Ah, Summer

Camping tomorrow.

Otis, Mass.

Be back Saturday.

We should all buy kayaks.

Easy Call

Over a game of chess, a friend asked me a rather interesting question: would I rather be in a New Haven plagued by zombies or by dragons? Well, without boring you with the details, I think that it is safe to say: dragons.

I mean come on now- think about it.

Fun New Words

To all you Scrabble, Boggle Up-Words, Crosswords, and just plain word freaks-
The Oxford English Dictionary has added (or extended/modified) many interesting and colorful (colourful?) words to their ever-growing collection.

Here are a few of my favorite (really the new entries fall under pi-mesic to pleating, the rest are extensions):

Asian pipe snake n.
carpet muncher n.
crunk, adj. and n.
front bum n.
fucking A, adj., adv., and int.
Google, v.
go-to, adj.
ho-bag, n.
Hold 'Em, n.
mash-up, n.
pinko-liberal, adj. and n.
piss-flaps n.
pitchcock v.
pivot foot n.
Play-Doh n.
player-hater n.
PG, adj.
skatepunk, n.
usual suspects, n.
yada yada, int. and n.


(Thanks, BoingBoing)

Futurama Returns!?

Hey Elise, what's the word here?

Dan and Maggie's Start to Summer Reading

More to come.

Annual Golf Scramble

Location:
Robert Trent Jones course at Lyman Orchards

The Players:
Four teams-

Ours:
Kodish
Briggs
Darby
Raucci

The Results:
At the end of the day we were three under par (which I might add, is better than any one at the US Open- never mind that in a scramble four guys hit the same shot)

Drives were crap all around- the short game and approach shots saved us.

We tied for second and had a lot of fun doing it.

Next Up:
Faculty Beer-Pong and Flip-Cup results.

Bonnaroo 2006

Acts ranging from Lewis Black in the comedy tent to Phil Lesh or Radiohead on the main stage (and all points jam, jazz, rock, and funk in-between), there is something for everyone and more than enough to justify the ticket price. Still not sure I could hack the trip (might just go insane or broke), but some year I’d love to try.
Check the printer friendly Line-Up

or go to the source.

Have fun Mike and Carrie.

College is for Idiots

What??!!
Apparently iPods are more popular on college campuses than beer. What is wrong with the youth of today?

2nd Annual Student Faculty Ultimate Frisbee Game

Sadly we did not retain possession of the coveted trophy. It has been passed to the students.

In our defense:

The students had a team of 20 (including some of the best players from the 46th in the nation Middletown High School team [click on team name on top of page for complete record]).

We had a team of 9 teachers (one without shoes).

They had fresh-legs on the field after every point.

We had tired, tired legs.

The loss can be blamed on the 11 teachers that were MIA (and again- the MHS All-Stars).

Final score: Students- 9
Teachers- 5

Record: 1-1

Good time though.
See you next year.