Jumpin' At The Woodside

Happy Friday! Cold here tonight. I had two good runs this week and debating on whether to run on my scheduled day Saturday or go on Sunday when it's supposed to go up to 60! Harpoon IPA is my featured beer of choice this evening to help ward off the cold. Nice to be back in the IPA scheme of things. Had some Stella and then some Rolling Rocks last couple weeks, but missed the extra hops. The next Dave Matthews Band Live Trax release was announced this week. It's a recording of LeRoi Moore's final performance with the band from Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Va. I saw them perform live there a number of times and always enjoyed going to those shows. My favorite show there was June 26, 2005, when they started off with "Dreamgirl," played "Say Goodbye" for the first time in two years, performed the best version of "Warehouse" I've ever heard, and Robert Randolph joined the band for "Stand Up," "Louisiana Bayou" and "All...

I was “tagged” in a chain e-letter the other day on Facebook and while I’m not a fan of the chain e-letters I thought it would be a good writing exercise to respond. Additionally I wanted to respond, because the e-letter was sent by the Mrs. down at the ol’ Lazy Acres. (Really looking forward to having the Lazy Acres crew back in the Eastern Time zone and just up the road a piece.) Once I posted my response, I decided not to continue the chain and did not “tag” 25 others -- I don’t even have 25 Facebook friends! The “rules” of the letter were this… “Once you have been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you.” You’re also supposed to “tag” or continue this chain to 25 others, but we covered that above. I made some changes and pulled the original posting from Facebook, because I wanted to share it on my blog where everyone can see it. So here goes… I always wanted to be a film director; in fact that’s what led me to go to NYU. If ...

It’s another weekend at The Woodside and last night the jukebox was kickin’ out one of those “once in a blue moon” shuffles that was rockin’! I had a feeling it was one of those nights when the jukebox spun three Black Crowes songs in a row to start off the evening and turned out to be a great mix all night. At one point the jukebox cycled through “Must of Got Lost” by the J. Geils Band, “If You Really Love Me” by Stevie Wonder, “When She Begins” by Social Distortion, and a little Dave Matthews and Friends. Oh and look out, some Led Zep, baby! What a week it’s been. Had MLK Day off and got my run in before the impending snow storm, which welcomed in President Obama’s inauguration. Tuesday was our usually Moe’s burritos day so I went to lunch with the guys and set my DirecTV DVR to record the inauguration via the DirecTV Web site – can you say, sa-weet! Watched the whole deal later that night when I got home and also took in all the inauguration ball specials. Say what you will, I’m rea...

So the Eagles run comes to an end tonight. Watched the We Are One concert earlier today and now watching live U2 DVDs, and the win or loss of a football game seems almost insignificant, such as we are on the eve of a new era for our country's history. I feel like it's been a long, long time since I had a President I could be proud of. Let me also qualify that by saying I'm a true independent in that I've voted at one time or another for Clinton and Bush. Now's not the time for party politics, now is the time for us to come together as one country, one community, one voice and overcome as we always have the obstacles that stand before us. I hope that in the next few days and years we can get past the campaign bullshit and get down to fixing our economic and national security issues. Here's an early Happy Inauguration, Mr. President! - Salud!