random
the war of northern aggression
I swear, it didn’t even occur to me that there were monuments to people who fought on the side of the Union in the Civil War until I moved up north of the Mason-Dixon. But then Grand Army Plaza was only a few blocks away when I first moved to the city, and now [...]
embarrassment du jour
My celebrity look-alike has been hard to pin down over the years. Sometimes I’ve heard Charlie Sheen, other times French Stewart (a.k.a. “that squinty guy from Third Rock From the Sun”). My wife occasionally says Scott Baio. Oh, or one of Rachel’s boyfriends, Tag, on Friends. None are terribly flattering, but [...]
celebrities
We played “Celebrities” at John and Emilie’s apartment earlier this evening… Kind of like charades, kind of like Taboo, except the clues are all celebrities. Here’s the few I can remember off the top of my head:
Dolly Parton
Mr Belvedere
Sam Sneed
Condoleeza Rice
Teddy Roosevelt (x3)
Medgar Evers
Dylan McKay
Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka
Paganini
Pinochet
Mrs Piggle-Wiggle
de la Vega
George Clinton
Lassie
Amerigo Vespucci
Lewis Carroll
Nicholas [...]
