Bald convention

What a horrible time for me no have no picture space available on my camera phone...this morning across the way from the East Boston Courthouse. There were at least 50 guys with their heads shaved, dressed rather nicely with ties and shoes and everything, all pretty young, in their mid-twenties. They were just milling about, chatting, whatever. Then shortly after I walked by an officer escorted them all across the street and into the courthouse. Could they have been law school students who in preparation for their tour of a city courthouse decided to simultaneously shave all of their heads? Where they a group of skinheads going on trial? I have no idea, but it was a pretty funny sight - you don't often se so many shaved-headed men all in the same place at the same time. It's too bad I have no photo!

I got my laptop today, and now I'm not sure what to do with it. It looks like I probably will not be taking a class (though I haven't totally decided on this), so I'm left with prospect of finding a use out of something I haven't needed for something like the past god-knows-how-many-years. I'm trying to convince myself that it'll be great to be able to use a computer out of the office, but I'm not a very good saleman on that point. It will come in handy, no doubt, but for what I'm not sure of yet.

Bandwagon jumping

So in my clothes-buying frenzy the other day I picked up a Red Sox shirt (a Manny Ramirez shirt), something I never thought I'd do. It's a practically new shirt, though, and it's pretty nice, so I figured why the hell not, who cares if Manny is one of my least favorite Sox because you can hardly ever count on him to hit in the clutch (at least that's been true in my minimal Sox viewing experience during his tenure with the team)! Wish I were wearing it today to watch the game...but it will be equally as good tomorrow at the bbq, so I can totally going to get into some sports talk. Not that I know much about local sports these days, but it's fun to wade in those waters sometimes.

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I've lost my edge to the cool kids

Can't a guy sweep in peace? I guess this is what celebrity is all about. I wonder if he'll have a mob with him all day long.

I'm finding that the older I get, the more I appreciate Starbucks coffeehouses. I think I've lost my edge. My moment of zen for the day was sitting in one of their comfy chairs, listening to the Smiths tune ("William...") they were playing off of their 80s comp. I am their target demographic, and they've got me.

Although I didn't buy anything big this weekend for the Tax-Free Extravaganza, I did manage to get to Goodwill to do my fall shopping. Yes, I've had it with summer, I say bring on the crackling leaves underfoot, cool breezes, and crackling fireplaces. This fall's theme: flannel! And that will be the winter theme, as well. Over the next week I'll be divesting myself of my many, many unneeded clothes. I should just have a sidewalk sale, but it's easier to take my junk to Goodwill

Belle Isle Marsh was nice yesterday, though I'm wondering if there are interesting birds besides egrets that reside there. Mainly what I see are starlings (at least I think they're starlings) and egrets, and I'm sure there must be other species of bird hiding in the tall grass.

My garden is growing like mad, and the only flowers which have shown no signs of blossoming are the Monks Hood and the Mullein Rose Campion. I've had several harvests, and there are at least a couple more squashes, and tons more beans...but still no broccoli. I wonder what's up with the broccoli?