ten bucks if you can predict where this post is going to wind up going after the first paragraph. Well Larry "Bud" Melman died. He was one humorous fellow. But what about 'Manny the Hippie'?

I'm a huge Letterman fan, but I'll admit I haven't watched him much lately. In fact hardly at all. It's on so late! 11:30! And I have to be up like normal people! Every day! It's tough, because I find Dave to be sooooooo funny.

But I'm surviving.

Work, however, is getting to be pretty intense. In good ways, but I am really busy. I have accepted the nomination to hold an officer position in an organization for work. I am also just continuing more and more in the work ahead for disaster planning here in RI. But there is so much work to be done, and so much responsibility we have undertaken. This year is going to be tough, and I have a feeling I am going to have to prove myself on several occasions.

Of course if the going gets too tough, the Canadian border is just a few hours away. just kidding.


I've begin to recently really notice the view of Providence coming from the East. Whether it's driving in on 195 or being on the East Bay Bike Path, the view of the city is really spectacular. The buildings, highlighted by the amazing art deco Bank of America building. I wish I could find a good picture to illustrate my point. How about this one from the Richard Benjamin (not the actor) collection. Not the best to describe what I was thinking, but it'll work. But like today I was driving in from a Target run during my lunch hour and I was looking in at the city, and thinking about what it would look like if all the buildings--as beautiful and complete as they seemed today in their Wednesday normalcy--were being destroyed. Like explosions and fires and smoke and large holes all throughout them, under a blood red sky. Apocolyptic-Revelation- Fight Club-style. It was such a cool image in my mind. And...I don't know where it came from.

so I've been listening to WOXY vinatage radio station streaming online at work this week. "97x BAAAAMMMM. THE FUTURE OF ROCK 'N' ROLL." Anyone out there hear me on that? Rain Man? come on, surely you've seen Rain Man. 97x baaaaammmm. No? Well WOXY was a rock station out of Ohio that would always play the best rock of the time. Still does. Now it's purely online and while they play modern rock, they also have a streaming vintage station. everything from Velvet Underground to REM, Butthole Surfers and Radiohead to Tori Amos and Guided By Voices and Depech Mode and The Cranberrie's ("Here's a hit you may remember...") and the list goes on. I like to imagine I'm a few years older when I listen to it, a true Gen X-er. Living in San Francisco. Having memorized the entire script to 'Reality Bites.' It's not the music I've been listening to in the real world, but for background music at work it's been pretty cool.

ok, it never fails. I always lose a sock when I do the laundry. What's up? I know I should be ridiculed for bringing this up, after all this is a minor issue in the grand scale of things. I mean, the freakin' Marshall Islands ran out of water today. What??? Talk about the need for all-hazards disaster planning.

Haha, Richard Benjamin. I don't even know who he was other than an actor. My little bro and I used to make fun of him growing up simply because he had a first name for a last name. We were young, we didn't know any better.

Hey I found out yesterday that there's a judge in Providence named Jeremiah S. Jeremiah. No foolin'. If there's anything Ben and I need to make fun of, it's that name!

I should call Ben up and tell him. After I IMDB Richard Benjamin and see who the heck he is. (30 seconds later). Oh. he's the guy who directed 'Made in America.' That movie where Ted Danson romanced Whoopi Goldberg.

that's unfortunate.

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