Who's Counting, Anyway?

OK, so a day later, a week and a half later, all the same in the grand scheme of things...But I better write this down now before this vacation completely fades from memory!

Vacation Top Ten List:
10) Cab driver to the airport on our way back home who kept going on and on about how Tom Brady had once been in his cab and left his water bottle (or possibly gave it to the cabbie w/ his autograph? I couldn't quite follow), so now he has "Tom Brady's DNA" to prove to everyone that he was actually in his cab. He just has to get it tested. Funniest part: Katherine good-naturedly commenting, "Ah, I think you would need something to compare it to," and him just continuing the conversation over her, oblivious.
9) 24-hour soft serve swirlie flavor frogurt on the ship (the swirlie is the most important part!)
8)Watching Ed play Rock Band with fans, esp. when trying to sing "Say it Ain't So" without knowing all the words (he employed my brother's technique of just kind of mumbling in the right key at the fast parts), helping this little 5-yr-old girl sing Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead or Alive," and failing at the drums on hard and deciding the game "needed" calibration. [Pretty funny also to see that and then see him actually playing drums -- perfectly well, from what I could tell -- with Brothers Creegan the next night.]
7)The Music of Paul McCartney thing that Steve Page and the dude from Harvey Danger did. I don't even like Paul McCartney, but this was really cool. First time I ever realized the chorus of "Maybe I'm Amazed" is not "Baby I'm Amazed" (uh, yeah, duh).
6)Towel animals!
5)Meeting Adam of the Gusters and somehow ending up discussing Puppetry of the Penis.
4)Hearing Box Set live.
3)Spontaneous second encore of When I Fall at BNL show. It was just...yeah. Crazy amount of energy in that room. Probably my favorite concert moment of all time.
2) Songwriter panel. It was totally not what I expected (which would have been a Q & A session about writing songs), but it was amazing.
1) Boothby Graffoe. He stole the show at the songwriter panel, and considering the line up, that was quite a feat. Classic British humor, perfect delivery, some of the funniest songs I've ever heard = unforgettable. Some examples: Kittens in a Bag, I Saw you on the Telly.

He Makes Me Want Her Again

I still have to write some stuff about the cruise before I forget everything, but I'm too tired tonight. Hopefully tomorrow. I'll make a top ten list or something.

Anyway, I heard this song for the first time on the cruise, and it is just ridiculously good:


If BNL ever did a country album, I bet it would easily become my favorite album of theirs of all time.

Back; Losing My Religion

Back from cruise; so sad to be back. Definitely in the running for Best. Vacation. Ever!! Too tired to try to give it justice in writing now, though.

Just saw this, though, and had to post it. Apparently it was played in the spa on the cruise ship (wtf, wtf, but it is awesome):

Not about poker!

In Miami right now, about to leave for a weeklong cruise w/ my brother and 4 friends. Gonna be pretty sweet....also,gonna be pretty weird to go for like a week with no internet and no poker (probably a good thing for my game).

Brought a couple of books--"What the What" by Dave Eggers and "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides (hopefully I'm remotely close on that spelling). Started Middlesex yesterday on the plane down, and it's really, really good so far. It's been far too long since I've read a good book.

That's about it. Bye, internet!

Video Killed the Radio Star

Two videos:

First is a Harvard Law professor being interviewed on the Colbert Report about online poker. He is a great, great spokesperson for the game. I want to give him a big hug. Also, his suggestion at the end about the presidential candidates is possibly the greatest idea I've ever heard.


Second is just one I saw on another person's blog and thought worthy of stealing. I don't watch American Idol, but this guy is awesome.