Examples:

1. Some thing wild is just about to happen at this get-together.
2. But not as wild as what’s already going on at this shindig.
3. But then, there’s wild and then there’s these fellows…

You’re welcome.

Have an excellent life.

I’m sure you’ll grow up to be a well-adjusted, fully functioning, kind-hearted man who contributes fully to society.

…

Or something like that…

Forget everything I said about Merlin Mann’s signal/noise ratio.

After reading this, I hereby issue a full retraction and would like to tell you all that kung fu grippe is my favoritest blog in the world right now.

When I emerged, my hands still gripping the wheel, I was perplexed but thrilled — happy to be alive, but also to be surrounded by the parties of this case, as well as the train’s lucky passengers. We were all in miraculously hale condition, considering the ordeal we’d just endured. We laughed openly.

But, even in the channel’s cool waters — and newly stricken with the permanent nerve damage that has frozen my face in a ghastly and stupefied stare — I could feel my blood begin to boil. My boat. My beautiful yellow boat. What had he done to her?

Merlin Mann is my goddamned hero.

Happy now?

Well, not so fast. Turns out you’re not the only one to have that idea, and there’s some insane competition for those jobs:

Over a wonderful bottle of Borolo, my chef friend and I discussed the grand deluge of people looking for restaurant jobs. He’s the chef of a restaurant group, so he oversees a few different spots. His sports bar needed a bartender.

So he posted an ad for a bartender on Craigslist. An hour later, he received nearly four hundred responses from wannabe bartenders.

So, maybe you want to come up with a different backup plan. Food service is back-breaking work anyway, right?

Oi! Skin’ead!

Whoa, that guy has crazy opposite eyes!

Oh, that’s inadvertently dirty… And the old guy looks like he thinks so, too!

What is up with the eye patches? Bet there’s a story there.

That guy is intense! Why is his shirt open?

Good job, toughnuts.

Boy, the German girls love their Bettie hair do, eh?

Oh, hey! Jamiroquai!

(via Kottke)

• Sushi + beer + sake + friends = AWESOME
• Live burlesque. Also, The Wife potentially taking burlesque classes.
• Absinthe. I’m digging on Kübler, which is locally available now. Admittedly, I talk more people into not trying absinthe than I talk into trying it. It’s not for everyone.
• Rock Band. I’m pretty useless on anything except the singing, but it’s more fun than Karaoke Revolution because the other people are playing along with you. Drumming is unpossible for me.
• Tiki bars. Especially the Tiki Torch in Edgewater. I know one of the owners, so I’m psyched to give it a shot. I’ll be toting The Wife and her mother down this Saturday, I believe. Daddy needs a Mai Tai with a quickness!
• Anita O’Day. Holy crap! How have I never heard of her until now? Best thing to ever happen to me thanks to Plurk. (If you’re not already a Twitter user, you might try Plurk instead.) Also loving Sarah Vaughn these days.
• The Silent Years. The Globe comes out soon.
• Going to the doctor to get my first physical in who knows how many years. It seems I’m doing well. (I still have to do blood work, though.)
• Michael Phelps. Yeah… WOW.
• The iPhone 3G. Lots of people gripe about various things, but in general I say it’s damned amazing.
• Dark Knight. Saw it on IMAX. It was pretty good.
• Rumbi fish tacos. I’m stunned, but these are currently my favorite fish tacos.
• Knowing one of the guys on the next season of The Ultimate Fighter.
• Fuelly. All the cool kids are doing it.
• Bumping into an acquaintance and having their first comment be “You look good.”

And other stuff, too. That’s a pretty good list for now, though.

I’ll tell you all about it later.

Enough about me, though, really. How have you been?

Some topics for discussion:

1. Have you seen the Big Picture blog at Boston.com? It’s hot — both in the “that’s sexy” way and that all the cool kids are talking about it.
2. Speaking of cool kids, my buddy and former coworker, Rod, got all internet famous last week with his fake script for Indy 4.
3. This is totally ghey, but skip to the 3 minute mark and it’s a least a little amusing.
4. Speaking of … erm… Yeah. Did you guys see the Turkish wrestling spread in ESPN the Magazine? Yeah, neither did I. I hear it’s totally macho, though.
5. More macho is Sasuke — or as it’s called on the G4 network, Ninja Warrior. Holy crap that show is awesome! Makoto Nagano is my hero.
6. I like plurk a lot. The Interface is light years ahead of Twitter. And if you’re into either of those jammies, check out ping.fm — right this second “letmeping” should work as a beta code.

Other stuff of note:

• My darling Ma has teamed up with some cohorts to start a giant dog rescue. We’re talking Danes, Newfies, Mastiffs, Wolfies, and so on. Wow.
• Think I’m gonna ride the motorcycle into work a least a couple days this week. Turn the stress dial back a couple clicks.
• Oh, I am so getting an iPhone 3G in July. OMG!

G’night, kids.

I’ll always remember the first couple HBO shows I saw when I was a kid staying up too late to watch the funny guy cuss and talk about how your house is a place for all your stuff. Very formative stuff for this guy.

In memorium: The seven words.

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As for me, we have a big push today at work. Assuming it goes reasonably well, I’m going to have a serious period of decompression for the next couple weeks.