Slapinions

I know this runs the risk of sounding like an April Fool's Joke, but believe me, I detest that lame tradition.

 

On Friday April 4th ALL FIVE MEMBERS of the New Kids on the Block will be performing LIVE on the Today show on NBC.

 

I will be at work at that time, and just as importantly my DVR is still not working well with the HDTV.

 

So I BEG of my readers: Someone, somewhere must record the performances/interview and get me a copy, preferably on DVD. I will of course reimburse whoever goes the extra mile for me should it involve postage, etc.

 

This is not a joke . . PLEASE PLEASE let me know if anyone can do this.

 

Thanks!

 

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You know that whole "I don't care about this (baseball) season' thing? Yeah, right out the window. When I got home from work I sat down and watched the end of the Brewers/Cubs game, then some of the Twins/Angels game and via psychfun got an update on the White Sox contest.

 

Oh, and the kicker, the moment when I knew my protests had all been smoke and mirrors? When I was on the phone with work and the Brewers gave up a 3 run home run in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game (which they won in 10 frames)

 

Right there, with my work Nextel glued to my face and a fellow manager on the phone I screamed . . well, some very colorful words. 

 

I'm baaaack.

 

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A quiet night at home with the Mrs. Then right at the end I managed to slip and fall down the entire length of the basement stairs. These would be the same stairs that stand in legend among my parent's generation, as my Great-Grandmother took a serious tumble down them thirty or more years ago and the story is still in circulation.

 

I wound up in a heap on the basement floor, and even knocked a shoe off my foot.

 

No harm really, as it was by and large just an embarrassing and inconvenient moment. I emerged with only a neckache, some scraped and sore arms, a nasty cut and welt on my lower back, and a tidy little scrape right down the middle of my plumbers crack.

 

I'm grateful I got off easy. When 300 pounds goes flying down a flight of stairs, the shockwave of the impact alone coulda killed me.

 

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I got Lisa a mp3 player for Mother's Day last year and spent much of the last two day's filling it with songs she loves. I love not having to trip over CD's at every turn.

 

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Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp is a pretty fun show to watch. It's nice to see Willie Aames again, as my Mom was a huge Eight is Enough fan in the day. And might I just say, Tina Yothers . . well, I never thought she was attractive on Family Ties but I've had a change of heart.

 

It's probably the hair. I'm a sucker for a woman with short, dyed hair.