Saturday 25th 2006f March 2006

Patrick’s Day 2006

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I had intended to post last weekend, but I didn’t feel like it, so I didn’t. This may have been to do with my purchase of Civ IV. I couldn’t possibly comment. I’ve been trying to wangle a free copy of it for a while as it’s made by 2KGames. Their office is just down the street from mine and they, like R*, are owned by Take Two Interactive. But no go. I had to actually buy it. What is the world coming to?!

I had been out the previous night, of course. I’m glad St. Patrick’s Day fell on a Friday this year. Last year I was freelance so I could take the following day off – this year that wouldn’t have been so easy. I don’t know how they feel about “Hangover Days” over here in the States.

Not that there’s any need to get drunk, I suppose. In Ireland I would frequently let the day pass without drinking at all. But it seems a shame to do that here. It’s a day when there’s really “value added” to being Irish – people are nicer – and it seems a shame to just let it go. Of course, you wouldn’t catch me near the parade. Midtown is a war zone – amateur night. Downtown it’s pretty ok.

Anyway, I said basically everything I wanted to about the holiday last year. This year I went after work with m’colleague Ian (who, coincidentally, had recorded Leonard Nimoy’s VO for Civ IV) to The Scratcher, but it was too crowded for reasonable hanging out. We went to eat with some other people at a place called Little Frankie’s or something. Then I headed up to the lounge at the Three of Clubs and met up with some other people, and then went to the Eleventh Street bar and met some more people, and then I went home. So there you have it.

On another note, I found this ad on the web. It was actually one I had been looking for for some time – since October 2003. It’s on the internet now because of the existence of YouTube and the presence of Lost’s Josh Holloway before he was famous. But that’s not why I’m interested.

It greeted me when I arrived in New York. It was on TV in heavy rotation. I watched it and watched it, willing it to offer up its secrets to me. This was a product of the country in which I was living. Maybe if I could figure out what was going on, decode the cultual signs, it would make the transition easier. There’s Fran Drescher, and a monkey, and a switch board, and an elderly African American gentleman. There seems to be a theme of phones, and dancing. Fran’s shizzle has gone fizizzle. What? Anyway, maybe you can help me make sense of it.

Dad? Perhaps your time has come.

You see? You see? I mean, who pitched it? Whose idea was it? Why is it supposed to sell pullovers? Although I did actually buy one one of them, so I’m obviously missing something.

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Saturday 04th 2006f March 2006

Oscar Picks 2006

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A , posted by Anthony during lunch time.

Duncan 3-3-06

Duncan has lost two leaves. I don’t know why. I don’t think it will ever get to play with Gonder.

I’m a little late with these picks, I know. I’m sorry. You may have to sue me. I’m just going to pretty much copy and paste the first bit from …

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