I had to link to this because the responses are just way too funny. Anyone looking for some good, not-so-good, awful, corny, surreal, weird jokes and one-liners needs to check it out. (Found it initially on Blanton and Ashton’s.)
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Tuesday:
Yes, I did run yesterday — on the treadmill at the gym: four miles in 35 and change, a pretty good pace, but my knee was killing me.
Music selection: The Beatles, Yellow Submarine
Wednesday:
Five miles in 44:40 while listening to John Mellencamp’s new disc, Freedom’s Road.
That’s 12 miles so far after last week’s 14. Friday’s minimum run, then has to be five miles, though we’ll see.
And yes, I did run inside today even though the weather was magnificent. My plan is to charge the GPS (measures my mileage and pace as I run) so I can get out Friday or next week.
Unless I can develop some novel excuses.
(No run tomorrow, in case anyone cares. Must take the car in for some basic maintenance.)
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I never know what is going to show up on my desk, especially when it comes to compact discs. We don’t get a lot around here, and most are pretty awful. But sometimes, a real gem will make its way over via one of the smaller independent labels trudging along the edges of the music industry.
That’s how I learned about Brett Dennen‘s disc, So Much More, and The Hacienda Brothers.
And it’s how I came across the quirky, humorous country-rock hybrid, Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadours — yes, you heard me, Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadours and their wonderful new disc, Trailercana.
The disc is a crazy affair, musically flawless, weaving bits of country, roots rock, folk, Texas swing — a real American band, varying tempos, spinning to the edge of control, but never losing it.
And then there are the lyrics, songs about drinking and love, but spun through a comic lens. Consider these song titles:
Crazy stuff, right? And the songs are exactly what you’d expect. Here is a snippet of lyric from “Billboard”:
I wanna live in a billboard.
I wanna be in that happy place.
I wanna live in a billboard.
I’d be a cowboy with a leather face.
And I’ll never have the need for Prozac.
And the hair I’ve lost will up and grow back.
And I’ll be forever young.
Or this, from “Ron Howard’s Brother”:
And people would ask me questions;
How is Andy Griffith in real life?
Is it true what they say about Gomer?
Did you really meet Barney Fife?
I could go on, but won’t. All I’ll say is that the disc officially comes out May 22. The black sticker on the front of the disc may say “Contains no hits whatsoever,” but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t get their turn on the VH1 “V-Spot Top 20.”
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There’s a hole in the budget,
dear voter, dear voter,
There’s a hole in the budget,
dear voter, there’s a hole.
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The South Brunswick Vikings basketball team did something few have done in the history of the school this year — they battled their way to the state championship game, falling nine points short of their ultimate goal.
No shame in it, of course. It was a rather magical run, made possible by a team that took seriously the notion that it was a team — every doing his part, no one dominating the spotlight.
It was the kind of team that reminds me of why I like basketball, a team that moved the ball, shared the ball, played defense and hit the boards.
So congratulations to the South Brunswick High School Vikings basketball squad and thank you for a thrilling ride.
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