It's 8:00 am on Monday morning. I'm in my office at my desk but having a hard time getting started. While chugging down some coffee, I thought I'd throw out a few items.
-I've lived in NYC, on and off, for most of my life. I don't think it's ever been hotter or more humid than it was this weekend. It was so hot that the streets of Manhattan were practically empty as everyone either fled for the beach or stayed indoors. So many air conditioners were turned on Saturday that ConEd set an all-time record for weekend energy consumption.
-Lots of celebrities seem to be blogging these days. Moby, Gene Simmons, RuPaul, and William Shatner all have their own blogs. The one person whom I thought I'd never see with their own blog? None other than "The Donald".
-I've stayed in my fair of nice hotels during my lifetime. But never as much as Russell Crowe. Seems his one-night stay at the Mercer is going to cost him over $11 million!
-And for an extra $40/night, we'll have a homeless person sleep outside your room and pee on your newspaper! See the latest Vegas attraction.
-If it's true that you learn something new every day, may THIS be the one thing for today. Who knew?
By the way, congrats go out both to my real-friend Jim and my internet buddy Brandon. Both their wives gave birth to beautiful, healthy baby girls last week. And though both fathers graduated from U.Penn, I'm sure the kids will turn out ok anyway.
Gosh! That article doesn't even touch on whether they are bred for their skills in magic!
Posted by: Dutch | August 15, 2005 at 01:00 PM
It's pretty much my favorite animal.
Posted by: Brent | August 15, 2005 at 01:33 PM
Today, I dropped my son off for his first day of kindergarten. My life won't ever be the same again. WAAAAAAA!!!!!!
Posted by: Queen of Ass | August 15, 2005 at 01:54 PM
Instead of the one that pees on my newspaper, can I get the one that sleeps in front of the ATM at a discount?
And, I think it would have been infinitely funnier for The Donald to use a free service like Blogger. And William Shatner should do all of his posting with a plethora of ellipses: "Saw...Bones...the other...day....Told....him...how much....I enjoy....working on....Boston Legal...."
Posted by: Mr. Big Dubya | August 15, 2005 at 02:48 PM
By the way, we are seriously loving the new look over here metrodad.
We went visiting our nutty relatives in the suburbs yesterday, who are kind of old, interesting 1960s/1970s rich bay area types, and they have this modern house on top of a hill that hasn't been redecorated since about 1970. They have all kinds of vintage eames lounges (3 or 4) and those cheesy metal arbol de la vida sculptures and nelson lamps and it was definitely cool and all back in 1970, and all worth a fortune today in DWR dollars, but it has this faded, sad, unconsidered feel, as though the walls and furniture and carpets are invisible to them somehow, the same way a redneck doesn't "see" all the rusting folding chairs and broke-down appliances sitting in the tall grass of his lawn.
Too many bloggers, I think, don't see their design at all. They go on and on and on with the same look. My rambling point is this: change is good.
Posted by: Dutch | August 15, 2005 at 02:52 PM
Yeah...I heard it was sticky on the East Coast this past weekend. But try being in New Orleans! I'm down here for a conference and it's like a damn swamp. No wonder everyone here is drunk all the time.
Posted by: Stephen | August 15, 2005 at 02:55 PM
I knew it was hot this weekend in NYC when my MIL called to tell me she's getting an air conditioner installed. This, after the last five years, in which she's done nothing but mock me and landisdad for our weak reliance on an indoor cooling system beyond a fan.
Posted by: landismom | August 15, 2005 at 03:13 PM
Is it me or do Trump's blog entries seem like some sort of weird fortune cookie mutterings? The man's getting crazier by the day.
Posted by: Lucas | August 15, 2005 at 03:59 PM
Our air-conditioner's been acting weird. I can't tell if it is because a problem with the demands on the power grid or that the SOB is finally dying and I'll have the excuse I need to replace it.
PS - Thanks for the shout-out in BloggingBaby. We few, we proud, we daddy-bloggers. I hold my head high to be amongst your annointed.
Posted by: not-for-profit-dad | August 15, 2005 at 09:09 PM
Liger's are cool but Tigon's are cooler.
Posted by: Ko | August 15, 2005 at 11:43 PM
I agree with Lucas!
Posted by: MIM | August 16, 2005 at 01:16 AM