I'm seeing Sonic Youth in a few minutes

My 14 year old self is so jealous.

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Pre-Season football is like dry-humping.

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Someone tell Matisyahu that singing with a Jamaican accent isn't Reggae.

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I didn't learn anything on Wikipedia today, I just looked up information on "Back to the Future."

What I learned from Wikipedia 8/10/06

-Trishelle from the Real World: Las Vegas is dating Adam Duritz from Counting Crows

-Puck once wore a shirt with a Swastika on it.

What I learned from Wikipedia 8/9/06

- Al Roker is Bahamian and is the cousin of "The Jeffersons" star Roxie Roker and her son Lenny Kravitz.

- "The Superbowl Shuffle" was nominated for a Grammy for best Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance—Duo or Group, and lost to Prince and the Revolution's "Kiss."

- Bootsy Collins is from Cincinatti.

- Psychologists want Road Rage to be diagnosed as a mental illness.

- Bill Bixby directed several episodes of "Blossom."

Tooting my own horn

I'm fairly modest, but I must say my political insights have been immortalized in friends' away messages:

On Joe Leiberman's loss in the Democratic Primaries:

Endbabylon: A loss for the jews is a win for Connecticut

and...

Endbabylon: I'll dress up like a lady and seduce him
Endbabylon: then after he fucks me 7 or 8 times, he's dead

Also, dealing with the slowing of Joe-mentum.

What I learned from Wikipedia 8/8/06

-"Outside Providence" was originally a book.

- On November 24, 1976, WABC weatherman Tex Antoine, said in his weather report, "With rape so predominant in the news lately, it is well to remember the words of Confucius: 'If rape is inevitable, lie back and enjoy it.'" This came after a report of a violent rape of a five year old girl.

Part of your world

A messenger came in today with a shirt that said "Fuck Mermaids."

I can't imagine the scenario where one would have an opinion on mermaids, let alone a negative opinion.

"I was watching 'Splash' last week on Oxygen..."
"I don't even want to hear it, man. Fuck Mermaids!"

What I learned from Wikipedia 8/7/06

- In baseball, there are no assigned positions except for the pitcher and the catcher.

- There's a second verse to "Happy Birthday to you," where the birthday kid responds:

"I thank you dear friends,
I thank you dear friends,
For all your kind wishes,
I thank you dear friends."

- In Malta, during bachelor parties, it is common for the bachelor to end up naked and tied to things, such as monuments in roundabouts or the front door of his future mother-in-law.

- Bill Cosby had a contract with the Harlem Globetrotters.