Entries from August 2008

August 24, 2008

Fast Like Lightning?

Can you outrace Usain Bolt??

My best time below…

August 21, 2008

Shutting It Down

There will be no new posts for the near future…

August 17, 2008

Yearbook Me…

I desperately need a haircut. As such, I figured I would test out some historical looks before I go out and take the plunge.
1954

1956

1960

1974

1976

1980

1982

1984

1988

1990

1994

1996

August 16, 2008

G.O.A.T.

Michael Phelps.

August 15, 2008

Ray’s the Steaks

My order:

Crab bisque
Cowboy cut, bone-in rib-eye, medium rare

Yes, I’ll be back…

August 12, 2008

Olympic Insight

Email #1 from Andrew:
“so the chinese have decided to put 12yo girls on their 16 and over gymnastics squad. any predictions into tim li’s actual chronological age?”
Email #2 from David:
“As far as phelps goes, i just saw him race yesterday and he is an animal…literally he must have been crossed with a dolphin, he [...]

August 10, 2008

The Next Episode…

No matter how hard I try, I can’t stop laughing each time I watch this.

August 10, 2008

Virgin Fest 2008 — Day 1

Ventured out to Pimlico yesterday for some music. Here’s what I did in between the burlesque shows and the sideshow circus…

Cat Power
Duffy
The Swell Season (nice to just lay down, close your eyes and listen to Glen Hansard and company on a glorious, sunny day)
Lupe Fiasco (unfortunately just like the Kanye West show, I missed most [...]

August 8, 2008

Yeah, I’m Huge

This guy was just curling a single dumbbell while hanging out at the Gallery Place Metro station.

August 6, 2008

Dateline Tried to Get Me…

So tonight, some stranger sent me a text message. Here’s the string of text messages that followed back and forth (names censored):
Stranger: Heyy
Me: Who is this??
Stranger: This is e**’s # but this is p******
Me: Do I know you??
Stranger: This is sean g****…right
Me: No, I think you have the wrong number
Stranger: Oh who is this?
Me: Umm [...]

August 6, 2008

Seriously…

Does anyone want to travel to go see Sigur Rós this fall??
I am thinking one of these dates:

September 19 • Bank of America Pavillion, Boston, Massachusetts
September 24 • Chicago Theatre, Chicago, Illinois
October 1 • Copley, San Diego, California
October 3 • The Greek Theatre, Berkeley, California
November 13 • Razzmatazz, Barcelona, Spain
November 15 • Le [...]

August 4, 2008

Life Is For Living…

“But life is for living…
We all know…
And I don’t want to live it alone…”

The Coldplay concert at the Verizon Center was amazing. You would think that after seeing the same band for the sixth time, it would get old. Yet I really enjoyed myself in my center floor, 6th row seats. Thanks again to Sid [...]

August 2, 2008

Hail to the Redskins

Congratulations to Art Monk and Darrell Green.