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The Jethro Tull Christmas Album - The Official Jethro Tull Website.

Brett Milano review.

The Christmas album is a bigger surprise, coming as it does from a band who remain best known for an album-length attack on organized religion, 1971’s Aqualung . Yet a third of its tracks are instrumental and barely half even mention the holiday; those that do are more concerned with family and friendship. It proves rather an occasion to plug back into the Anglo-folk-orchestral sound of Tull’s last essential album, 1977’s Songs from the Wood (two of whose tracks are redone here), with guitarist Martin Barre’s power chords becoming more of a seasoning. Having spent a few years turning up the guitars and looking to relate to current trends (the last studio album bore the unfortunate title Dot Com ), Tull have rediscovered the quirkier threads that made them unique.

Sounds good to me.

Mythology : The DC Comics Art Of Alex Ross.

Alex Ross Art.

Nudge, nudge, wink, wink. Say no more!

The Five Cent Euro Beats Our New Nickel.
Hello?

Why does the US Mint keep making coins without numbers on them? The new nickel has evocative images on them.

People, please!

Put numbers on the money. Makes sense to me.

Wesley Clark: Change Course.

'In dealing with Iraq, 'Bush made a series of strategic mistakes,' Clark said. The administration did not exhaust all diplomatic options, gain the support of other countries, create a 'realistic post-war plan' or 'level with the American people.'

'Instead of basing life-and-death decisions on hard-headed realism, they were guided by wishful thinking,' Clark said. 'Seven months after the fall of Saddam, violence is growing and the enemy's morale and momentum are increasing.'

'Iraq has become a magnet for every jihadist in the Middle East who wants to take a shot at an American soldier,' Clark said.

'President Bush keeps telling us we should stay the course. But what we really must do is change course,' he said.'

It's time to change course both in Iraq and here at home.

Online Music Magazines:

The Noise.

Dusted Magazine.

Kingblind.

Pitchforkmedia.
via [ Jessica ]

Amplifier Magazine.
via [ Eliot Wilder ] who just recorded a new song Hard Won [ mp3 ] Check it out!

Eye Twitch.

I've recently noticed that my lower eyelid twitches when I'm working on my computer. What's causing this?

The lower eyelid.

Why Am I On This Show?
A hard-hitting review of Average Joe.

Contestants Paid?

A strange closing credit tells us that "some participants were paid in connection with their appearances," but we're not told who... maybe some of the contestants had to be bribed to go along with the vicious trickery as well. The male contestant who for no apparent reason smashes an egg over another contestant's head, for example.

Since the ending credits also say, "producers may have consulted with contestants to alter outcomes," I'd guess that the smashed egg was the result of a consultation.

What do you think?

There Are Going To Be Some Pointless Changes Around This Office: Lunch hours

Lunch hours will be taken at set times from here on out. You must plan your day around lunch. If work prevents you from taking your lunch at your assigned time, you will have to make other arrangements for eating. Eat a protein bar. Oh, there will be no more eating at your desks, either. And whenever you leave your desk, your outgoing voicemail message should notify callers of your absence.

Classic!

I worked there.
via [ whatevs ]

Data Recovery by DriveSavers | Hard Drive Recovery Services.
They rescued Sean Connery's data after it was shaken not stirred.

Create your own ringtones online.

Ring tone converter.

Kittenpants interviews Eugene Mirman.
via [ lindasyism ]

Lawmakers Debate Sunday Liquor Sales.
Ok, here's another chance for our elected officials to do the right thing and abolish the Blue Laws!

Update:
Senate votes YES.

Judge Aborts Partial-Birth Abortion Ban

U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf issued a temporary restraining order against the law after a three-hour hearing on a lawsuit in Nebraska brought by abortion-rights supporters.

Kopf! Kopf! Kopf!

15 Trends Taking Shape In Logo Design.
via [ metafilter ]

There's Something About Miriam.
She's a guy.
via [ Reality TV World ]

The Sun has unleashed its largest recorded solar flare towards our planet!
It's an unprovoked terrorist attack!

Call the UN!

Christopher Lydon: The Blogging of the President 2004.

City of Boston Complete Election Results.
Were votes not counted in yesterday's election? What's an uncast vote?

Here are the results of my local district election:

DISTRICT 6 COUNCILLOR
Total Votes 11,456
Number of Uncast Votes 1,425

JOHN M. TOBIN, JR. 8,473 73.96%
FRANCESCA E FORDIANI 2,945 25.71%
Write-in Votes 38 0.33%

If you add up the number of votes cast for Tobin, Fordiani and Write-in, you get 11,456, which matches the Total Votes above.

So that leaves 1,425 votes being uncast.

Doesn't the number of uncast votes seem high?

What are uncast votes?

People who take ballots and don't vote?

Ballots placed into the voting machine incorrectly?

When I voted, I was told to place my ballot into the vote counting machine, face down. No instructions were given as to the ballot's orientation. Front vs. Back was not identified.

I wonder, were votes not counted?

A call to the City Election Department clears everything up. I think.

1. Uncast votes would be those ballots where people did not vote in the District race. They might have taken a ballot to vote only in the Councilor-At-Large race, and skipped the District race.

Now that makes more sense.

2. I'm told that the ballots are counted no matter which way they are placed into the machine. They can be inserted upside down, rightside up, whatever.

Googirl. [ NSFW ]
Search for a girl by name (ie: Buffy Tyler, Salma Hayek, Cameron Diaz )
via [ fluke ]

Sony's iPod?

Sony recently announced many details concerning the "PSP", a handheld gaming, music playing, video playing and possible cellphone all-in-one handheld device.

Will it slice bread too?

Weslesy Clark: Rock the Vote Video. [ QuickTime ]

Andre 3000 and Big Boi are the Atlanta-based hip-hop duo OutKast.

Clark mentions them in the last line of the video.

Comic Strips: CAPTAIN RIBMAN.

Clark claims to be the big hit online.
On page A3 of today's Globe, this story was teased with a picture of Clark and the headline:

'Taking Some Hits'

The headline sounds negative.
- Clark smokes dope?
- Clark receiving criticism from opponents?

Nope.

Clark beats Dean in website visitors aka 'hits' this past Sunday.

Hmm... what other headline could they have used:

Clark Beats Dean
Clark is Number One
Dean Drops to #2
Web Good for Clark

Traffic Detail on Alexa
Clark vs. Dean.

Clark Vs. Dean Daily Traffic Graph.

Clark Blog Discussion about Web Traffic.

Dan Shaughnessy: This one knocked our socks off

They are the anti-Red Sox, these New England Patriots. Tom Brady is the anti-Pedro. And Bill Belichick is the anti-Grady.

Great coaching job by Belichick.

Tom Brady is hot right now.

Traitors!
I'm boycotting Carol Beggy & Mark Shanahan of the Boston Globe's Names column for writing this today:

...after the QB was seen ... wearing a Yankees cap, we felt betrayed ... the guy can't get sacked enough... at 6-2 the Pats could afford to lose to Denver.

Talk about betrayal!

You guys are rooting for our own quarterback to get sacked and for the Patriots to lose.

That, I would say, is worse than wearing a Yankees hat! Silly Globe calls what you are doing Globenfreude.

Brady and the Patriots sure showed you last night!

Average Joe: Clint

Early this year, before I found this wonderful place to work, a notice was forwarded to me by my a friend I was staying with to audition for an unnamed reality TV show. So there I was in Palm Springs with a camera in my face, giving cheesy answers to cheesy questions.

I knew nothing about the show going into it. I still know very little. What I do know is that I'll be on NBC Monday night.

via [ Heath ]

80's Lyrics Quiz.
It's a long one, but fun.

It has questions like this:
  are made of this, who am I to disagree

Enjoy!
via [ Tim at bloggerheads ]

Paul Green's School of Rock Music is featured in a New York Times article today.

Dude, said one reveler with a pink buzz cut. "They're just like the kids from the `School of Rock.'

Actually, Mr. Green argues, it's the other way around. Yes, like Jack Black's character, Dewey Finn, in the hit film, Mr. Green abandoned playing in amateur bands to teach youngsters how to rock 'n' roll, schooling them on the finer points of genres like prog rock, extolling the virtues of Pink Floyd. But he insists that his story is the original and not some well-timed remix.

Check out the trailer for the documentary, Rock School by Don Argott of 9.14 Pictures.

Hmm... looks similar.

That's Unpossible - A Ralph Wiggum Tribute.
via [ Kermit the Blog ]

WMD hunters switched to security duties.

Since the Bush administration claims that what is needed in Iraq is not more troops but better intelligence, the leak of a highly critical internal army report last week was an embarrassment for the White House. The report said younger intelligence officers and soldiers in particular were poorly prepared and possessed 'very little to no analytical skills'. There is a major shortage of interpreters, and the report complained they were often misused for errands, such as being sent 'to buy chicken and soft drinks'.

These handicaps compound the problems of penetrating a society which outside the main cities is tribal, with intense village, district and family loyalties. Betrayal leads to blood feuds and killings: in one case a farmer was forced to shoot his own son for acting as an informer for the Americans; if he didn't, the villagers said they would kill the whole family.

What's wrong with this picture?

I think the picture is clear, what we've been doing is wrong.

Most Extreme Elimination Challenge.
With comments like these, I've got to tune this show in:

This show is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

Oh my god, I can't believe how insanely hillarious this show is!

Truly one of the greatest television moments in my lifetime. This and Sealab 2021 have sustained my will to live. Where the hell has this show been hiding since the 1980's. It was called Takeshi's Castle in Japan.

dude, i just saw this for the first time ever and my chest hurts from laughing so hard. Nothing they do even makes sense but it was literally the funniest thing i have ever seen.

It's on Spike TV Thursday's at 9 pm.
via [ Laura at goobita ]

A New Fast Food Fever Creation - The Froke.
Fast Food Fever's mission is to create NEW exciting cuisine from the same old boring fast food you cram into your gut everyday.

I'm excited about the Froke since I was there at it's creation, and I made the exciting animated FROKE gif!

U.S. Administrator Imposes Flat Tax System.

The flat tax, long a dream of economic conservatives, is finally getting its day -- not in the United States, but in Iraq.

D'oh!

Born Properly: Blog of DJ Tack.
My friend Takeshi moved back to Japan from Boston and now he has an English language blog.

His Japanese Photo Diary had nice pictures, but was hard for me to translate!

John Tobin on the location of the Red Sox ballpark.

I worked at Fenway for a couple of years, I'm a gigantic Red Sox fan, but Fenway Park was built in 1912. It was built when the average person was five feet tall. It has outlived its usefulness, and I dare anybody to tell me, short of sitting in the 406 Club or some of the luxury seats, tell me if they find it acceptable to sit out in right or left field facing the Monster, sitting at a 45-degree angle in seats that were made 100 years ago.

Nice.

Vote John Tobin!

Blogger Forum - Hot Links.
Off On A Tangent has just been listed on Blogger Forum.

You might find some interesting new blogs to read over there.

If you go, please Rate This Site.

Uproar Magazine.
The magazine dedcated to stand up comedy.

Ha!

Sons of Sam Horn 2003 Jimmy Fund Donation.

I appreciate all of the comments and pledges in support of the 2003 team. And I can tell you the Sox will really appreciate the initiative you took here. It would have been very easy to take a negative attitude with regard to a great team not quite making it to the World Series. Instead, you celebrate what was indeed a turning point in construction of Red Sox teams by saying thank you to the players who showed so much heart this year with dollars earmarked for a great cause. That is quite a statement.

One of the owners of the Boston Red Sox, John Henry, posts to a Red Sox message board about their donation to the Jimmy Fund.

Cool.
via [ Andrew Bayer ]

Temporary IP address instead of boingboing.net

As you may have noticed, we're in the middle of an extended outage. We've got a new server up and running (with lots of new posts), but the DNS is going to take a day or two. In the meantime, http://216.126.84.59/ is your friend.

Whew.

The Dresden Dolls' Halloween Ball.

low culture.
A blog about shallow and grave stuff.

Hmm... shallow grave.

Boo!

Happy Halloween!
I've never seen this type of trick-or-treater at my house.

Maybe this year.

32. Where have you seen or heard the quote "No matter where you go, there you are"?

Where is Boing Boing? | Metafilter.

Annette Farrington.
I just heard her live on WZBC.

Awesome!

She has two upcoming shows in Boston:

Sat. Nov.1st
Annette plays the Asgard in Central Square Cambridge.
350 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139-4182
http://www.classicirish.com/index.html
phone: (617) 577-9100

Thurs. Nov.6th
Annette plays a Rounder Records showcase at the Paradise Lounge. Show starts at 9:00PM
with The band Well and Natalie Flanagan
Paradise Rock Club
967 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, Ma. 02215
Box Office (617) 562-8800
http://boston.cc.com/paradise.asp

Tina Fey is So Funny.

“If you want to make an audience laugh, you dress a man up like an old lady and push her down the stairs. If you want to make comedy writers laugh, you push an actual old lady down the stairs.”

via [ Rex ]

The Cautions: Coffee Shop Girl. [ Free mp3 ]
The Cautions have been described as "Weezer versus The Cars in a fight to the death over Elvis Costello tickets."

What a great quote!

Worst NBA Logo.
It's a three-way tie.

Oh yeah, The Black Table previews the NBA season too.

Realistic Clock For Your Computer [ requires Flash ]
via [ Geekman ]

Just As I Thought: White House Priorities.
How did I miss this?

The president has proclaimed Oct. 26th through Nov. 1st, 2003 as "Protection From Pornography Week."

Governor Rainier 'McBain' Wolfcastle.
Ha Ha!

Nice find Jason. Good Democratic campaign strategy too.

Slowdance Records :: MP3s.
The Velvet Teen - Naked Girl.

Go now.
via [ information leafblower ] a trusted source for music links

Who's #1?
Bruins.
Felix Potvin scores a shutout and rookie Patrice Bergeron scores a goal!

Celtics.
Undefeated at home! :-)

Partiots.
And they're 4-0 at home!

Wesley Clark on the Today Show with Katie Couric [ Video ].
In case you missed Wesley Clark on the Today Show this morning.

Democratic presidential candidate General Wesley Clark criticizes President Bush’s policy in Iraq and shares some thoughts on his campaign during an interview with “Today” host Katie Couric.

Clark/Couric. That's the ticket!

[ from the MSNBC Free Video News page ]

Jessica Simpson Greeting Cards.
Coming soon to a store near you.

How Mike Dukakis Answers The Phone.
The caller wants to know how he is doing, Dukakis replies:

'Well, I'm living under the worst national administration of my lifetime,' Dukakis barks in his trademark staccato, his caterpillar eyebrows arched to signal a punchline is coming. 'If I'd beat his old man, you'd never have heard of this guy, so blame me.'

Hello.

JS Online: Clark fierce in denouncing Bush.

'Their policy has been wrong,' he said, 'horribly, tragically wrong. And it's our duty to say so clearly, repetitively - no apology for candor or forcefulness.'

Clark also said that Bush's description of Iraq, Iran and North Korea as the "axis of evil" was "probably the single worst formulation in the last half-century in American foreign policy."

Daily Hellsinki is a moblog, made with Mfop2.

studio2f: Postfix.

Panther has replaced Sendmail with Postfix. If you did the 10.3 'upgrade' instead of the 'archive and install' or 'clean install' then your Postfix won't work. The upgrade option didn't run the CreateSystemUsers script that adds the Postfix user to NetInfo. Here's how to setup Postfix, and here's how to run the CreateSystemUsers script if you upgraded.

Huh?

I bought a Mac to get away from this stuff.

What is this guy talking about?

Boston Celtics: Courtside Live.
This is pretty cool.

If you go to the Official Boston Celtics website, over on the right hand side of the page is a link for Courtside Live.

You can get it in either FLASH or HTML.

It's complete statistics of the game, as it happens.

You get a constantly updated box score, play by play, and efficiency rankings!

Nice!

Strathlachlan: Fleshbot Gets More Revealing.
Fleshbot will be a pornography review in blog format.

Bombich Software: Carbon Copy Cloner.
I just cloned my PowerBook hard drive over to an external Firewire drive.

I feel cleansed, confident and secure.

Canarino - The Classic Italian Hot Lemon Beverage.
It's lemony, hot and caffeine free.

It's not tea.

Good hot stuff when it's cold outside.

I ended up placing an order on their web site since I couldn't find it in any Boston area store.

After calling the company, I just found out that you can get it in the North End at Polcari's Coffee Shop or Modern Pastry.

It's also available at any Shaw's supermarket.

Four Word Film Reviews.
I laughed, I cried.

Bigger solar flare to hit Earth!
Eeeeeeeeeek! Eeeeeeeeeek!

Why is the sun green?

Bush in 30 seconds.
A political advertising contest that's looking for really creative ads that will engage and enlighten viewers and help them understand the truth about George Bush.

I'm in.

I Hate Republicans Flash annimation by Eric Blumrich.

General Wesley Clark responds to President Bush's 'Mission Accomplished' Remarks.

jetBlue will soon be flying out of Boston and has some great deals!

Mac OS X 10.3 Tip: Use Keyboard Viewer for Key Caps Functions.

In case you were looking for Key Caps.

Massachusetts Drivers License: User Experience.
Most of us are moving away from using our Social security numbers for our drivers license number..

We have memorized out SS#. It goes something like this 232-33-5843.

I know mine has a sing sony type feel to it. Kinda poppy like: dum dee dum, dah dah, ping pong bling bling.

The random license # is something like S99988801.

I suggest that on the license, some dashes are added to make it easier to read and sing!

Maybe something like:

S-999-888-01.

Intro - hit hit hit - pow pow pow - dah dah.

Two Guys Grabbed 'Bank of America Center' URL's Yesterday.
www.boacenter.com
www.bankofamericacenter.com

I put in a call to my friend over at the FleetCenter to make him aware that the URL's were available as of yesterday morning.

Looks like he didn't grab them.

So maybe they are planning a different name for the FleetCenter or just neglected to register the domains in time.

Today's Globe has more on the story.

Spanish version of "What more can I give" [ Free mp3 ]
Most of it. The song cuts out at the end.

Michael Jackson's Scientology Charity Raising Single.
The story behind the charities.

Doyle's Cafe has Harpoon 100 Barrel Series Abbey Ale on Tap!

Second Looks at First Impressions

Despite the poor lighting from the partially burned out fluorescents and the requisite musty odor that older things seem to emit when they are stored, the room that makes up the vinyl record library is still awe inspiring. The shelves rise eight feet high, dwarfing any who enter with row upon row of twelve-inch records, packed in so tightly they seem on the brink of bursting out of the storage space.

This is the record collection of Boston's WZBC, 90.3 FM. WZBC is the radio station of Boston College, although anyone who knows the station will tell you that the Abercrombie savvy student body of BC hasn't embraced the station as warmly as the city of Boston (and the admirers who experience the station beyond the transmitter range via web cast) has.

Michael Patrick Brady takes us on a tour of leading edge 80's music, via DJ album comments.

Film Project

Tonight, George -- An American Tavern begins a Monday-night series geared to the local film industry called Project Green Light Night (and no, it's not connected to the Matt Damon-Ben Affleck HBO-sponsored 'Project Greenlight'). This is sponsored by Rock Green Light Beer, a new beverage that replaces Rolling Rock Light. (Claim to fame: lowest in carbs and calories! And Boston's the first of 40 markets in which it rolls out!) From 6 to 10 p.m., Dan McCarthy, whose 'Irish Eyes' (starring a Baldwin brother and semi-based on the Bulger brothers) hits theaters Friday, and Angela Peri, owner of Boston Casting, will set up shop to talk about getting into the biz.

Action!

Bank of America to Buy FleetBoston Financial Corp.
Take a look at the front page of the Boston Globe.

Bank of America will replace the Fleet name in the Northeast.

Oh no, not again!

Bye Bye Fleet Homelink home banking, hello Bank of America Online Banking.

Forbes named Bank of America among the "Best of the Web" and Global Finance magazine ranked us the world's best consumer Internet bank.

Change is good, change is good. [ Bank of America Fast Facts ]

And what about the FleetCenter? Hello Bank of America Center?

I can't even remember all the different names my bank has had over the years: essexbank, Bank of New England, Fleet, but that was really Soveriegn, or was it BankBoston?

At least ING Direct hasn't changed.

What we know about season 3 of 24.
How come I have to get my news on 24 from Canada?

Jamacia Plain Lantern Parade.
Once again it was a beautiful sight. Candle lighted lanterns being carried around Jamaica Pond just after the sun went down tonight.

Little kids, some of them in halloween costumes, playing with fire for the first time! Their lights and eyes all aglow!

The best costume wasn't on a little kid though, it was on a dog who had a batman logo on his chest.

JP people are cool. They love their dogs.

Twenty word reviews.
This site features twenty word movie reviews that despite their brevity give you a true sense of a film's worth.

Apple Macintosh OS X Panther.
He puts the Mac OS X Panther disks down on the floor, to take a picture of them, and his cat comes over and sits down.
via [ mac rumors ]

Boston Globe Magazine: Music for Life

Meet Tony DeBlois of Randolph, born blind, mentally retarded, and autistic, ... the best jazz pianist you probably never heard of and a one-man band who plays 19 instruments -- no, make that 20, because he took up the saxophone last December and plays it now, along with the keyboard.

Amazing.

JimFormation · Dear Insurance Company.

"The floor of the garage has completely deteriorated."

No. It hasn't "deteriorated." It is nonexistent. The garage floor is now and has always been a dirt floor. The plans are to pour a concrete slab over the dirt floor.

I hate to be redundant, but if your inspector had called me ... hell, if he'd have called my contractor, he'd have known this.

Jim is one of the my favorite writers!

Too bad he's having a problem with his insurance company.

Actually, too bad for the insurance company.

Amazon.com: Free Music Downloads.

Up now:
50 Cent, "Bump Dat Street Mix"
Foo Fighters, "Low"
Eve 6, "Think Twice"
The Strokes, "Last Nite"
Nick Cave, "Bring It On"
The Hives, "Hate to Say I Told You So," "Main Offender," and "A Get Together to Tear It Apart"
Sigur Rós, "Ágætis byrjun" and "Svefn-g-englar"
Yo La Tengo, "Don't Have to Be Sad"
Zero 7, "Destiny"
Alison Krauss & Union Station, "The Lucky One" and "New Favorite"

Free and legal!
via [ coolfer ]

I Got A Basketball Endorsement!

information leafblower also heartily endorses fellow Apple user and Celtic Fan Off On A Tangent.

Yay!

Thanks!

GWBush04.com | Bush for President in 2004 | W'04.
This banner made me laugh!

BlogPulse [BETA]: Automated Trend Discovery for Weblogs.

BlogPulse mines for bursty phrases and person names instead of for the most popular ones. The most popular phrases and names change very slowly over time. The burstiest phrases and names are those whose frequency of occurrence has increased significantly over the past two weeks, often dramatically.

Blogs are bursting out all over!
via [ Computer Toaster ] by way of [ geekman ]

BlogRunner.

BLOGRUNNER makes it easier to track stories and conversation threads that develop across blogspace. BLOGRUNNER also highlights the interdependency of mainstream media with the blogosphere by closely integrating weblog entries with the stories they track from traditional media.

Lots of stuff here to digest.
via [ geekman ]

Boots on the Ground is a blog by Kevin, a soldier stationed in Iraq.

He reported this morning about an attack on the Al Rasheed Hotel.

CNN follows up.
via [ Lisa ]

What's New in Mac OS X 10.3 Panther.

Celtics Top Nets to End Preseason: My Celtics Experience From the 4th Row.
Joshua couldn't make the Celtics pre-season game last night so he gave me his tickets! He said he only wants $11 for them, but I think they're worth more. They were in section one, right at half-court, four rows from the floor.

I had expected a little more legroom, but I guess the Fleet Center has to cram as many seats in there as possible.

It's a great location to watch the game from, looking at the scoreboard makes your neck sore though.

THE PLAYERS
Going into the game I was excited to see Jiri Welsh. The first time he touched the ball, he couldn't catch it and it went out of bounds. :-(

He didn't do so well in the five minutes he played. I'm sure he'll do better as he gets more playing time.

Vin Baker looked amazing. Paul Pierce makes getting baskets look easy from anywhere on the floor.

Raef LaFrentz did a great job getting both offensive and defensive rebounds. He's going to work out just fine.

Both Marcus Banks and Mike James are what you'd call speedy!

THE CROWD
Since we had a few empty seats around us, we were visited my many different people all night long, who chose to try out our neighboring seats.

THE CHANGING CAST OF CHARACTERS SITTING NEXT TO US:

The Three Teenage Boys Sitting In Our Seats:
I asked them if we were in teh right section and they quickly moved down. then when other people came they more over to the next section. Later they moved farther away. I think they spent their whole night moving all around the Fleet Center. What are the ushers there for anyway. They didn't care one bit who was sitting in any of the seats. Maybe after hte season starts they enforce the tickets more, but from this experience I might just grab a $10 ticket and go sit in the $140 seats myself.

The Teenage Girls Behind Us:
These teenage girls spent all their time on the cell phone talking about boys and getting up and down and running over to see a boy who was a ball boy. They even sat forward in their seats so that their piercing shrill voices would go right in my ear. Thanks girls.

They Guy Who Yelled 'WALKER'.
So the guys sitting in the row in front of us yells, 'WALKER'. I was more like 'WAAAAA-KEERRRRRRRRR'. Does he think it's amusing? I guess.

The Two Boys Beside Us:
These two little kids had Celtics shirts on and were nicely behaved. Between the 2nd and 3rd quarter, shirts were thrown into the stands. Well some guy jumped up in front of the little kids and grabbed the shirt. The Celtics shirt-throwers on the court told him to give it to the little kid that he jumped in front of. He said no. So a guy sitting 3 rows back went out and bought the kid a Celtics shirt and gave it to him. That was so nice. The little kid went up and shook his hand and thanked him.

The Father and Three Little Kids Who Like To Kick Chairs:
OK, so just the little kids were kicking the chairs. They were only there for one quarter though.

Celtics Wives:
Behind us were the Celtics wives. Their little kids were so cute. They were so excited to get on the scoreboard camera.

I'd like to know who the blonde was? It looked like she just got off a modeling shoot.

THE CROWD WENT NUTS
The crowd really rocked the rafters and made so much noise it was amazing. It didn't happen during the game though. The crowd went crazy to win some black Celtics baseball hats. Do they call them baseball hats? Anyway, the announcer tells the crowd to make some noise to win a hat and the crowd made noise.

They also go crazy and dance when the camera puts them on the scoreboard. Typical fan when the camera captures them:

1. Bored
2. See's themselves on scoreboard camera
3. Stand up
4. Wave Hands
5. Shake Booty
6. Look up at scoreboard
7. Keep looking at scoreboard
8. Shake booty
9. Point at logo on shirt

Over all I'd say it was a good time. Seeing the Celtics up close allowed me to see the fun they were having in court especially Eric Williams and Walter McCarty.

I'm gonna watch some games on TV this year.

Mail Tracker.
Discover the source of emails and gather information to send complaints about spam.

SOUNDTRACKS LIVE PRESENTS: Amy Heckerling's Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
Live on stage with music and everything!

Jason Salavon - Selected projects.
It's art!
via [ Kim ]

The Lycos 50 Blog: Comments on Internet Culture and Search Trends w/ Aaron Schatz.

Big solar flare to hit Earth at 3 p.m. EDT!
Eeeeeeeeeek!

VideoHelper: Best Website Ever.

Complimentary subscription to Maxim magazine.
They have great articles in there.

Get Stuff Magazine and Blender free too.

I see a pattern developing here.

If you find any others, please put them in the comments.

QRIO.
"Hello, I Robot."

Lightning strikes Jesus on Gibson's Christ film set.