The Word Hurricane

First it was SANDY!

Then we got wacked by Winter Storm Athena!!!

She's a real cold bitch here in coastal New England!!!

MAYAN END OF DAYS, WE APPROACH THEE!

It's getting better though. Nope. Things are going to get a lot worse before they get better. Potato chips will cost more than five dollars a bag. Cheap fuel is gone the way of the dodo.

Let's all be friends! Run like an antelope out of control. Whip that llama with a chain on stage.

One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic.

September has fallen

Is there meaning to life?
Do monkeys ride backwards on a pig?
Yes, they do in this world. You dig?

tar baby returns with a vengence

the evil –



–lives on and on

Happy New Year!

I get asked, "Hey what are you doing for New Year's?" a lot. Mostly I get asked this because I'm so cool.

Like all the guys at the FedEx Orange Bowl:


So here it is:

Bristol Hangover Classic

The Penguin Classics Library Complete Collection

Galaxy ZOO

leopard seal encounter

If you've seen "Encounters at the Edge of the World".

penguin plunge ohh eight

(picture is actually of Newport where I live, but we went to Galilee for a more hardcore crowd that wasn't so later'd as Miss RI)

PENGUIN PLUNGE 2008

We did the plunge in Galilee, RI right at noon. They were doing the 10 second countdown as we were just stripping down.

I sprinted into the water and fell head first into a wave - then ran out - only to see my girlfriend and her step-dad just getting into the water. So I went back in for a few yards with them, after finally realizing my limit and the initial euphoria of the survival instinct had kicked out of my system.

The water was not that cold but I totally wussed out afterwards. The sky was totally gray and the wind was biting. My toes started swelling up like tomatoes! I thought I was getting frostbite – probably was beginning. Next time I'll make sure to have some warm socks and shoes when I get out of the forty° water and back into the freezing wind chill air!