Tom is Away

biggest surprise of reunion: I turned out to be the best dressed guy in the class (not because I was that sharp, but I was apparently the only one who remembered that at La Salle you don’t wear jeans and polo shirts)

I really thought the Eagles would trade Vick this weekend. Also- Kafka! mind reeling at nerdy literary jokes that can be made during Eagles games.

prepping for 10 year high school reunion. still kind of in shock that i’m going. excited to be done with receiving reunion-related emails, which were far too frequent.

it’s pretty funny watching the NFL Network after the Vikings drafted Toby Gerhart, a white halfback– they’ve all gone very far out of their way to insist that he’s “faster than you think” and “more athletic than he looks” and “not that slow” and so on.

hoping my lawnmower works after sitting dormant for months.
also, kinda hoping it doesn’t work, so I can get out of mowing the lawn. it’s a short-term vs. long-term thing.

have to go back to work for the third time this week. Will the injustice never end?

researching the hell out of this defensive end the eagles picked.
Mike F. initially upset.
Quinn calls him a young Trent Cole.
As long as he’s not McDougle, I guess.

have to teach during early parts of the draft. if something big happens, please call in a bomb threat to Temple Center city

Roger Ebert delivers the best mean movie review I’ve seen in a while: Link

the morning is when you do all the things you should have done yesterday.
yesterday is the day that was more fun because you didn’t do any of the stuff you were supposed to do.

still not clear on why I should have to pay a fee to the borough for the right to own a dog, especially when they do exactly nothing in return for the fee, besides refraining from charging me more fees.

Tonight’s dinner

I think I’m officially a bad hockey fan.

According to a website I never heard of, my book is one of 21 perfect Father’s Day gifts.

not too many appealing Eagles road trips this year. The two best candidates (you know, so I can talk about them, but then not actually do anything about it): Tennessee and Chicago. Common denominator? Barbecue. And blues.

waiting for the Eagles’ schedule, even though I know pre-season schedule analyses are pointless.

this semester probably could have gone better.

i hate teaching on stoner holidays like 4/20.

~ 2 weeks until the reviews (hopefully) start appearing. Impatient. Restless.

4 class days remaining. still grading.