Tom is Away

accidentally discovered a new trivia night tonight, and intentionally kicked the crap out of it, winning me a free t-shirt (but no $25 bar tab? what kind of operation are they running?). Anyway– free t-shirt!

out to a bar w/ Big Kev and another guy and maybe that other guy’s girlfriend and maybe big kev’s girlfriend and not my wife and not my girlfriend because my wife doesn’t like me hanging out with my girlfriend anymore so now i just settle for hanging with other guys and their girlfriends and point is i’m out having a couple beers.

Sheldon Brown has no patience for the NFL’s wussy new rules

I pretty much always agree with everything he says.

still reading “Motherless Brooklyn” by Jonathan Lethem

trying not to get hooked on “locked up: abroad”

reading some stories.

Just in case you ever wanted to know, here’s a comprehensive list of all the brothers (siblings, that is) who have ever played in the NFL.

every monday, on the drive home, I vow to finish all my prep work for Wednesday as soon as I get home, so then I have nothing to worry about on Tuesday.

Every monday, when I get home, I eat dinner, relax on the couch, and do not even open my bag.

I’m okay with this.

beginning of week 10 (out of 15) already. good semester so far.

trying to refocus on the book.

preparing to scare the hell out of my students tomorrow when I introduce the group presentations.

another long day of painting.
hoping the touch-up work in one room doesn’t look like it’s obviously touched-up on top of 10 year old paint.

gone paintin’. again.

out with the little woman and her co-workers/friends at a bar– the women get approached by a group of eager young guys, probably just over twenty-one, but then one of the guys says, “yo, it’s just a bunch of old ladies,” and they all walk away.

I thought it was funny, anyway.

at a bowling thing with my old lady and her co-workers and their husbands, none of whom (hopefully) are obnoxious trash-talking tantrum-throwing bowlers.

writing for a while.

Headline of the year:

Toilet sausage chef causes prison unit evacuation

Favorite sight of the day: the evangelist on Temple’s campus holding up a big poster (complete with charts and bar graphs) titled “Why The Bible Is True”

I didn’t see it all, but I know the main piece of evidence is that there were eyewitnesses of the actions in the Bible.

talking myself into a fancy new laptop.

not sympathizing with students.