Fisk Foul Pole

The setting is Boston, October 1975. Game 6 of the World Series; Red Sox vs. Reds. In what may be the greatest baseball game ever played, Carlton Fisk steps up to the plate for the Sox in extra innings, trying to avoid a Series ending loss, with a 1-0 count Fisk hits a line drive right at the left-field foul pole. As the ball careems over the outfield, Fisk makes every effort he can to wave the ball fair. His efforts paid off as the ball hit the pole for a home run, giving the Sox victory and another chance to clinch the series.

Yesterday, the Red Sox and Reds faced off for the first time since the '75 series. In honor of that moment, the Red Sox renamed their left-field foul pole the Fisk Foul Pole after Carlton's game winning homer.

Cape Cod

I just spent a long weekend in Cape Cod. Julie, Collin, his friend Jay and I all drove up on Thursday to relax New England style. The 'barn' we stayed in (as seen above) was incredible and the deal we got was even better (Collin has the connections). We got nine holes of golf in, two games of whiffle ball, some biking and a short walk on the beach. Other than that, we were eating seafood at home with a beer in one hand and playing bean bag with the other.

Four perfect days of weather made it tough to come back to Jersey. My apartment is about fifteen degrees hotter than outside and my bedroom window is too narrow for an A/C unit. In other news, I finish up at Starbucks this Friday and start my new job on Monday. Giddy Up!

Do you Believe in Miracles!?!

Ladies and gentlemen, the unthinkable has happened. After a long and exhaustive search, I was offered a job this week with an economic research firm, IDEA Global. Barring any wacky events, I should start in about two weeks.

It was truly amazing how the job came to be. All of my efforts were in vain and God did all the work. I got an interview from a friend/customer at Starbucks. One day we both discovered we went to the same church, and now he will be training me.

My blog, unfortunately will take a new spin now since I don't have unemployment to complain about anymore. I'm sure some new stressful circumstances will come about shortly. In the meantime I'm going to do some last minute traveling to Cape Cod this weekend and hopefully a foreign destination next week before begining my new lifestyle as a Professional.

Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim

This evening David Sedaris spoke at Barnes and Noble to promote the paperback version of his new book, Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim. Actually, he didn't promote this book at all, probably since it was instantly a best seller. Instead, he read two essays of his that are about to be published in the New Yorker and ranted about some charities he supports.

The two essays he wrote were pretty funny and had the entire crowd of about four hundred chuckling after every sentence. His way with words and describing a situation is very clever and he carries with him a very humorous demeanor. I really enjoyed listening to him speak. He grew up in North Carolina so he has a southern accent topped by a homosexual lisp. Histerical.

In case you have no idea who Sedaris is, he is the funniest author around. His books Naked and Me Talk Pretty One Day are laugh-out-loud hilarious reads. Pick them up next time your in the book store wondering what to read.

Sunsets & Sushi

I've never been very big into Christian music but I have a few favorites. I found this David Crowder album while I was reading some great articles on his website. Crowder recently published his first book which is sold together with this album. I'm not sure which genre these songs fall into, but they are composed mostly on a computer, very digital sounding. Catch my drift? Anyway, the album is great and I'm enjoying the book too. You can get them both for $18 on the his website.

Seinfeld - Season 4

After an exciting three-season release over Christmas, Seinfeld Season 4 is set to hit the stores next Tuesday, May 17th.

In the first three seasons you saw the characters develop and the show search for its niche. Now the show has entered hilarity and the the cast is as quirky as ever. Season 4 is chock full o'bonus material and classic episodes like The Airport, The Bubble Boy, The Watch, The Pitch, The Junior Mint and The Contest.

Season 4 stands out as one of the best ever making these four discs are a must own. Whether you really think the show is funny or you're and addict like myself, and must have your regular dose of Seinfeld to make it through the week, make sure that on next Tuesday, you own this DVD.

Pittsburgh, PA

I'm a sucker for road trips, so when Collin invited me to Pittsburgh this weekend, I was in. Collin has a friend from college that goes to med school there and we crashed on his couch. We drove in to see a girl Erin McKeon play Friday night at Club Cafe. It was a very mellow show and Erin got onto the audience for talking a couple times. Especially the two people beside me and myself. So much for having fun.

On Saturday we drove around the city and saw a few sights around the town. That night we watched the Pirates lose another, this time to the Giants. PNC park is a cool stadium though. Plus, baseball is always fun, regardless of who plays.

Collin recently bought a GPS and on the way home Sunday we used it to see some places like the Rolling Rock brewery (which was closed) in Latrobe, PA and to do some geocaching which was a really good time.

Overall, I gave Pittsburgh a 7 on my scale of places I could live. NYC is a 9, San Fran and Boston an 8.5, and Houston a 6.

Ben Folds - Live!

Julie won a contest online this week and scored two V.I.P. passes to a Ben Folds gig tonight. His new album came out and he was promoting it at Tower Records. There were about one hundred anxious fans in line when I got there. We grabed our special people badges and walked right up to the stage. One idiot fan tried to park his kid in his stoller right next to the speakers until a sensible fan told him to get a clue and move before the kid's ears started bleeding.

Ben comes out and introduces his setlist; 'This is some new shit.' The next handful of songs was off the new album, Songs for Silverman. To finish he played a few classics and rocked the crowd. Listening to him and watching his mannerisms reminded me of Elton John, only straight.

Afterwards the V.I.P's got to cut in line to get autographs and meet him. A really nice guy and seemed sincere with gratitude. Be sure to check out his new stuff.

Rush is Right....?

Rush Limbaugh, commenting on Al Gore's new TV network for young viewers:

You know what Gore said about this? It's going to be liberal. It's going to reflect the point of view of young people.

What the hell is that, Al? What the hell is the point of view of young people? Blow jobs, that's what they're doing out there. They're out there getting oral sex all day long, that's what they're talking about.

Al made sure that's become the number one sport in high school today. So, I guess you're going to have a BJ network out there, Al, is that what you're going to do? You're going to call your network the oral sex channel out there, start competing with MTV?

Everyone's a Twixter

For those of us who seek direciton and help in life after college, here is an encouraging yet discouraging article about everyone in this generation struggling with the same situation. I felt like the author was writing about me.

Life after college just isn't the same as when our parents were twentysomethings. Jobs aren't waiting for us. Some of us move back home. Many of us change jobs multiple times and bounce from city to city.

This is one of my favorite articles this year and everyone out of college, not married, needs to read and identify with this article.

If you really like the article, I've been told that Ready or Not, Here Life Comes by Mel Levine hits on the same topic.