As someone who’s home most nights by 4:45 to give the dude his bath, I think this piece in the BGlobe gives modern day fatherhood a pretty thoughtful look. I’m surprised by the number of parallels (down to the twice a month, meet for beers at the bar up the street after-the-kids-are-down dads group that we’ve got going on up here).
Monthly Archive for January, 2005
After reading Jim’s email last week I felt inspired to write something. However, citing my lack of creativity the only thing that I could come up with was a listing of people, things etc that aggravate me on a frequent basis. Without getting political, here is quick list of what I put together……….
Continue reading ‘People that piss me off’
Holy Crap. Rhode Island is just squeezing out all the gems lately. First I read about the showtime series, then yesterday I learn that the Heisman trophy is made here. And now, Hasbro releases Darth Tater.
How many garage bands are forming right now, and naming themselves Tsunami? I’ll bet at least a dozen, maybe a million. Definitely more than are naming themselves Mudslide. “Dude! That tsunami was huge, dude!” “Dude, that’d be a great name for the band!” You can’t blame a fifteen year old for being unoriginal, even if they think they’ve just invented the most original band name since Chicago. Continue reading ‘Rock On, Rockers!’
Saying that heavy metal has camp value is not a particularly original idea. VH1 has been there and done that. The wardrobe trainwreck that was the 80’s enabled far too many crimes of fashion, and spandex was instantly cliche as soon as the first rocker squeezed his skinny legs into a pair of trousers. Apart from it’s video-ready trappings, though, you may be suprised what a colorful listening experience it can be.
Continue reading ‘The Camp of Metal’
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