I had an encounter with one of those Random Talkers the other day while I was pumping gas. My Mom always told me she had that problem, too. Kind of minding her own business, when a random would start spilling their life story to her. Right there, in the middle of Marc's. So, I'm at Sheetz, and I have this conversation:

RT: "That's somethin', isn't it?"
Me (Thinking, "Omigod, it's Andy Rooney."): "Uh...what's that?"
RT: "How come when the price of a barrel of gas goes down, it takes days for the price at the pump to catch up. But when the barrel price goes up, it changes instantly at the pump?"
Me (Thinking, "Who am I? The Shell Answer Man?", so I channeled Sarah McLachlan instead): "Yep...it's a mystery."

Thank God, he didn't follow me inside.

Meal of Links

Last night, Nick, Gale and I headed over to the State to see "Little Yerry Seinfeld". His opening act was Tom Papa, who was funny, but only did about 10 minutes of a warmup. Seinfeld was a lot of fun. His style is that he doesn't stick on a subject for a long time, unlike the dreadful Dane Cook. He was able to give his observations on many topics including family, kids, weathermen, bad suicide bombers ("Jihad E. Coyote"), what happened to Bird Flu, cellphones and a bunch more. Very enjoyable.

Speaking of Bird Flu. It's ba-ack. In the UK.

David Letterman didn't really think much of his 25th Anniversary of Late Night. Bill Murray wore a tophat and tails, though.

Video of the Week

Even though Dave didn't want to celebrate, here's a video of the Beastie Boys on Letterman from August 2004. From the subway to where they join Mix Master Mike on the stage. Speaking of randoms, I'm surprised no one disrupted their stroll.

Beastie Boys-"Ch-check It Out" from "Late Night"



Exercise Yard

The Italian Serie A is all fucked up. Again. Last year, it was the match-fixing scandal. And the perpetual soccer violence in Italy may have reached the tipping point. This time, rioting by "ultras" outside the Catania stadium (a policeman is killed) causes tear gas to filter INTO the stadium. What is amazing to me is that the explosions start, smoke is everywhere, and the game carries on as if nothing is happening. Then the itching and burning starts! Half an hour later, they restarted and Palermo won, 2-1. After the match, however, all Italian matches have been cancelled until further notice.



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