr. Barrett, Mr. Clifford and the boyfriend visit- really just for Mr. Barrett but I will live vicariously through his bonono-like activities.
It appears everyone is going green. I read today how armaments makers in Germany (why does that not surprise me?) have devised explosives that are more environmentally friendly. Am I the only one who sees the irony in that? Seriously, couldn't one argue successfully that war is the ultimate harm one could do to the environment? Does that make the neutron bomb green? While we are on the topic of war and the military I read today on BBERG that homes near military bases (primarily of soldiers) are getting foreclosed on at roughly four times the national average. (I am not sure of that number, didn't write it down in my notes.) Where the fuck is Congress in dealing with this issue? I strongly feel that the people putting their lives on the line- whether or not you agree with the two wars we are engaged in- should have some security that when and if they get home the bank who gave them their mortgage and then sliced and diced it 100 ways to Wednesday, does not give them the shaft. Screw the people who bought the second home or were doing it to flip it or the ones who committed fraud.
If for some reason you decide to subject yourself to watching CNBC, the only person you need to listen to is Rick Santelli. I love the no bullshit attitude he has. Hell I love Rick Santelli- but only in a fraternal, non-sexual manner. While we are on the markets I have a feeling this tape is a lot like a side friction roller coaster but I do not know who the brakeman is or if there even is one. I saw a picture of August Busch, IV in the WSJ today. For someone who has Ted Kennedy proclivities he is actually pretty hot.
So, I was in the shallow end of the pool today- not a shocker to some of my friends, lol. On this business networking site I ran across a fraternity brother a few years behind me who had a mug shot on and he was freakin' cute. So I added him to my network, lol.
The boys are not going to be with us this weekend at the beach so it could end up being like the ancient Egyptian festival of drunkenness out on FI. It will definitely be like that when Mr. Barrett, Mr. Clifford and the boyfriend visit- really just for Mr. Barrett but I will live vicariously through his bonono-like activities.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Catching up
Last week was a whirlwind and I did not get a chance to blog at all, not that anyone missed it, lol. I got home from SF around 1 AM Thursday morning. Then I slept Thursday evening. Friday I drove down to central Jersey and picked up the boys and we drove straight to Sayville and caught the ferry to Fire Island. I just dropped them off at their mom's so they could have dinner with their grandmother to celebrate her birthday.
The trip to Sf ended with fireworks. We basically stormed out of there as the boss got into a head butting match with the passive/aggressive pricks who work out there. When I got onto the plane I looked across the aisle and who did I espy but the ex's best friend. She pretended not to see me and didn't look across the aisle for the rest of the flight so of course I was not going to let that pass. As soon as we disembarked I immediately called out her name and chatted with her- "How are the kids?" "What are you doing in San Francisco?" "How's the husband?" Do you go to San Francisco often?" I made it excruciatingly long and drawn out and painful for her. I of course followed up with en email first thing Thursday morning. Seriously, be an adult about it, don't pull that high school bullshit with me.
Thursday in the office was quite interesting as I had to converse a bit with the compliance department. I was ready for a nap by the closing bell.
I forgot there is one really fucking cute analyst out in our SF office and he actually engaged me in a very good conversation about the midcap space of the industry he covers. HE is really cute- did I mention that?
Some things I did note while out in SF were two absurdities that our government wasted money one. First our estimable House of Representatives passed a law allowing us to sue OPEC. Hello- how stupid are these guys??? OPEC is a cartel, not a private company! Good luck to anyone who actually tries to sue OPEC. Second, the judiciary determined that paper money discriminates against blind people. Are you fucking kidding me?? So do newspapers, comic books, paperbacks, etc.
The beach was great this weekend. The boys were totally excited when they found out their beds are memory foam mattresses. They were psyched. Friday night we got there and just chilled out. Saturday they went in the pool. I told a little lie. They asked if I could turn on the heater. I said sure but it will take some time to warm up. They jumped in anyways and spent the entire afternoon in the pool. Thing is- there is no heater.
MJ made the 5:20 ferry and I and my oldest picked her up. She looked great. We had a very nice dinner Saturday night and did not go out.
Sunday we all went to the beach and had a really fun time until some really loud and campy day trippers planted themselves in front of us. I had difficulty keeping an eye on the boys and MJ and the husband got really annoyed buy the group in front of us so we went back to the house and I "turned on the heater" so the boys could go in the pool. Then MJ, the husband and I went to low tea for a hour while the boys vegged out on Boomerang. We got back and made dinner. The boys were exhausted and I told them they were going to bed at 9:30. They argued they weren't tired at all but within 5 minutes of me putting them to bed they were out. MJ, I and the husband then watched Juno and I have to say that was a really good movie and there were some great lines. My favorite was pork swords. Ellen Page is not only Kitty Pryde but also a really great young actress. She was also in Smart People and was great in that as well.
We had a late breakfast this morning on the front deck of the house. My oldest must be going through a growth spurt because he was an eating machine this weekend. He had cereal and french toast and bacon for breakfast his morning. As we were walking to the ferry to go back the boys were walking the bogs. One of them took a dump on the boardwalk- which I cleaned up- that both boys determined looked like slugs and dead worms.
The husband took the train back later and we are going to grab dinner at our favorite local watering hole. This week I'll definitely be better about posting.
The trip to Sf ended with fireworks. We basically stormed out of there as the boss got into a head butting match with the passive/aggressive pricks who work out there. When I got onto the plane I looked across the aisle and who did I espy but the ex's best friend. She pretended not to see me and didn't look across the aisle for the rest of the flight so of course I was not going to let that pass. As soon as we disembarked I immediately called out her name and chatted with her- "How are the kids?" "What are you doing in San Francisco?" "How's the husband?" Do you go to San Francisco often?" I made it excruciatingly long and drawn out and painful for her. I of course followed up with en email first thing Thursday morning. Seriously, be an adult about it, don't pull that high school bullshit with me.
Thursday in the office was quite interesting as I had to converse a bit with the compliance department. I was ready for a nap by the closing bell.
I forgot there is one really fucking cute analyst out in our SF office and he actually engaged me in a very good conversation about the midcap space of the industry he covers. HE is really cute- did I mention that?
Some things I did note while out in SF were two absurdities that our government wasted money one. First our estimable House of Representatives passed a law allowing us to sue OPEC. Hello- how stupid are these guys??? OPEC is a cartel, not a private company! Good luck to anyone who actually tries to sue OPEC. Second, the judiciary determined that paper money discriminates against blind people. Are you fucking kidding me?? So do newspapers, comic books, paperbacks, etc.
The beach was great this weekend. The boys were totally excited when they found out their beds are memory foam mattresses. They were psyched. Friday night we got there and just chilled out. Saturday they went in the pool. I told a little lie. They asked if I could turn on the heater. I said sure but it will take some time to warm up. They jumped in anyways and spent the entire afternoon in the pool. Thing is- there is no heater.
MJ made the 5:20 ferry and I and my oldest picked her up. She looked great. We had a very nice dinner Saturday night and did not go out.
Sunday we all went to the beach and had a really fun time until some really loud and campy day trippers planted themselves in front of us. I had difficulty keeping an eye on the boys and MJ and the husband got really annoyed buy the group in front of us so we went back to the house and I "turned on the heater" so the boys could go in the pool. Then MJ, the husband and I went to low tea for a hour while the boys vegged out on Boomerang. We got back and made dinner. The boys were exhausted and I told them they were going to bed at 9:30. They argued they weren't tired at all but within 5 minutes of me putting them to bed they were out. MJ, I and the husband then watched Juno and I have to say that was a really good movie and there were some great lines. My favorite was pork swords. Ellen Page is not only Kitty Pryde but also a really great young actress. She was also in Smart People and was great in that as well.
We had a late breakfast this morning on the front deck of the house. My oldest must be going through a growth spurt because he was an eating machine this weekend. He had cereal and french toast and bacon for breakfast his morning. As we were walking to the ferry to go back the boys were walking the bogs. One of them took a dump on the boardwalk- which I cleaned up- that both boys determined looked like slugs and dead worms.
The husband took the train back later and we are going to grab dinner at our favorite local watering hole. This week I'll definitely be better about posting.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
I hate flying
We opened the beach house this weekend. Both of us are very happy with the place and the kids loved it. The owner did a good job cleaning the place up and putting in a new bathroom with a very cool shower. I took pictures because my family has been asking what it looks like and I also sent some to Mr. Barrett and Mr. Clifford so they'll have an idea for when they come up to visit us in August. Thing is though Yahoo had a 10MB max on messages you can send and I only sent them about a third of the pics I have. We got home pretty quickly which was not a surprise since this coming weekend is the official start of the season which means traffic will suck and not in the good way.
I packed kind of quickly for my biz trip leave bright and early for tomorrow morning. I have a 7 AM flight and the husband is dropping me off at the airport before he goes into work.
I am debating bringing my laptop so I can write for my blog out there but will most likely not do so. I did pack all of my gym stuff so I can continue my training while out there. There is a Shequinox right across the street form the hotel and the hotel has a deal with is and I checked it out on the web and it has a pool.
This coming weekend we have the boys out at the beach so I get to start my semi-monthly traversing of Staten Island.
Pretty tired so that is about all I have or want to write for now. I land Wednesday at 11:58 PM- should make for an interesting work day Thursday. If something strikes me I may actually just log on from work and jot notes and/or post.
I packed kind of quickly for my biz trip leave bright and early for tomorrow morning. I have a 7 AM flight and the husband is dropping me off at the airport before he goes into work.
I am debating bringing my laptop so I can write for my blog out there but will most likely not do so. I did pack all of my gym stuff so I can continue my training while out there. There is a Shequinox right across the street form the hotel and the hotel has a deal with is and I checked it out on the web and it has a pool.
This coming weekend we have the boys out at the beach so I get to start my semi-monthly traversing of Staten Island.
Pretty tired so that is about all I have or want to write for now. I land Wednesday at 11:58 PM- should make for an interesting work day Thursday. If something strikes me I may actually just log on from work and jot notes and/or post.
Friday, May 16, 2008
The camarones weren't the only hot things at the restaurant
So according to some people we are only in the eye of the hurricane of this current credit meltdown/financial mess. I would concur. Funny how last week the Treasury secretary was saying the worst is over and no he is saying the tone is improving. Mr. Bernake exhorting banks to keep raising capital also raised my eye brows. If you look at the balance sheet of the Fed you will see the banks are into them for serious money. This debacle is not over by a mile. I think within a year we might be looking to actually go long real estate.
Okay, I was wondering, I am a gay guy. I go to bars. I wash my hands after I take a whizz. Why? If I were single and going to gay bars why would I wash my hands? Isn't the whole point of going out to touch (and possibly more if one is lucky) a dick? I mean I know where mine has been and if it is clean or not...
We open the beach house we rented this summer tomorrow morning. I am psyched. We will be getting on the road early. The kids will be psyched, they love the beach.
Last night I was down in Princeton for a school function for my oldest and I totally played the role of embarrassing parent for an eleven year old. His mom laughed and said he definitely won't be happy with you.
The boss and I fly out Monday morning bright and early for our trip to the left coast. I hate flying but the bar won't be open at 6 AM. Thankfully I had the right person book my flight and I got upgraded to first class so I will be able to have my obligatory vodka on the rocks that early. I even get breakfast.
The gym tonight was good, there were quite a few new hotties who get nicknames: Cumberland, Fisher and Antonio Jr. Go to my gym and you might be able to meet some of them.
We then went out for dinner to the local Mexican place. Two groups of guys came in after us. One group was of indeterminate orientation but hot and fun to look at. The other was definitely made of guys who go to our church.
Okay, I was wondering, I am a gay guy. I go to bars. I wash my hands after I take a whizz. Why? If I were single and going to gay bars why would I wash my hands? Isn't the whole point of going out to touch (and possibly more if one is lucky) a dick? I mean I know where mine has been and if it is clean or not...
We open the beach house we rented this summer tomorrow morning. I am psyched. We will be getting on the road early. The kids will be psyched, they love the beach.
Last night I was down in Princeton for a school function for my oldest and I totally played the role of embarrassing parent for an eleven year old. His mom laughed and said he definitely won't be happy with you.
The boss and I fly out Monday morning bright and early for our trip to the left coast. I hate flying but the bar won't be open at 6 AM. Thankfully I had the right person book my flight and I got upgraded to first class so I will be able to have my obligatory vodka on the rocks that early. I even get breakfast.
The gym tonight was good, there were quite a few new hotties who get nicknames: Cumberland, Fisher and Antonio Jr. Go to my gym and you might be able to meet some of them.
We then went out for dinner to the local Mexican place. Two groups of guys came in after us. One group was of indeterminate orientation but hot and fun to look at. The other was definitely made of guys who go to our church.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Notes I forgot
So I only forgot three things from yesterday. TechDirt is a blog I like to read because they have a lot of pertinent info related to a large portion of today's markets.
I was glad to see the Vatican vindicate all the X-Files fans by saying it is within Catholic doctrinaire to believe.
I am a big fan The Sarah Connors Chronicles, the first two Terminator movies, Asimov's books and of the Dune series of books even the ones not written by Frank. The idea that machines could one day become sentient and rule us fascinates me in an odd and somewhat macabre way. So any time I see an article on thinking machines or robots doing nearly human things I usually email it to a bunch of friends exhorting we need to be prepared for the day when machines turn against us and out us under the yoke. Believe it or not there has already been a human killed by a robot. Anyways when I read about ASIMO (created by Honda) conducting the Detroit Symphony Orchestra I thought it was very cool. Again though we all need to be prepared for the day we have to fight the oppression of our machine overlords and I just hope there are as many hot guys as Brian Austin Greene around to help.
Much like real women have curves I was informed by the husband that real Cuban meals have rice and beans. I am not a big fan of either especially the beans part. I am actually not a fan of legumes of any sort except for this one meal I had that was a warm lentil salad with goat cheese.
This morning I went to the gym in the building. Ran into a kid I worked with two jobs ago. He is in my building and member of the gym too- he just joined but I digress. As I was getting dressed this cute guy in a blue sleeveless tee walked in to the locker room. I noticed him but didn't turn my head. I walked past him out of the locker room and he took his shirt off revealing a HOT body with very cool ink. I stopped and did a double take. The kid who used to work with me caught me and laughed.
There was a great editorial today in the WSJ about immigration by Mr. Riley. As a third generation shanty Irish guy I totally agree with the anti-immigration pundits are directing their anger at teh wrong ones- the immigrants want to be Americans. It's the leftist, elitist pundits who don't want to make a value judgement that should be deported.
I noticed that Hoboken is actually having an international film festival. Hell can anyone host an international film festival these days? Don't get me wrong, I love living in Hoboken but seriously- an international film festival???
I was glad to see the Vatican vindicate all the X-Files fans by saying it is within Catholic doctrinaire to believe.
I am a big fan The Sarah Connors Chronicles, the first two Terminator movies, Asimov's books and of the Dune series of books even the ones not written by Frank. The idea that machines could one day become sentient and rule us fascinates me in an odd and somewhat macabre way. So any time I see an article on thinking machines or robots doing nearly human things I usually email it to a bunch of friends exhorting we need to be prepared for the day when machines turn against us and out us under the yoke. Believe it or not there has already been a human killed by a robot. Anyways when I read about ASIMO (created by Honda) conducting the Detroit Symphony Orchestra I thought it was very cool. Again though we all need to be prepared for the day we have to fight the oppression of our machine overlords and I just hope there are as many hot guys as Brian Austin Greene around to help.
Much like real women have curves I was informed by the husband that real Cuban meals have rice and beans. I am not a big fan of either especially the beans part. I am actually not a fan of legumes of any sort except for this one meal I had that was a warm lentil salad with goat cheese.
This morning I went to the gym in the building. Ran into a kid I worked with two jobs ago. He is in my building and member of the gym too- he just joined but I digress. As I was getting dressed this cute guy in a blue sleeveless tee walked in to the locker room. I noticed him but didn't turn my head. I walked past him out of the locker room and he took his shirt off revealing a HOT body with very cool ink. I stopped and did a double take. The kid who used to work with me caught me and laughed.
There was a great editorial today in the WSJ about immigration by Mr. Riley. As a third generation shanty Irish guy I totally agree with the anti-immigration pundits are directing their anger at teh wrong ones- the immigrants want to be Americans. It's the leftist, elitist pundits who don't want to make a value judgement that should be deported.
I noticed that Hoboken is actually having an international film festival. Hell can anyone host an international film festival these days? Don't get me wrong, I love living in Hoboken but seriously- an international film festival???
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
I forgot my damn notes
I write little notes to myself throughout the day when an idea for this strikes me. I had a whole notepad page full of jottings. But I forgot it because I had to get to the pool after work because I slept in this morning. I got home after swimming- which I got to do with the husband- and changed and started looking for my notes. I am pissed because I had some pretty good stuff. I'll try to recall some of it and then put the rest on tomorrow.
The other hot married guy was on the bus this morning and he got a haircut and is going for that studied indifference look. It's supposed look like he doesn't really care about it but it is too mussed up with actual thought. Looks good on him actually.
There was also this hot scruffy looking guy. Pretty sure he is not a member of my church but he's a good looking guy and I've seen him waiting for the bus twice now this week.
The new kid in the compliance department. I think he goes to my church to quote JP. He is cute, always well dressed and has what I would call a hair style that screams "I like men!" I have no concrete evidence and his name is kind of gay. You know how some names- like Jared- just sound gay? He has one but it is not Jared.
I have a bit of a peeve when it comes to phone etiquette. The outside line rang today and I picked it up. The person on the other end after I answer stating the name of my company says "Who's this?" all snotty-like. So of course I respond "who's this,you called here." He replies with the name of one of the other traders. I tell him that is not possible since I am looking at said person. Then I put him on hold and tell said person there is a call for them. Turns out it was the person's father. HA- so much for parents teaching good manners.
One thing that made me laugh out loud was reading about a government minister in India who (I am paraphrasing) said if Americans lost enough weight so they weighed the same as middle class Indians there would not be a hunger problem in places like Africa.
On the economic front yesterday retail sales were released and they wer a bit better than expected. Then this morning an economist at LEH came out and said that if you excluded the sales and pre-release sales for Grand Theft Auto that they actually were only in line to slightly worse. Apparently video game sales accounted for 0.2% in the number. Hard to believe but the guy did the digging and published it so he has to be fairly confident.
There actually is a Church Of Jediism in Wales. I read today about a man who- shockingly- got drunk, dressed up as Darth Vader and attacked them. I believe he got community service but no jail time. I googled it and there is website. If they don't care about gay marriage I think I may join but I would secretly subvert them from within and turn it into the Church of Sithism (that word definitely won't pass the spell check).
This weekend is busy for us. We start our big gay summer out on Fire Island. So we have to pack up all of our crap and truck it on out Friday night. I have no clue what kind of the schedule the ferry is on. I also have to pack for my trip I leave for on Monday morning. The boss and I are making our quarterly trip out to our San Francisco office. I'll be gone until very late Wednesday night. It's going to screw up my training schedule but it's my career.
Our friend MJ is coming out from London to spend Memorial Day weekend with us and the boys at the beach. She and the husband have been friends for years. I met her for the first time last summer when she was in town. We got to talking about where we grew up and we realized MJ and I grew up in the same town and my dad was her high school principal. She and I now talk all day on IM. So, this summer when we take the boys up to see my parents and take them to the state fair she is going to make the trip from London and we are going to give the husband the grand tour. The three of us are also going to take in a concert, the triple crown as she calls it. We will be seeing Journey, Heart and Cheap Trick in one show.
I think I hit all of the major points, if not I will add them to the next post.
The other hot married guy was on the bus this morning and he got a haircut and is going for that studied indifference look. It's supposed look like he doesn't really care about it but it is too mussed up with actual thought. Looks good on him actually.
There was also this hot scruffy looking guy. Pretty sure he is not a member of my church but he's a good looking guy and I've seen him waiting for the bus twice now this week.
The new kid in the compliance department. I think he goes to my church to quote JP. He is cute, always well dressed and has what I would call a hair style that screams "I like men!" I have no concrete evidence and his name is kind of gay. You know how some names- like Jared- just sound gay? He has one but it is not Jared.
I have a bit of a peeve when it comes to phone etiquette. The outside line rang today and I picked it up. The person on the other end after I answer stating the name of my company says "Who's this?" all snotty-like. So of course I respond "who's this,you called here." He replies with the name of one of the other traders. I tell him that is not possible since I am looking at said person. Then I put him on hold and tell said person there is a call for them. Turns out it was the person's father. HA- so much for parents teaching good manners.
One thing that made me laugh out loud was reading about a government minister in India who (I am paraphrasing) said if Americans lost enough weight so they weighed the same as middle class Indians there would not be a hunger problem in places like Africa.
On the economic front yesterday retail sales were released and they wer a bit better than expected. Then this morning an economist at LEH came out and said that if you excluded the sales and pre-release sales for Grand Theft Auto that they actually were only in line to slightly worse. Apparently video game sales accounted for 0.2% in the number. Hard to believe but the guy did the digging and published it so he has to be fairly confident.
There actually is a Church Of Jediism in Wales. I read today about a man who- shockingly- got drunk, dressed up as Darth Vader and attacked them. I believe he got community service but no jail time. I googled it and there is website. If they don't care about gay marriage I think I may join but I would secretly subvert them from within and turn it into the Church of Sithism (that word definitely won't pass the spell check).
This weekend is busy for us. We start our big gay summer out on Fire Island. So we have to pack up all of our crap and truck it on out Friday night. I have no clue what kind of the schedule the ferry is on. I also have to pack for my trip I leave for on Monday morning. The boss and I are making our quarterly trip out to our San Francisco office. I'll be gone until very late Wednesday night. It's going to screw up my training schedule but it's my career.
Our friend MJ is coming out from London to spend Memorial Day weekend with us and the boys at the beach. She and the husband have been friends for years. I met her for the first time last summer when she was in town. We got to talking about where we grew up and we realized MJ and I grew up in the same town and my dad was her high school principal. She and I now talk all day on IM. So, this summer when we take the boys up to see my parents and take them to the state fair she is going to make the trip from London and we are going to give the husband the grand tour. The three of us are also going to take in a concert, the triple crown as she calls it. We will be seeing Journey, Heart and Cheap Trick in one show.
I think I hit all of the major points, if not I will add them to the next post.
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