Summer (for me) starts now! And that means new diary summer hours...the next bobborden.com update:


Make a note of it.

Best,

Bob

I'm leaving work last night and I happen to walk by Walter's office. Walter's with Tom (last week's a-hole of the week), they're talking about selling Tom's ipods on e-bay. Yes, I said ipodS! He has 5 -- MUST BE NICE! He's talking to Walter about selling three. Walter is e-bay savvy, Tom is not...I guess you could say that Tom is ipod savvy, ha ha. ANYWAY, Walter asks if he can borrow my camera so he can take a couple of photos, being the nice guy that I am, I say sure...45 minutes and close to 50 photos later, I'm still at work!


Get a load of the
Ansel Adams of e-bay!

There wasn't one photo repeated for that collage! Reminder to self: Become more of a selfless bastard.

That collage took about an hour of my life...add that to the hour AFTER work and that leaves me with....? Exactly.

I LOVE all the motorcycle shows on the tube these days. Discovery's Biker Build Off, American Choppers, you name it. I found a new one a couple of weeks ago on the Speed Channel called Build or Bust. They get a regular guy in there to try and build a bike in 30 days. It's pretty good. To help the contestant, they have pro builders looking over the build. One of the pro builders this week was Johnny Chop...he's been a guest of all of these types of shows and just seems like a great guy. Anyway, I was shocked to learn that he passed away. Very sad.

R.I.P.

That's it. Have a good day.

Best,

Bob

One of the many cool things about being in the biz (show business) is getting free stuff. Sometimes, on a good day, food falls under that category. Usually it's pizza or burritos but yesterday, something crazy different...a deep-fried Oreo. Without further adieu, please join me for my very first tasting of a deep-fried Oreo.



Hmmmm, interesting texture...




Hey, that's not bad, not
bad at all




I like this...is it getting...




Oh crap!




Justin (boss) rushed to my side to
administer CPR




Justin to Bob, "DON'T DIE ON ME NOW!
DON'T LET THE BASTARD WIN!
LIVE BOB, LIVE!"




I'm OK, silly. The bobborden.com players
ladies and gentlemen.


Ha ha, that was fun. I've been thinking about taking the whole summer off and now I'm thinking about posting something new once a week. Again, this is just for the summer...Memorial Day to Labor Day. I'll make up my mind by Friday.

That's it for today...seems short but I bet I made you laugh/smile...so what more do you want?! Be real.

Best,

Bob

My boss Eric handed me a copy of the Sunday Daily News Scratch & Match results yesterday, he didn't say anything, he didn't have to, he just showed me a photo of one of the winners...



I don't look like
this person, right?


Damn.

You just finished 4 sold out shows in NYC, your album, 13 years in the making is FINALLY coming out...what can you do to really get your street cred back, hmmmm.


Oh, I know, get in a slap fight with
tough fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger


What the hell?! We were SO close to having rock's bad boy back. Hey Axl, I heard Liza Minelli was talking some s#&t about you...get on it!

The second half of my weekend, as you know, was spent in AC. The first half was thinking of ways to make the world a better place. I came up with the idea that if we're all better people, better to ourselves/others, the world would be an easier place to live. I know that sounds naive but think of it, when was the last time you did something nice for someone...when was the last time someone did something nice for you. I truly believe it's the little things. The little things will make us stronger.

Did you believe any of that last paragraph? Ha ha -- I spent the first half of my weekend trying to make my cell phone cooler, of course!




Click to hear the
ringtone Bob almost bought


I went to buy it and my cell provider isn't supported! WHY MUST LIFE MOCK ME AT EVERY TURN?! WHY!!!!!

Reason #21 I'm taking summer off of bobborden.com: I had 4 hours of sleep Sunday night, I should be in bed now but that stupid cell phone photo took about 40 minutes!

Sigh...zzzzzzzzzzzzz...

Best,

Bob

When you're cash poor, where's the last place you want to be?

Hey, it's 1:30 AM and I just got back from Atlantic City! I'm very tired, here's all I know:

-- In the grand scheme of things, $100 isn't a lot to lose.

-- 80 MPH is the new 65 MPH.

-- 5 miles of bumper to bumper traffic equals one hour.

Seriously, I didn't go to AC for myself, I went down to meet up with my Mom, her neighbor and my aunt. We had a lovely dinner. I left Hoboken around 4:00...really 4:30 when you factor in gas and the coinstar machine. When I was walking to the car, I got soaked in a downpour...then I hit the traffic, with the thought of being late for dinner, I almost turned around. Then I thought, hey, you'd just be sitting on your ass anyway. I'm glad I went. I wasn't in a crazy rush but at times, with the rain and the traffic, I did feel like Sylvester in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, ha ha.

That's all I got! Just a head's up...I'm thinking about taking a blogging break for the summer. Nothing big, I think I'd just like to take a rest. I'll talk about this more later this week. Right now? Bed.

Have a great day!

Best,

Bob

A couple of weeks ago my friends Walter, Tom and myself were trying to buy Guns N' Roses tickets. You'll remember that we were shut out pretty quick (tix sold out in 3 minutes, for 4 shows). Fast forward to last weekend, the concerts begin. I come to work on Monday and ask Tom how his weekend went and I have to say, he was a little quiet. Turns out, he saw GNR Sunday night! I wanted to say all for one, one for all but a friend got him in and there was only one ticket. He was so close to screwing us over but that wasn't the case (but it would have been SO funny if it were true). Fast forward to Wednesday night, the last GNR concert. After hearing how great they're playing, Walter decided he HAD to go.

He was talking me into going all day -- at one point, even offering to buy my ticket! I finally said I'd go but I'd pay the $125. After e-mailing people for hours, he got tickets...except, the guy is in Queens. He'd have to take a train 25 minutes away and give a guy $250. I said to Walter, you make that trip, you're probably not coming back! He didn't care, there was no talking to him, he's going to see GNR come hell or high water! The Queens guy backed out and that's when I came to reason and said I was out...I can't spend $125 on anything right now.

Walter was able to find a solo ticket for $100 at 8PM. I was so happy that he got to go...I've never seen anyone work SO HARD to get tickets, ha ha. Walter called my phone machine from the concert, check it out:



Click to hear GNR


Walter LOVED it. Izzy came on and played 3 songs...Think About You, Patience, Nighttrain...Sebastian Bach did My Michelle and Kid Rock came on to sing Nightrain. So there you go.

So, I'm at my desk working yesterday when my boss Eric yells for me to come in his office. It was one of those yells where you know that something has gone wrong. I run in there and he holds up a container of Assorted Nuts.



Eric holding his nuts
(Well, there's no good way to say that!)


His Assorted Nuts are all almonds! How crazy is that?! Needless to say, I was on the phone for the rest of the day...heads rolled! Help Me Howard (Local news consumer guy) should be coming over today.

There's an interesting trend in my life right now where people are giving me things. On Monday, the Mark G t-shirt/book, my friend J9 is introducing me to a friend of hers (more of nice gesture than a thing, btw, it already fell through, ha ha) and then yesterday, my boss Justin came in to work and gave me a 4-pound container of licorice!



Free Red Vines!
(thanks Justin!)

One pound gone, 3 to go! Just kidding. I hope this trend keeps on keeping on.

Time to revisit an old feature I call: Bob Tastes New Products (so you don't have to). Today's Product, Coca-Cola Blak. Blak is a cross between Coke and coffee. And I think it's fair to say that it's somewhat pricey. Before I start the test, it should be noted that I'm not a coffee drinker. Here we go...



The results are in!
(Why does this seem like
a Maury show?)

Coca-Cola Blak, how about Coca-Cola Bleeckh!? Can I get a witness?! Recommendation: Just grab a cup of coffee and stop trying to be so fancy all the time! You damn yuppies...would it KILL you to get out of your SUV for five minutes, grab a cup of joe at the local diner and talk to your fellow man...like a HUMAN Fing BEING?! Hmmmmm, anyway...that was Bob Tastes New Products (so you don't have to) -- tell your friends.

Last today, I hope you caught Late Show last night, Eagles of Death Metal played on 53rd & Broadway.



Cool



That's it! Have a great weekend.

Best,

Bob

A message from Bob...
(file photo)

I can upload photos but Blogger isn't showing them, something's down...Blogger is a free service (bad with "customers"), others are having the same problem.

All the things I want to talk about have photos...this stinks. Rather than putting up a diary that isn't 100%, I'm just going to wait until they figure it out...hopefully that will be soon. This stuff drives me nuts!

Have a good day.

Best,

Bob

I had a diary all ready to go but the system isn't letting me post new photos BUT I can use old photos, go figure. With that in mind, let's go though some old photos, try to make them new and then we'll call it a day.

First, I meant to call my friend Tiffany last night but with the photo problem, I lost track of time...I'll call you tonight, Tiff.


[L to R]: Bob, Tiffany
(file photo)

Second, this old photo should be a reminder that I don't HAVE to post EVERYTHING about my life:



Bob's weekend
(file photo)

Third, I enjoyed my recent new feature to bobborden.com (I love the theme most of all):


Click here for
the theme
(file photo)

And last today, here's a summer preview for the ladies only:


(file photo)

OK...hopefully blogger will have the photo problem fixed...I don't want to do this again, ha ha.

Have a good one!

Best,

Bob

I'm back! Sunday night I went through my weekend so I could write Monday's diary (as usual) but the darndest thing hapened; I kept coming up empty. I came up empty because I didn't do anything...again. And with The Sopranos coming on 15 mintues from that thought, I had to bail. With the LONG work day on Monday, I was thinking that today's diary would be more of the same...UNTIL, I received a package in the mail from Mark G...Mark sent me some cool stuff:


Mark G sent Bob a T-shirt
and a Book!

Thank you Mark, you made my day and you made today's diary!

I did have one good chain of events this weekend:

1. I had such a lovely sandwich made for me at a local deli, very simple, just meat and cheese but damn good!
2. I rediscovered the joy of Miller High Life. I didn't drink to get drunk, I just had a couple to wash down the sandwich. SO GOOD. And...
3. VH1-C was airing a new Judas Priest concert that was GREAT!


The Priest!
(They still got it)

I also watched Behind the Music on Pantera and Ratt. The Pantera one was just shocking. They showed footage of Dimebag's killer walking across the stage...just amazing/crazy stuff. The guy (Dimebag) was just on stage, playing and some nut blew him away. Live for today...I forget that saying...that'd be a cool tattoo. I need to get some ink, its been a while. (ha ha)

I cleaned out my ipod the other day, the stuff I had on there was getting a little stale. I figure I'd just load it up with classic rock, well, I start putting songs in there and I'm a sucker for a good slow song, so I put a few of those on there too. Now, the mix is all off balance. I have a rockin' song on and then CRASH, a slow one...now I have to start all over again. Do you care about any of this? Ha ha, I know I don't.

That's it! Be real.

Best,

Bob

I feel like taking a blogging day off. So, that's what I'm going to do. But before I go, here are three photos that have nothing to do with each other:

Not the photo I had in mind
(file photo)

Our Intern Thea graduated
this weekend -- nice work Thea!
(file photo)

Walter cleaning the gutters -
Who says you can't wear pink gloves
before or after Labor Day?
(file photo)

Have a great Monday, I'll have less tomorrow. Remember, catch and release.

Best,

Bob

Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms! I'm not 100% sure how/when this day got started but it's well deserved. I believe in treating your Mom well everyday - what up?!

Bob's Mom
(self portrait)

After that first paragraph you may be shocked to learn that I didn't buy my Mom anything for Mother's Day. BUT I did get my Mom something really nice for Christmas. I bought her one of those Bose radios. I'm STILL paying off that damn thing! It's the gift that keeps on taking, ha ha. But it does sound amazing, so there you go. She called me this week and told me not to buy anything for Mother's Day because the radio is the gift. I told her, don't worry, nothing's coming, ha ha!

I love ya Mom, you're the best!

That's all I got...have a great weekend!

Best,

Bob

Who was the staffer in yesterday's "Guess the Late Show Staffer" photo? None other than our own...

Justin Stangel
(file photo)

No one Guessed the Staffer but this game went very well, you will get another chance to play in the future.

I noticed something odd on the bus last night. I'm sitting in the back as the bus loads up and I notice two UPS guys getting on. I saw them and thought right away that they're probably buddies, they'll sit by each other and talk shop. Here's the thing; they didn't sit next to each other, they didn't talk, they didn't look at each other...it gets odder...they got off at the same stop and walked off in the same direction. The whole time, one didn't have anything to do with the other. What do you make of that?! I don't know why this seems weird to me?! They're wearing the same clothes, why not talk about the day a little? Who knows.

Well, the news media got another one. When the Super Bowl is on, they cover the Super Bowl wives...on Thanksgiving, there's always a story on the dangers of deep frying a turkey and now that gas prices are high, we have to sit through crap like this:

Hey, this guy takes a horse
to work to save money!

Does this B.S. annoy anyone else besides me?! How does this help me out in Hoboken?! I have enough on my plate with two cats, now I have to get a horse?! Have you priced a horse lately? Don't even get me started on stable fees! Give me some news I can use! Here's a tip for the guy on the horse; TAKE THE BUS! Ride a bike and stop clogging up the media, not to mention our roads, with non practical solutions to MAJOR problems!

That's it!

Mad at everybody and everything,

Bob

PS Hey, I had a quick cameo in the Tony Mendez show last night, ha ha.

On the walk home last night I found a dollar!

Bob found this

I was walking, looked down and saw it. No one else was around but I did the old take a few more steps, look around thing...I wanted to make sure this wasn't some local news sting, it is sweeps you know. The coast was clear and now I'm a buck in the black! And that's my dollar story...not much but it made me happy.

I haven't done this much but every now and then, I have to order a DVD from Amazon UK.

Amazon UK

I did this for Long Way Round when it wasn't out stateside and I did it last night for a show called SPACED. Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead) stars. I just found out about it, people seemed to really like it. There's a special DVD set coming out in July but only on their side of the pond, so I figured, what the hell?! But that's not the point, the point is I LOVE ordering from Amazon UK! It feels like I'm included in some secret society that has really cool taste in DVDs BUT, they don't really want to share with everyone. I get excited over the dumbest things, ha ha.

Time for a new feature to bobborden.com, I call it; Guess the Late Show Staffer! This feature is directed more to people I work with but anyone can join in the fun. Here's how we play...I took a photo of a staffer walking to work, except, it's a photo taken 14 floors above 53rd Street. Here's the photo:

Can you Guess the Late
Show Staffer?

You can post your answers on the message board...I'll give you the answer tomorrow.

That's it! Have a good one.

Best,

Bob

This David Blaine thing has me scratching my head. He didn't hold his breath for 9 minutes, he was two minutes short. My big question...WHY THE HELL DIDN'T HE JUST FAKE IT?! Does anybody remember MAGIC**?! I do not get it. Moving on...

Yesterday there was a little ugliness on bobborden.com. It's no fun naming a friend the A-hole of the Week. But often in life, when something bad happens, something good hopefully isn't too far behind. That thought takes us to Monday night, I'm in my office working...it wasn't a bad day. It was one of those odd days where you were just looking for things to go wrong and they never did...things just kept getting better. So, I'm in my office and in walks Late Show announcer/friend, Alan Kalter. He has a fancy box in his hands, he reached in, pulled out a chocolate chip cookie and said, "Here, this is delicious." How cool is that?! That was my best moment yesterday. I'm proud to be able to get back to a positive place by naming Alan Kalter one of Bob's People!

Alan Kalter, a real class act...
and one of Bob's People

Way to go Alan!

Our receptionist Kim saw the whole Alan exchange and asked me, "Why don't you ever put me in your diary?" I explained to her that to get in my diary, you have to do something really good or something really bad...saying I want to be in your diary makes me want to never put you in. I might have been a little short with her. But me being the old softy, when I was leaving work I passed Kim's area...I had second thoughts and decided to take her photo:

Unfortunately, Kim had already
left for the evening

Sorry Kim, better luck next time.

I had a weird craving for a Steak-Umm sandwich Sunday night. I was real lazy on Sunday, not feeling terribly social, there was a big Music & Arts festival in Hoboken and I just couldn't even think about going up there. Pretty bad. But you know what got me out of the house? That damn Steak-Umm. Once I got ouside I realized how stupid I'm being. I'm missing out on life and I forget that all the time. I'm getting off topic...I walk up to the Shop Rite and they didn't carry the Steak-Umm brand! So, I had to buy non Steak-Umm...I know, this story gets worse and worse.

Not Steak-Umm
(Hey, the stomach wants what
the stomach wants)

Doesn't look so great, right? Well, it was great! Murry's Sandwich Steaks (Their name doesn't really roll off the tongue) hit the spot! And I'm sure my stomach cramps were just a coincidence (just a joke, don't sue). Live and learn. (Must eat better)

Oh man, if you could only see how I spelled "coincidence" before I used spell check, wow...so sad. I always say I learned everything I needed to know by the 5th grade...that may be more true than I thought, ha ha.

That's it! Have a great day!

Best,

Bob

** Does anybody remember laughter?

In what can only be called the biggest F.U. to yours truly in the last few years...On Friday around 2:30 PM, wait - this story needs a little backstory...remember this?


Bob's latest impulse buy, a cool
shirt with a fish on the back
(file photo)

Finding a cool shirt in my size is a rare occurrence...finding a SUPER-COOL shirt, like the one pictured above, is even rarer. The last time I had a SUPER-COOL shirt, it was 8-13-84, Ronnie James Dio was in Pittsburgh and so was I! I wore that shirt (The Last in Line concert T) almost everyday. Back to the story, I'm in my bosses' office talking about business and in walks my "friend" Tom. Holy CRAP, he's wearing my SUPER-COOL shirt!

What the F?!
[L to R]: Tom, Bob

I lost my s#%t! It was such a GREAT joke, such an unprovoked attack - Tom, saw my joy, saw that my pride was up by about 10%, ordered the same shirt and decided to squash me like a bug. Tom's still a good friend, I DO get the greatness of his joke but I have no choice in what I'm about to say...I'm naming Tom the bobborden.com A-Hole of the Week!

A-Hole of the Week!
CLICK HERE FOR THEME SONG
(file photo)

Do NOT cross me!

After work on Friday I made plans to check out David Blaine's latest "magic" trick...you know about this, right?

David Blaine

He's staying in this water-filled sphere for a week. My friend Lauren is doing the PR for this event, so that was the reason for me to go up...really the only reason as I'm not a magic fan. I ended up at work longer than I thought and decided not to go...good thing because she said it was a madhouse. I'm not one for crowds.

I thought about his latest stunt and really, I don't know what the big deal is...

How Bob spent his
weekend

Such a LONG way to go for that, wow! That photo took about an hour, ha ha. And well worth it...take THAT Blaine!

That's it! Have a great day.

Best,

Bob

5:11 AM NEVER looked THIS good:

Bob fell asleep on his sofa, again.
(Click here to hear how he felt
at 5:11 AM)

Oh, and ladies, the answer is yes, I'm single.

That's it! Have a great weekend!

Best,

Bob

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, well, get ready:

[L to R]: George Clarke (CBS Building Engineer),
Bob

Ha ha ha, oh, I love that! George was in a piece of comedy last night that did not make it on the air. But he was kind enough to take that photo - thanks George!

I'd be a bad blogger if I didn't give a photo credit to my boss...

Eric

And I'd REALLY be a bad blogger if I didn't give a photo credit for the Eric photo to my other boss...

Justin

Ha ha ha...Thanks guys!

Wow, I think that's enough for today...oh wait, I forgot to answer yesterday's good-samaritan quiz. The answer is; A. I kept walking. Here's why; I REALLY wanted to help her out, that's just my nature. BUT the realistic side of me didn't want to help someone out that could be whacked out on anything and then later accuse me of Lord knows what. And I really hate to think that way but I think that's where society is right now. So, there you go. Just a rat in a cage.

I leave you today with yet another photo I didn't take. Here's a GREAT shot of the sunset that Eric took:

Cool

That's it!

Best,

Bob

Ladies and gentlemen...TOM CRUISE!!!

*A bobborden.com exclusive!

I love it when the big stars come by.

So last week, I'm on the bus and I happen to notice this girl in front of me. I noticed her because she was doing something I've never seen before. She reached in her bag, pulled out some eye pads, put them on and I guess, relaxed?

You know, these things

Isn't that a little weird?! Is that what you should do on the bus? I mean, the bus is disgusting! I honestly don't know what you get from having eye pads on for 15 minutes but it doesn't seem right...right? She also made a couple of LOUD cellphone calls. I don't understand anything anymore.

Just to clarify yesterday's diary; there was no direct correlation between the bird flu and the celery. It was just a silly joke that one strain of this flu caused something odd to grow out of my head. A couple of people who shall remain nameless (my friend Steve and my Mom) were trying to find the logic in my joke. Ain't no logic here baby! All of my photos of myself are taken with the good-old self timer...here's one during the "celery shoot" that didn't quite work:

Not even close!

Last item of the day: I'm walking home the other night around 9PM and I come across a drunk girl...crazy, stumbling drunk. I'm behind her for about a block and then catch up to her...knowing that I try to be a good samaritan whenever I can, did I:

A: Keep on walking
B: Motion for a policeman to help her out
C: Ask her if she needed a walk home
D: Call a taxi

What did I do and why? Answer tomorrow.

Have a great day!

Best,

Bob

It's May 2nd already, where's this month going?!

There was a story on Drudge yesterday that authorities found a mild form of BIRD FLU at a New Jersey bird market. I don't know about you but that's a little too close to home for comfort. It's not the deadly strain, so I guess...Oh man, I don't feel so well...wow, that's weird, I feel so... -- OH MY LORD!!!!!

AHHHH!!!
(click this)

Internet Acting, thank you, thank you very much. Now here's the thing, when I thought of that earlier today, damn if it wasn't funny. I don't think it works on the web. But I do know this, at one point tonight, I was walking around my apartment with a piece of celery taped to my head!

I had the perfect alarm clock/wake-up scenario yesterday. I woke up on my own, sucked in the first moments of the day and then my alarm went off....I love that!

The other cool thing that happened to me...remember the blue disc that I put in my toilet to make my bathroom seem more like a hotel? Well, the water FINALLY stopped being blue! It was driving me nuts! It's the little things. Is it too late to delete that photo of myself with celery? Darn.

Stick a fork in me, I'm done.

Best,

Bob

-- Bob to hairstylist: "Short on the sides, a #2 blade and short on the top."

-- Hairstylist to Bob (She gives me the once over): "You know, we have a product that can cover up all that gray."

WTF! If I were holding a drink, I would have thrown it in her face! Where's the gray sweets! WHERE?!

No gray!

Well, to be honest, there is some gray, the photo doesn't pick up everything.

Sadly, this was the high point of my weekend.

Films watched this weekend:

- Hoop Dreams (Great!)

- War of the Worlds (Cool!)

- 16 Years of Alcohol (Interesting.)

- Shaun of the Dead (GREAT!)

- Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (GREAT!)

- Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (Not for me)

Time wasted this weekend:

- Infinite

Usually a weekend like this would be a major setback to my self esteem but I don't know what to do with myself anymore. You go out, you spend money. Ha ha, you stay in, you spend money too. I want to hear the new Bruce Springsteen CD, I know I'm buying that tonight. I love downloading music, the future is now!

- I'm still listening to Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins, damn good stuff!

That's all I got! Have a great week.

Best,

Bob