Hello. Friday!!! OK, I’m confused by the NFL kickoff concert that was held in Times Square yesterday. From my vantage point, it was a colossal failure but from reading the stories on the internet, it was a raging success. From noon to 11 pm, 38th to 57th Streets were closed off. The event started at 4:30. I took this photo at 5:30:

it didn’t seem that crowded
There were police everywhere for crowd control but they were just standing around for 90% of the day. It’s hard to control a crowd that isn’t there. My point is this: the whole event seemed like a waste of resources. The NFL put on a concert, shut down Times Square, 5700 police were on hand, The Governor and the Mayor spoke and somehow they managed to throw in a 9/11 tribute. How’s that saying go — Jack-of-all-trades, master of none? Anything’s possible these days if you have the wallet to make it happen.

Hey, that seems like a real commentary — so unlike BobBorden.com. It had to be said. If you’re a member of the press, please feel free to quote me.

Last night I had quite the adventure. I answered a classified ad for a $40 video camera and we agreed that I’d pick it up last night, around 10. We had such a great exchange about the camera. She, Lori, said it works and I said, what the hell, for $40, I’ll take it. I’m quite the negotiator.

I got there around 10 and Brian, her husband, let me in. I got the vibe right away that he was good people — that was a relief because you don’t really want to buy something from a jerk, ha ha. He even knew about my hometown, Steubenville, Ohio – that’s always a good sign. So, I was checking out the camera when Lori came home. It’s her camera and she was kind enough to show me the accessories and features.

I recorded something quick just to test it out. When I played it back, the tracking or something seemed to be out of whack. Damn. It worked very well the last time they used it but that was a while ago. We sat there troubleshooting but it didn’t want to play along. I was ready to leave and then I thought to myself, this is a good story for the website, I wonder if they’ll let me take their picture?