Thursday!

Nothing like the day before the last day of work for the week, is there?

Today, I interviewed someone for a job here at Dartmouth who went to Boston College, and lived in Shaw House, the place where I spent the first two years of my college life. However, he lived there in the late 90's/early 00's, which was about 10 years after I was there.

I'll be heading into Boston this weekend, to hang out with Joe (unfortunately, Brian will be in NJ, so I'll miss him this time), maybe we'll head on out to BC for a stroll down memory lane...

You know, I've *never* actually seen a street called "Memory Lane." There's got to be one out there, don't you think? Or is there only one in some Twilight Zone netherworld?

I worked on genealogy today for the first time in awhile, inputing some Scottish records into my Family Tree Maker program. I still have a few more to do, but I didn't want to spend all evening sitting at the computer. So of course, now I'm writing a blog. Is that irony?

Tomorrow, some of us from work are heading down to Manchester, NH to take in a minor league baseball game, and to go out to eat afterwards. I'm not a big baseball person, but it should be fun... I'll bring my camera for exciting action shots.

NP: Richard Lewis - Dates from Hell, Mistake Warnings, and Actresses (1985)

May!

On 10 May 1851, my great-great-great grandparents, John Lord and Jane Lang, got married in Trinity Church, Newark, New Jersey.

On 10 May 1890, John Lord died at age 61 at his home of 164 Grant Avenue, East Newark, New Jersey.

So, on this anniversary date, I reflect on how if either of these events had not happened when they did, I may not be sitting here right now.

NP: Velvet Underground - Afterhours - June 1993

Photos?!

Okay, will I actually get to post photos tonight??? Let's see...

Yay! Seems to be working! This is a photo of the crowds at the event, before the Relay officially started on Friday evening. CD Dan is in the lower left corner of the shot.

Here's CD Tricia and CD Dan, looking at something off in the distance, I'm not quite sure what. The event was indoors this year, which was okay, but I prefered it last year, when we got to walk outside on the track by Dartmouth's football field. When it got chilly in the evening outdoors, it gave more of an incentive to keep walking...

Daniel, beaten down by life...

People on our team (or just out supporting us) sitting, while a few of us walked. The idea of Relay is that at least one person from your team should be walking at all times. If that person sits down, someone else goes in their place. Relay, get it???

Krista, laughing at something, most likely something inappropriate!

The Luminary ceremony, which was all done with Christmas lights this year, since there couldn't be candles by the indoor track...

And, to end, a close up of CD Fu... This could be a good album cover, don't you think?

If you still want to donate, go to this site... Thanks to those of you who have already given for the American Cancer Society.

NP: King Crimson, Epitaph - 22 Nov 1968

Bisquit!

Ah, so I'm back... Feeling a bit under the weather today, but I'm finally going to post some photos from the Relay for Life event that was on Friday night. Away we go...

Well, this page seems to be having a problem with posting photos right now. So, it's going to have to wait...

In other news, I finished converting all of my old tapes today. Finally, that project is all done. Now, I have time in the evening to relax a bit, exercise when necessary, read, and perhaps even kick start my genealogy research. I really haven't done much with it during this year so far, so I should decide what to work on, perhaps really focus on trying to break down some barriers. There are still some branches of the Lord family I need to re-connect with. That's a good start...

It's been good to get back in contact with Baron from posting some old high school stories here, and the little comments section below the main posting. I do need to write an e-mail back to Baron, so if you're waiting out there Baron, I Haven't Forgotten You!

But, I was thinking, since Baron found his way here, perhaps I can get some other people finding themselves mentioned here, who I've been out of contact with for the past number of years. Those people are:

• Erik Lynch: Guitarist from T.O.O.L., lives out in Colorado now, I believe
• Bill Sexton: No idea where he is now...
• Andy Fenwick: One of the singers from T.O.O.L., perhaps living in NY, NJ, or Washington DC?

That's a good start for now...

In going over some of these old tapes, I found ones of me singing along to records when I was about 16. Horrible stuff... After doing this, there's a tape of me saying, "I guess I don't sing very well." It's so rare that you find an audio record of the destruction of an illusion...

There was also a tape of an audio letter I sent to Brian in the summer of 1988, when he was away at smart kids kamp... It was funny to hear, because, just like today, I was the king of banal detail. I had sent Brian some tapes of music, so I spent a big part of the tape detailing who was in the bands, who wrote what songs, and all that goofy stuff. I'm amazed anyone is still my friend!

Oh, and you think you're a big blog reader? What do you want, a BISQUIT???

NP: Scrubs on NBC