Thursday Night Quick Post

Let me tell you something...you guys are lucky. I signed onto the Blogger site and found out that it was temporarily "down for maintenance" for 1 hour from 12am to 1am EST. Well, I was gonna call it a night. I even had this message all written out in my AIM profile about how you could blame the Blogger folks for my inability to post anything for you to read on Friday morning. And then I waited a little bit, gave it one more shot, and sure it enough, it was back up and running.

- So Wednesday was a debacle. We had an unexpected project deadline moved way up on us, and that turned into co-worker Adam and I being in the office until 12:30am. Not cool. Not cool at all. You could tell how thrilled I was. The good news is that most of the stuff is complete and should all be finalized on Friday. Not that you really care, but just thought I needed to justify my lack of a post for your Thursday. Hey, I try my best to please the crowd.

- I'm driving home tonight, and as many of you know, it's always interesting when you see a car with a license plate of a state that isn't anywhere near your current location. I always wonder, "what's this guy's story?" Tonight, I see a car with Alabama plates. I knew the plate's design looked familiar, because when we went down to see PSU play in the 2003 Capital One Bowl in Orlando (don't get me started on that game), we saw a ton of Alabama plates with all of the folks there supporting Auburn. That was the first item that peaked my curiosity. Actually, I lied. My curiosity was then peaked when the car had a decal with the dealership and location. You know what I'm talking about.... it says Johnny Montenelli Chevrolet in Secaucus, NJ. Anyway, that was just an example. The car with the Alabama plates had a decal for a dealership in Newport, RI. Ok, let me get this straight...the person, at some point in time, lived in both Newport, RI (one of the most upscale of all New England towns) and also lived somewhere in Alabama? Or maybe he bought the car from someone in Newport and then went back to Alabama? Of course there's gotta be more to the story, but with the initial info out on the table, I have to conclude that this person some sort of felon. There's no other way to explain it.

- I know this is belated from Febuary 8th, but I want to wish one of my best friends from home, Bobby Hipp, a happy birthday. He's pretty damn busy saving lives as he goes through his clinical rotations at a hospital in the Allentown/Bethlehem area, but I hope he got a chance to take a break long enough to enjoy the birthday. And B.Hipp, why don't you give me a call when you get a chance, you sonofabitch?

- This weekend ought to be a good time, as Eric and I take a little road trip down to Atlantic City, NJ ("America's Playground")! Eric's never been to the AC, and of course, it is my obligation to make the trip with him to show him the ropes. We'll do a little gambling, roam around from one casino to another, do a little more gambling, maybe get a good dinner somewhere along the line, and meet up with one of his buddies from home. Should be a good time. We might even run into Rick Tocchet, Wayne Gretzky, and his wife down there. (If you don't get the reference, read about it in this article.) I'm sure I'll have some stories when I come back on Sunday, and pray for me to come back with my pockets heavier rather than lighter. The RPR hearts the Dirty Jerz!

Ladies and Gentleman, please have a nice weekend. Thank you.