Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Originally uploaded by duckydale.

Sweet Home Privet Drive! July 16th is the release date for the 6th book... "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."

When 5 came out last summer I waiting outside a small bookstore in Provincetown with some 12 year old girl. I camped out like it was Star Wars or something. Ms. Pre-teen and I were the first two in line to get "Order of the Phoenix" on a Saturday morning while I was on vacation for my friends Anne & Lisa's Committment Ceremony.

Where will I be this year?

Tall Hats, Beards, and Cocks! Oh My!

A new book is coming out about President Lincoln, and man is it COMING OUT! "The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln" by C.A. Tripp offers up evidence that Abie Baby was Gay-bie Baby!

Our birthdays are close to each other and since grade school I have felt a closeness to President Lincoln. I always assumed it was our coinciding births but apparently there are more commonalities that imagined. Well, I don't have a beard. I don't wear a tall hat nor have I been President. I'm not alive in the 1860's and the chances of my being shot to death while enjoying the Theatre are slim.

So really the similarities are birthdates and the fact that we both like boys. Coincidence? I think not.

Elevator Door Opens...

... on the 7th floor of Deutsche Bank and the sign reads:

"Department of Ass Man ement"

Ass Man. Genius. You'd think someone would change the sign. Ass Man.

Fashion Disaster

I'm wearing dress pants with PLEATS today. I know, I KNOW! I'm poor ass and the last time I had to wear dress pants, flat front was not an option. Not working or having any income for six weeks has pushed me to this... PLEATS!

Now, I am sure noone in the office I'm in even notices as they are not those kind of people. But there is this part of me that thinks each time I walk by someone, they are snickering at my pants. PLEATS, egads. Cursed pleats, why are you in my closet? Calgon take me away. Did Calgon ever really take anyone away? If it did, I've got a wish list of people Calgon can remove:
- Hillary Duff
- Mariah Carey
- Britney Spears
- Ashton Kutcher
- One of the VP's from my old company
- All kids on the subway
- Window washers and flower sellers at stop lights
- and some band called Big & Rich

Tanget much?

Quiet Much?

So I am working a temp job at Deutshe Bank downtown and the floor I am on is basically deserted. There is enough space and cubicle for a couple hundred people but there are only about 20 occupants. These facts have nothing to do with my entry...

Across the way from my desk are two televsions that i have total view of, which sounds great, right? This would normally mean GOLD to me but there are a couple issues:
- One is tuned to Bloomberg's channel and the other some random business channel. Damn them! There are charts and graphs and scrolling numbers all day, its like Romper Room for adults. Who knew television could be so worthless and unentertaining to me?
- No sound! Not even Closed Captioned. Do the people (all hree of them) in that section have dog like hearing and the televisions are ommitting sound waves at a frequency only they can hear? Turn it up! We're not all pre-cogs.
- I know Regis & Kelly are on right now, can a brotha watch? Damn.

The Black Maria

The Black Maria
Originally uploaded by duckydale.

Oh Kyle from Grade, it's you! It's really you! I've heard a couple tracks from the upcoming debut album by The Black Maria and it's amazing. Victory Records has been a powerhouse this year with some amazing music. This is the first time in a decade that I've been so into Victory bands.

Check out the new album, "Lead Us To Reason" when it comes out at the end of January!

No Desktop Like a SNO Desktop

I love Mac's, really I do. About as much as I love Sesame Tofu. There is a desktop application called SNO that has big pretty animated like a Rank & Bass special snowflakes that float on your screen. You can change the size, the number of flakes per second, the wind direction and speed not to mention their tranparency. Mac's are Sno cool!

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (click here)

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (click here)
Originally uploaded by duckydale.

If you have not seen the trailer for Tim Burton's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" please follow this "link".

"Chewing gum is really gross. Chewing gum I hate the most!"

I cannot wait!

If Madonna Calls...

...I'm Not Here!

I'm making me some money today!

What? You don't know.