So my goal for the year is to post around three entries a day, with the understanding that sometimes some of the posts would be "filler" material... you know... the You Tube clips, link dumps, photos, Olympic Preview stuff, anything Barnesgasm ever posted for this site (I miss that guy), and of course, the random SML/NYC stories.
And so it will continue. In fact, this post ends with two medium size stories. It will, however, be a hectic month plus coming up. I recently got a promotion at my job. The biggest change of which is that I now have an office with a window, which is actually a big deal here. Most offices here are basically big closets with no natural light, and only 20 out of 200 employees have offices with windows. So woo-hoo for me.
Aside from that, I think it might be my job to keep Goth Girl in line. She's a nice girl, but she scares me. True conversation from last week, while she was reading my newspaper:
GG: "I love the Packers."
SML: "Word? But you're not from Wisconsin."
GG: "Yeah, I grew up in New England. But I've always loved the Packers. Even before they went to the Super Bowl like 10 years ago."
SML: "Wow, that's... surprising. Say, did you know that Vince Lombardi is buried in a cemetery in Brooklyn? There's a story in the paper about it..."
GG: "Where?!? I love cemeteries. I love walking in them..."
She then went into some stories about hanging out in cemeteries, including one about a mausoleum she broke into once with her friend.
So, yeah: suggestions, advice, recommendations... throw it all my way. And I think at the end of January there will be a "format" change, too. I have no idea what it's going to look like, but I'm sure it'll be very pretty. 
Um, story time! Question posed to me by the GF, during the Sonic-Rockets game yesterday, in between moments of ogling Wally Szcerbiak (she normally doesn't ogle players, but she seemed quite fond of Wally. She even ignored the token greasy Argentine on the court, Luis Scola): "Wait, they are the Seattle Super Sonics?!?".
She then went back to ogling the players.
"Wow, that French guy is cute"
Who's French on the Rockets?
"Bat-ti-er is French, right?
"Yes, their full name is the Supersonics. Also, you know the San Diego Chargers?..."
"Don't tell me... they're really the San Diego Electric Chargers?"
"NO, that would be retarded. Hell, that's almost as bad as naming them the San Diego Cell Phone Chargers...."
Then this commercial came on, which we found both bizarre and slightly offensive. I mean, "The Big Vinnie"? Why not just name your pizza "The Big Guido" or something (no offense, Ricky!).
I have no idea what The Pizza Knight is about, but he is slightly better than The Noid (and not nearly as simplistic and monosyllabic as Big Noyd rhyming).
The kids wanted a magical rainbow turtle.
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congratulations for the promotion !!
so are you ready for some (boring) Sixers basketballlllllll ???
(Did I miss an olympic entry about Croatia ??? I think so... can u put the link plese?)
take care my friend !
Ricky: Croatia, Brazil, Norway and one Asian country to be named later (most likely Sri Lanka) are all on the way. Look for Croatia and Brazil next week, provided DJM and I are both feeling better... there's been a cold going around our area.
Woah. I completely forgot that I wrote, like, three posts on this site, and that none of them were mildly funny. I enjoyed doing that, but, like my other guest appearances at other people's sites, I just kinda stopped for no apparant reason.
But hey, if you miss those posts, and are in need of shitty, possibly funny but maybe not filler material, I'm your guy.
Croatia and Brazil up soon?
Fill the post with many pics of hot chicks please... can't wait
the big vinnie is almost as offensive as the new "bada bling" scratch-off game from the new york lottery, whose commercials manage to offend multiple peoples at once.
eye-talians have become reliable comedic grist ever since eddie murphy's 'raw.' last sunday's times had an insulting article about reunions among former benshonhurst italians masquerading as a human interest story.
i guess it's tough to point fingers at the media when upon exiting brooklyn via most highways you're met with the following signs, courtesy of the borough president's office: "leavin' brooklyn? fugghedaboutit"
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congrats on the promotion!
Thanks GreekProf! The GF pointed out to me that the sign on the Williamsburg Bridge (the only parts of BK I see are the north parts) says "Leaving Brooklyn? Oy vey!"
Thus proving that Brooklyn can make fun of all it's ethnic people. Too bad their isn't a bridge that goes through Crown Heights, for the inevitable "Leaving Brooklyn, mon? Holla!" sign....
She clearly just has a crush on you because you have an office with a window now. I saw this before in a movie once...was it Swimfan or Fatal Attraction? j/k, ha.