What do the kids say? I was “out of pocket” or “off the grid” for awhile, but now I think that I'll be able to devote a little bit of time to the blog. Just a brief message, I don't think that any kids say “out of pocket” or “off the grid”, unless those kids are corporate suits in training.
The last time I wrote, I believe that I was in the air going from Seattle to New York for a conference in late July. Well, I landed. Aly and I also had a dog at that point in our lives, his name was Dave. Unfortunately, he died a few days after that entry. He had distemper, which is an extremely rare disease. Sucks, because he was a good dog too.
Since then I've gone toVegas for a few days (work stuff) and went to a killer party at a club called Pure that Selma Hyack may or may not have been there for. I was completely wasted and some buddies from Amesbury got me in. Also, I lost my job at TechTarget, was unemployed for a few months; which was probably the best thing that's happened to me in awhile as I saved a lot of money during that period and my sanity (I actually hated TT). In March I started a new job that I like very much.
Also, my grandmother passed away in February, which was pretty difficult and there are times when it still hurts to think about her and how I'll never see her again.
In late March, I learned that Aly was pregnant and on October 28 (on the day the Sox won their second title in two years) Giuliana Rose (after my Nina) Magrane was born. She was five weeks early, which was expected as Aly began to have complications (coleostasis – not sure if you spell it like that, probably not) and their was a need for an early birth. Anyway, she weighed at 5 pounds, 14 ounces and was 19 inches long. She's been awesome, but at the same time it's been a tremendous learning experience for both of us.
Mainly learning how to survive on very little sleep.
Also we went to Puerto Rico in July for our annual summer vacation. Pretty good, not great. And I added another stadium to my growing World Tour of Baseball Stadia. I went to Shea Stadium for the first time, as the Mets played the Dodgers in a late August battle. The place was a complete dump, good thing that they're getting a new park in 2009. I also went to Camden Yards again.
So that's what I've done in the last 16 months since I've last written. In the next few months, I'm going to completely retool the blog and focus on pop culture and some sports. Gone are any musings about my comic strip (that went down the toilet due to lack of time) and I'm really going to try and cut down on the personal stuff.
What I want to do is write a couple of essays a week about things that are either going on right now or stuff that I have percolating in my brain. My next entry will be about my personal top 56 television shows. Some entries will be long, some short, but they should be fairly interesting as I'm going to cover a wide range of stuff.
To whet your appetite, here's a list of shows that I'm going to write about:
1. The Honeymooners
2. Leave it to Beaver
3. Arrested Development
4. Mr. Show with Bob and David
5. Tom Goes to the Mayor
6. Undeclared
7. Freaks and Geeks
8. It's the Garry Shandling Show
9. The Larry Sanders Show
10. The Wire
11. The Sopranos
12. Curb Your Enthusiasm
13. Seinfeld
14. The Simpsons
15. Get A Life
16. The Office (UK and USA)
17. Scrubs
18. WKRP
19. Newsradio
20. South Park
21. Car 54, Where Are You?
22. The Daily Show
23. SuperRock
24. The State
25. 30 Rock
26. Rocky and Bullwinkle
27. Dragnet
28. The Odd Couple
29. The White Shadow
30. Magnum PI
31. Good Eats
32. Diners, Drive Ins and Dives
33. Jeopardy
34. The Monkees
35. Austin Stories
36. Moral Orel
37. Beverly Hills 90210
38. Early Adult Swim catch-all
39. Law and Order
40. King of the Hill
41. Grosse Pointe
42. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
43. Head of the Class
44. 24
45. Justice League
46. Deadwood
47. Entourage
48. In Search Of ...
49. The Banana Splits
50. Gilligan's Island/Brady Bunch
51. Chappelle's Show
52. The Andy Griffith Show
53. Action!
54. Late Night with Conan O'Brien
55. Andy Richter Controls the Universe
56. Mission Hill
Two things, this list is obviously not in any kind of order, that will be determined in the weeks to come and a few were sort of just added on to the list so that I could have an even 56. If a show or two comes to mind, they may be bumped off. As they say, check your local listings.
So that's where I'm at. Come back for more, I promise that there will be stuff here.
