Fat Dudes In Nasty Apartments

WEEK

2012-01-27T23:55:00.000-08:00

ST. POLYCARP

2012-01-26T15:20:00.001-08:00

Today is his feast day. His name does not mean "many carp." He is the patron of earache sufferers: http://catholicexchange.com/2012/01/26/96964

DAY

2012-01-26T14:50:00.000-08:00

Happy Australia Day! For some reason I have a lot of Twitter followers in Australia and Denver.

MARY ON HARRY

2012-01-25T21:02:00.001-08:00

See http://youngandcatholic.net/2012/01/whats-your-problem-with-harry-potter

REALLY, MARYLAND?

2012-01-25T20:38:00.001-08:00

Four fucking pieces of mail in one day? Never heard of e-mail? Or consolidating your snail mail?

ST. PAUL

2012-01-25T19:45:00.000-08:00

No, not the city. Today is the feast of his conversion: http://www.jesus-passion.com/conversion_of_saint_paul1.htm

DAY

2012-01-25T10:36:00.001-08:00

Just watched a TV spot for ITT Tech. The guy says "me and my brother." Don't they teach them English there?

Almost as bad as Montgomery College's sucky radio spots.

ST. FRANCIS DE SALES

2012-01-24T20:11:00.001-08:00

Today his his feast day: http://catholicexchange.com/2012/01/24/96962

Never met a Salesianum graduate I didn't like.

Also, Facebook is eating my fucking posts.

THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS

2012-01-24T19:52:00.001-08:00

It's over.

DAY

2012-01-24T00:48:00.001-08:00

Mom goofed. Grandpap's 112th birthday would have been today, not yesterday.

DAY

2012-01-23T22:57:00.000-08:00

My grandfather would have been 112 years old today.

THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT

2012-01-22T23:04:00.001-08:00

But not sure how I like this one: http://www.creators.com/opinion/connie-schultz/what-to-say-when-not-if-we-die.html

SUPERBOWL XLVI

2012-01-22T21:39:00.001-08:00

The New England Patriots will face the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI. Not sure whom I'm gonna root for.

ST VINCENT

2012-01-22T19:40:00.001-08:00

Today is his feast day.

In addition to the tortures below they flogged him, rubbed lard and salt into his wounds, bound him into a red hot iron chair and threw his body into the sea:

http://catholicexchange.com/2012/01/22/96960

They also named a school after him. My late uncle taught there.

DAY

2012-01-22T17:35:00.000-08:00

Joe Paterno died today. The great tragedy was seeing evil yet not speaking out against it. This is a point I drive home with my tarot clients.

SATURDAY NIGHT VIDEOS!

2012-01-21T21:28:00.000-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMBmcQY8gtw&feature=channel_video_title

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhxwmGpUxaY&feature=channel_video_title

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwJTvIYyEs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t_H_DBHmGQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr2siqaAY78

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eapKOEpuJ4A

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57363397-503544/newt-gingrich-wins-south-carolina-primary-cbs-news-projects

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAsf_Erx8_Y&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h82vI_DlETw&feature=related

PATERNO DYING

2012-01-21T20:45:00.001-08:00

CBS radio reports Joe Paterno is in serious condition. Family and friends are at his side.

GINGRICH TAKES SOUTH CAROLINA

2012-01-21T20:36:00.000-08:00

Newt Gingrich is the surprise winner of the South Carolina primary.

DAY

2012-01-21T16:18:00.000-08:00

Today is the feast of St. Agnes. She had her head cut off:

http://thewindowshowsitall.blogspot.com/2010/01/st-agnes-feast-dayjanuary-21.html

WEEK THREE

2012-01-20T23:27:00.001-08:00

Dow up, weather started out bitterly cold, got warmer, then ended with snow. They say gas prices will go up soon. Got a free health club pass, will try to sauna.

A CHEERFUL SCENE

2012-01-20T17:35:00.000-08:00

On a cold, grey day like this it's fun to fantasize that I'm starring in an Ingmar Bergman film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzz9WuUdfQM&feature=related

ST. SEBASTIAN

2012-01-20T11:00:00.000-08:00

Today is his feast day. He was shot full of arrows, lived, and was then clubbed to death: http://catholicexchange.com/2012/01/20/96958

DAY

2012-01-20T02:31:00.000-08:00

I find it amusing when people address me as "dude" or "buddy." Especially other women.

PRIMARY COLLARS

2012-01-19T23:49:00.001-08:00

Rick Perry says he's quitting his presidential campaign. He didn't like pigs much anyway: http://www.zootoo.com/petnews/primary-collars-pets-get-political-1922

DAY

2012-01-19T00:40:00.000-08:00

DAY

Waste of a perfectly good meatloaf: http://www.cakefarts.com/meatloaf

I was apparently very sheltered. I didn't realize there was cake farting, too.

DAY

2012-01-18T21:25:00.001-08:00

Wikipedia went offline for 24 hours to protest SOPA/PIPA. As Louisa May Alcott put it, I managed to exist.

A HASIDIC TALE

2012-01-17T18:34:00.000-08:00

See http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/404895/jewish/The-Rabbi-and-the-Cow.htm

WHAT A CONCEPT!

2012-01-17T17:25:00.001-08:00

www.rosaryworkout.com

DAY

2012-01-17T16:48:00.001-08:00

Temperatures have been down into the 30's this week. A bartender felt sorry for me walking around bare-legged so she says she's going to buy me some wooly tights.

DAY

2012-01-16T21:03:00.000-08:00

Today is Martin Luther King Day. If there is ever a day named after me I give people license to observe (or not observe) it however the fuck they like, as long as it's legal.

MAYBE THIS WILL KEEP ASSHOLES FROM STEALING MY FOOD:

2012-01-15T23:47:00.000-08:00

See http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/e72e

DAY

2012-01-15T22:23:00.001-08:00

January is National Thyroid Awareness Month: http://www.thyroidawarenessmonth.com

SATURDAY NIGHT VIDEOS!

2012-01-14T21:30:00.001-08:00

DO YOU KNOW THIS GOAT?

2012-01-14T20:18:00.001-08:00

See http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/01/goat-found-wandering-in-linthicum-71410.html

I WILL PROBABLY NEVER FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT STARBUCKS BATHROOMS AGAIN

2012-01-14T19:46:00.001-08:00

See http://abcnews.go.com/Health/sperm-donation-hot-spots-coffee-shops-hotel-rooms/story?id=15343381

NEED A RESUME DONE?:

2012-01-14T17:42:00.001-08:00

See www.nightanddayresume.com

DC BEEKEEPING

2012-01-14T15:53:00.001-08:00

I did not know people kept bees in DC. They scare me. The bees and the people: http://dchoneybees.blogspot.com/2011/12/january-beekeeping-class-filled.html

ST. BARBARA

2012-01-14T14:23:00.000-08:00

Today is her feast day: http://catholicexchange.com/2012/01/14/96952

You can buy Santeria candles at Target in Columbia Heights.

DAY

2012-01-14T13:30:00.001-08:00

"Don't cuss like that. It ain't fuckin' nice."

I learned that at the Catholic girls' school I went to.

WEEK TWO

2012-01-13T22:25:00.001-08:00

Dow down but still over 12 thousand, gas as low as $3.23/gallon at the Free State station on Rockville Pike. Weather pleasant earlier this weekend but a lot colder, blusterier now -- every time I try to enjoy it I get sick again.

ANOTHER UNHAPPY ANNNIVERSARY

2012-01-13T21:16:00.000-08:00

30 years ago today an Air Florida plane hit the 14th St. Bridge. I was interning at DC 101 then. Three people were also killed on the Orange Line Metro. I was on the Orange Line when it happened, but going in the other direction.

DAY

2012-01-13T20:10:00.000-08:00

Friday the 13th falls three times this year.

UNHAPPY ANNIVERSARY

2012-01-12T22:18:00.000-08:00

The Haitian earthquake was two years ago. One my students was there -- he said it sounded as though a bomb had gone off. One of my Brazilian students said Haiti was the saddest place he'd ever seen.

DAY

2012-01-12T20:54:00.001-08:00

Texting a married co-worker while reading an e-mail from a gay classmate. Almost as bad as L's sister hanging around with priests.

DAY

2012-01-11T19:15:00.000-08:00

Useful little animal, the cat. Ranks right up there with the sheep: http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/funny-pictures-your-cat-is-a-household-appliance.jpg

DAY

2012-01-10T21:42:00.000-08:00

How romantic "On the other side of a downward spiral. My love for you went viral:" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrWI-9GTHKM

Train

I HAD A DREAM

2012-01-09T23:31:00.000-08:00

I tried to adopt a talking hamster and it said "what's the use?" "It won't work out. You'll forget about me. You won't take care of me."

DAY

2012-01-09T20:21:00.001-08:00

Relapse.

"PROGRESS, NOT PERFECTION"

2012-01-08T21:08:00.001-08:00

Watched "Save Me" this weekend. Found it much more uplifting than "The Notebook." I try to tell myself I am making progress.

SATURDAY NIGHT VIDEOS!

2012-01-07T21:51:00.000-08:00

THE NOTEBOOK

2012-01-07T20:10:00.000-08:00

Watched "The Notebook" with James Garner and Gena Rowlands. His body is going, her brain is going. A real downer. If nothing else, it gives me incentive to stay healthy. Six or seven years later would it have been called "the tablet?"

TODAY IS THE FEAST OF ST. RAYMOND OF PENAFORT

2012-01-07T16:39:00.001-08:00

See http://catholicexchange.com/2012/01/07/96945

It is also Jim Bohannon's birthday.

DAY

2012-01-07T15:12:00.000-08:00

Please pray to St. Anthony or any Deity/intercessor of your choice , that I find my keys :(

WEEK ONE

2012-01-06T22:23:00.000-08:00

Dow down, gas prices at $3.29/gallon at two stations on Lee Highway in Arlingotn and Rockville Pike. Weather srarted nice, got bitterly cold, nicer now. Bulking up on vitamins, immune boosters, antioxidants etc.

I FEEL LIKE THE CAT THAT SWALLOWED THE CANARY

2012-01-06T20:54:00.001-08:00

Re-worked my resume, sent it to a resume service in New Hampshire.

R.I.P.

2012-01-06T16:16:00.000-08:00

One of the British pig people lost a very beautiful pig, Mariella.

As trite as it sounds, it makes me more grateful for happy, healthy people and pigs.

DAY

2012-01-06T15:56:00.000-08:00

Today is the feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord: http://in-formatio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Epiphany.jpg

DAY

2012-01-05T17:24:00.000-08:00

"Nefarious Times We Live In"

A quote from Woody Allen

ESTAMOS A MITAD DE SEMANA

2012-01-04T17:13:00.000-08:00

Spanish word/phrase-a-day calendar from Mom. T said "you really seem to like page-a-day calendars."

She is right. You could buy me a bottle cap page-a-day calendar and I would be happy.

DAY

2012-01-04T09:33:00.000-08:00

600-Pound Butter Cow Sculpture Wins Iowa Caucus:

See http://www.theonion.com/articles/600pound-butter-cow-sculpture-wins-iowa-caucus,26941

DAY

2012-01-03T19:28:00.000-08:00

The coldest day all season. The media is making it into armageddon and the Occupy DC people are asking for blankets. Dumbasses.

DAY

2012-01-02T10:55:00.000-08:00

“Let’s pick a random year in the future to fuck with people’s heads.” - The Mayans

Brian Christopher Drury

MY NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION:

2012-01-01T16:37:00.001-08:00

To be more conscientious.

I LOVE, I LOVE MY CALENDAR PIGS

2012-01-01T12:00:00.000-08:00

Two of them appear in the 2012 Pets of Alexandria Calendar: http://awla.convio.net/site/PageServer?pagename=specialevents_contestcalendar

DAY

2012-01-01T10:16:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year!

DAY

2011-12-31T03:16:00.001-08:00

COMPLETED MY CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND MAILED OUT ALL BUT ONE OF MY GENERIC WINTER HOLIDAY CARDS.

2011-12-30T16:54:00.001-08:00

WEEK

2011-12-30T15:15:00.000-08:00

DAY

2011-12-30T15:05:00.001-08:00

I have internet after nearly a week without it. Thanks, assholes.

DAY

2011-12-29T15:24:00.001-08:00

DAY

2011-12-28T15:25:00.001-08:00

DAY

2011-12-27T15:24:00.000-08:00

ON THE FEAST OF STEPHEN

2011-12-26T10:56:00.000-08:00

Today is his feast day: http://catholicexchange.com/2011/12/26/139951

DAY

2011-12-26T00:01:00.000-08:00

ROOM AT THE INN:

I am in the lobby of the Hinckley Hilton because I still have no internet at home and slept past Blockbuster's closing time. At least the security guards are treating me like a princess.

BEING JEWISH THE REST OF THE DAY

2011-12-25T09:41:00.001-08:00

Chinese and a movie.

POSSIBLY THE GREATEST CHRISTMAS SPECIAL EVER:

2011-12-25T01:06:00.001-08:00

See http://www.hulu.com/watch/58777/night-gallery-the-messiah-on-mott-streetthe-painted-mirror

DAY

2011-12-25T00:34:00.000-08:00

For unto us a child is born: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9morqKUH0Sw

I HAD FORGOTTEN

2011-12-24T23:28:00.000-08:00

That it's Hanukkah, too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGnvJE15ArI

SATURDAY NIGHT VIDEOS!

2011-12-24T22:08:00.000-08:00

PASSED THE BASKET AT MASS

2011-12-24T20:54:00.001-08:00

DAY

2011-12-24T15:05:00.000-08:00

Less than one hour in this shift, then off to church and back to work.

WEEK

2011-12-23T15:03:00.000-08:00

DAY

2011-12-23T11:27:00.000-08:00

I want to read but am too tired.

DAY 53

2011-12-22T22:40:00.001-08:00

Got all my pre-Christmas shopping and mailing done -- it was not nearly as bad as the media made it out to be. Yeah, I know that's not what Christmas is about.

DAY 52

2011-12-21T23:24:00.001-08:00

Money is slow in coming in. Still, that's not what Christmas is about.

DAY 51

2011-12-20T21:41:00.000-08:00

Surprise, surprise. C called in hurt, probably healthier than I am. So I'm working again.

MY HOROSCOPE

2011-12-19T23:52:00.001-08:00

I know my birthday was more than three months ago, but this is my horoscope for 2011-12 according to Holiday Mathis: "You find creative ways to use what you have. You'll tinker and fix things this month, setting yourself up for a smooth ride in September. You'll earn great respect from family in October. An admirer will contribute to you financially. You'll make incredible memories with family in November and December. Libra and Virgo people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 31, 29, 44 and 19."

I hope the part about the admirer is true. Libra and Virgo may adore me, but they don't want to marry me.

Also, the great love of my life is 60 years old today.

THE ADVENT POLICE

2011-12-19T22:30:00.000-08:00

I like that term: http://dariasockey.blogspot.com/2011/12/father-erik-of-ever-entertaining.html

DAY 50

2011-12-19T21:32:00.001-08:00

Relapse.

"I AM NOT SICK"

2011-12-18T21:45:00.000-08:00

http://allpoetry.com/poem/8497883-Symptom_Recital-by-Dorothy_Parker

Dorothy Parker

Rented "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle." It was enough to make anyone swear off drinking forever.

DAY 49

2011-12-18T18:49:00.001-08:00

Today is the Fourth Sunday of Advent.

SATURDAY NIGHT VIDEOS!

2011-12-17T22:07:00.001-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22PsBm4jozE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjWJiNCb1lo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONJNRWiifLA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K65lcuHQn-E&feature=fvst

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeC8nTYEwQQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHioIlbnS_A&ob=av2e

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihW56Xa3XGQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPo3CwEoxy0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWaFt9kBfGY&feature=related

ANOTHER REASON AGAINST SUICIDE:

2011-12-17T17:47:00.001-08:00

It really affects more than one person ): http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post_now/post/2011/12/16/gIQA7S4VzO_blog.html

DAY 48

2011-12-17T16:52:00.001-08:00

Today is Super Saturday. For G-d's sake, buy something. Buy lots of stuff and get the economy going.

WEEK

2011-12-16T21:58:00.001-08:00

Dow down, but still well over eleven thousand, closer to 12 thousand. Weather kind of overcast, but much warmer. Too bad I'm too sick to enjoy it.

DAY 47

2011-12-16T16:23:00.001-08:00

Can't stop coughing.

I AM IN NO FUCKIN' MOOD

2011-12-15T19:15:00.001-08:00

See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwmcmYwQQTE

DAY 46

2011-12-15T02:12:00.000-08:00

It hurts to cough. Boo.

TYPHOID MARY

2011-12-14T21:56:00.001-08:00

That's who (whom?) I feel like.

DAY 45

2011-12-14T19:42:00.000-08:00

Starting this week it will get dark one minute later every day.