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Monthly Archives: May 2004

25-May-04

The front page of today’s Daily News proclaims: TEAR DOWN THAT PRISON, inferring a ridiculous comparison of Bush’s speech last night and Reagan’s infamous “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” speech at the Berlin Wall.
I wondered last night whether or not the US had continued to use any of the German concentration camps once they [...]

24-May-04

Five things I want for Father’s Day:
1. Fool On the Hill 1ST Edition Signed, from Powells.com
2. Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, and anything else on my Amazon.com wish list.
3. Gift Card from Midtown Comics.
4. A 2004 Mini Cooper S.
5. El Nopalito Boutique & Restaurant in Isla Mujeres, Mexico. (pictured)

23-May-04

On Saturday, I lost my glasses on Nitro (the roller coaster at Great Adventure), a fitting epilogue to the tough lesson that was Friday’s watershed louder than words show.
I had low expectations for the Friday slot to begin with, but twenty-one paid in the audience - the majority of whom were supportive friends/co-workers from outside [...]