Month: June 2008

You know most of those best-of lists that show up in locally-oriented newspapers and such are pretty much made up, mostly compiled of things the reporters and their friends like personally, and places that advertise with the paper.

But I’m sure it’s totally different for Boston Biz Journal’s Best Places To Work list. At least, I’m pretty sure my employer didn’t put any big ads in BBJ just to get on the list. Maybe the editor’s cousin just works here or something.

Or maybe I just have the best job ever.

My brother sent me the Obama video to beat all Obama videos- not merely a Bollywood remix, but a completely psychedelic Bollywood remix. The caption: “east meets west meets acid.” My reaction: Oh my god there are people dancing in his mouth!

As my pal Joel Brown says, it’s only a minute or so of Fred Schneider, but it’s well worth watching him do a B-52-ified version of Scott McClellan’s book. Warning: You will end up singing about Scooter Libby to the tune of “Love Shack.”

http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/video_player/view/default/swf.jhtml

The new MGM Grand Casino at Foxwoods has taken over most of the advertising at Park Street. Some of it’s kind of clever, to be honest. I’m tickled by a banner that reads “Yeah, We’ve Got A Theme. It’s Called Awesome.” But I also wonder if they might have chosen more accurate phrasing.

Instead of “Here, lady luck actually winks back” they should say “The house always wins.” And instead of the theme being “awesome” it should actually be “the house always wins.” And every advertisement should carry a disclaimer noting that gambling is a tax on people wtih poor math and/or impulse-control skills. But, you know, whatever. It’s not a public service announcement – we all know advertising is a public disservice.

Oh hellz yeah.

This weekend, I went up to New Hampshire to test-drive a new 2008 Triumph Street Triple. It’s a lot like my 2000 Suzuki SV650, to be honest, although it’s got about $2000 more refinement in every aspect of performance and handling.

I’d been thinking of selling my bike, to be honest: I don’t use it all that often, it’s expensive to maintain and dangerous to ride, and so forth. But I had such a great day Saturday, even getting caught in the rain on the way home, that I’m more or less renewed in my moto-ownership.

I doubt I’ll make it up to the Greasebag Jamboree in Meredith – those guys look pretty intimidating – but we’ll see.