This is one of my favorite times of year. Work is coming to an end for the summer. That's great because I get a chance to recover from the 10 month strain that is educating young minds. I worked for a major financial services provider for 5 years and this job makes that one look like child's play. People rip my profession all the time (summers off, pension, benefits, etc), but you have no idea what it entails until you try it out for a year. I know I just got Joe Pendleton a little fired up. Time to get off my soapbox.
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Since I last blogged, which seems like decades ago, I made a trip to Baltimore and toured Camden Yards. Truly a beautiful ballpark. I also had the chance to head into the dugout and check out the field. Unfortunately, I didn't have the chance to talk gyros with Nick Markakis.
I also attended the wedding of LocalShill. Many people thought there would be a better chance of the Palestinians and Israelis of uniting or bin Laden jumpstarting a second Hands Across America than this unification
occurring, but the unthinkable did happen. It was a very nice affair, highlighted by a rabbi making some ethnic slurs and a slew of dignitaries in attendance including Squawking VFR, The Sandman, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pendleton, Jersey Girl, the Girlfriend E, EAB, LocalShill (of course....but even that was in doubt until the start of the ceremony), Mr. Henn, and the Colonel.As I read this list, I wonder if it was a wedding or more a game of Clue.
Which begs the question...what ever happened to Tim Curry? Did he move to India? The guy has made more crap that I've never heard of the past decade.
Other actors whose mugs should appear on the side of milk cartons:
- Chevy Chase: How do you go from being one of the funniest actors of all time to not even making this kid laugh?
- MC Hammer: He had the BIGGEST song in the early 1990s with "You Can't Touch This", now no one wants to touch this guy. While strolling through New Brunswick, I think I saw him in line for food stamps. Baby's gotta eat!
- David Lee Roth: Yeah, he had that AWFUL radio show, but did he need the job? What do you do if you're an unemployed washed up rock sing who was a colassal disaster in the talk radio format? It's not that I feel bad for the guy, but who in this world looks at DRL and says, "YES! I need to hire him to (fill in the blank)."
Dan Quayle: Ok, this is a bit random and he was assumed missing even when he was the VP of the United States. We haven't heard a thing from Mr. Potatoe in 2 decades. This might not be a bad thing. If he dies, does the AP even report the story?
- The Lord: He did all of these great things...made the Earth, created people, made day/night, built the Yankees, etc. and then what happened? He just left? Is the Lord even a He? Was Jesus really his representative? Stop by and visit. I'd b
e more than happy to have the Lord over for some chicken and rice. Don't like chicken and rice? Well, we can talk to the Sandman and he can provide alternate eating choices for Our Savior. Gennaros? Jade Garden? Hot Wok?
My Sopranos prediction: Paulie turns to be a backstabber and gets Tony knocked off and tries to take hold of the NJ mafia. Tony shoulda pushed him off the boat!
Anyone have the cure to a sore throat (other than rinsing with saltwater)?
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5 comments:
Cat,
The rabbi - not to be confused with another kind of East Brunswick Rabii - was classic.
http://www.nj.com/hssports/ledger/index.ssf?/hssports/century/stories/gsoccerdecades.html
The rabbi was the highlight of the year.
It didn't hurt that I was sitting next to a certain Carteret teacher. We couldn't stop cracking up.
Glad to see you survived your trip to Baltimore, the murder and STD captial of America.
Stanley Burrell called for you.
Funny you mention that.
The tour guide was telling our group of 13 year olds that Baltimore passed Philly is murders this year.
That blended right in with our anti-violence campaign.
Mazel tov.
Good lord what made you think of Clue - such an underrated flick. And so was that Rabbi. I have gotten so much mileage out of that story over the last week.
Anyway, good to see you and E last weekend. Though I might have been half in the bag, I remember promising a blog for todd -it's coming, sooner rather than later. Maybe.
Try gargling with hydrogen peroxide. Not kidding. I had an ENT tell me to do that once and now I do it each time I get the slightest sign of a sore throat and it seems to ward it off.
I'm thinking that stuff can kill you. Right? It's like one step from rubbing alcohol I thought.
BFT! Can't wait!
Cat, I can't believe I didn't make the list of dignitaries.
As for teaching, nobody put a gun to your head and asked you to be a teacher. A teacher complaining about dealing with kids is like someone who chose to be a garbageman complaining about the stench of the garbage.
Have a nice summer off while the rest of us are working and paying toward our benefits.
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