Time for a little virtual scrapbooking:

Last night I saw Little Miss Sunshine
with my special lady friend, Cara.

What a great film! Very fun.

That's it!

Be real --

Bob

I haven't shaved in a couple of days...I think my goatee has some grey hair. I don't know how I feel about this.

Blah Blah Blah...

Best,

Bob

I have a strong feeling that not a lot of my readers checked out my acting chops on Guiding Light last Friday. So, with the help of Mark G (message board), checkout this low-tech version:

CLICK HERE TO HEAR
BOB ON GL!

There's not a court in the land that would say you haven't seen it now, ha ha.

Last night on the bus, I saw a woman ball up her fist, and knock on her head a couple of times. What do you make of that? Before that, I was standing next to a guy in the subway having a conversation with...himself. That's when you take a couple of steps back from the tracks my friends. Remind me not to leave my apartment anymore.

That's all I know. You can be whatever you want to be, just be real.

All my best,

Bob

Well, I just had an interesting thought; Why can't today be Thanksgiving? Why do we HAVE to have it in November? I have my birthday in October and Christmas in December, a November Thanksgiving doesn't fit in well with my life. And while you're signing your petitions to get that changed, how about this; No More Daylight Savings Time!

I'm watching the Emmy Awards right now, why are they honoring The Wizard of Oz's Wicked Witch? That's a movie, right? Oh wait, sorry, that's just Joan Collins. (Meow!) Oh, just kidding, I hope I look that good when I'm 95.

Not a lot to say today...checkout this cool photo my friend Jay sent me:

[L to R]: Roy Scheider, Jay and
Steven Spielberg

That's pretty sweet! See, you can meet your idols:

Ha ha.
(file photo, '01)

Did you happen to catch Guiding Light on Friday? Thanks to Mark G for this photo:

Bob on GL

I was in the Hamptons for this three-day weekend (had Friday off due to Emmy awards, I didn't go)...it rained everyday! BUT, that hardly mattered as I was with my lovely lady friend, Cara. Before Cara switched jobs, she worked at a radio station as a DJ. On her last day she mentioned my name on the air! Listen:

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

HA HA, ISN'T THAT COOL?! Oh, yeah.

That's it!

Best,

Bob

Happy News:

Guiding Light press release:

"Bob Borden, of The Late Show with David Letterman, appears as a deliveryman on Friday, August 25."

-- That's TODAY people! Check your local listings.

Sad news:



Have a great weekend!

Best,

Bob

The best part of my day yesterday was my night. I met my lovely lady friend for dinner, her name is Cara.

I've always been careful about not talking about my dating life because I never wanted to jinx anything but, what the hell, ha ha.

Dinner was good, life is great!

Have a good day.

Best,

Bob

I got my haircut yesterday morning. I don't have a photo to share because I just took a shower and I haven't put in my many hair products, ha ha. Besides that, you can't really tell anyway, ha ha.

I'm flipping the old dial around and stopped on Rock Star: Supernova...The best performer on that show is the audience, they actually seem like they're enjoying themselves. (Meow!)

Yesterday morning, I'm applying the old deodorant (roll on) and I have just enough to finish the job. So, I get off the bus last night, happen to remember this and I head over to the A & P. It's out of my way but you really NEED deodorant. I get there and they don't have it. They have my brand but only in the "powder fresh" scent, I'm an unscented man. I put my head down and walked out of the store. I could have called it a night and used my back up deodorant but I decide to try another store. Shop Rite is REALLY out of my way, so I walk and walk and walk and walk. I get there around 9:30, the only people shopping that late on a Tuesday all seem to have neck tattoos, ha ha. I'm in the deodorant aisle, look down and they're out too! What is this a deodorant conspiracy?! I really couldn't believe it, I was in shock. But again, I sucked it up and decided to try another brand. If I get through today and tonight, I'll be a happy man.

That's all I know. Have a great day.

Best,

Bob

I was listening to Jack FM while getting ready for work yesterday and Men Without Hats' Safety Dance came on. How's that for a coincidence (I was talking about that song last week)?! Oh, life.

Have you noticed the latest addition to bobborden.com? Its been up for about a week and only one person sent an e-mail about it. Still don't see it? Check out the tiny pair of eyeglasses to the left of my URL (bobborden.com).


sweet!

The nerd in me LOVES that! Thanks to George (my brother) for hooking me up with the code to make that happen. It's the little things.

I was at work yesterday for what seemed like forever. It wasn't a bad day but it wasn't great either. When I punched the timeclock, I wanted out so badly, that I didn't even use the men's room before I left and yes, I did have to go (just #1, ha ha), ha ha. The way I looked at it, I'd just rather go home and use the men's room in peace. Too much information?

My goal today is to get a haircut before work. I think I can make that happen. Yeah, I'm gonna do it!

That's it! Have a great day.

Best,

Bob

This was the quickest weekend, EVER!

Not sure what to talk about today, between my laundry and going to the A & P, I didn't get a whole heck of a lot done.

My mind's playing tricks on me:

I had thoughts about quitting my website again. I've been doing this so long (almost 6 years), I forgot what the point is -- but it was so odd not to write down my dumb thoughts (when I took some time off at the top of '06), so on it goes.

I also thought about buying a pickup truck. I don't know how or why I got this thought in my head because a pickup truck, for my needs, is the last thing I need. I might as well look into buying a tank.

Huh?

So, this pickup-truck thought is chased out of my mind because I already have the perfect car for my needs, the Civic of love.

Things aren't going to make me happy anyway, time to wise up!

The one thing I can control is the length of my hair. Sunday night I walked up to "main street" to have a salad for dinner and take advantage of the a/c before getting a haircut...nothing more gross that sweating on the person trying to cut your wig. I have the salad, buy a record at Tunes (Joe Jackson's Look Sharp! $5.99), walk to Supercuts and they closed at 6pm...it was 8pm, damn.

Please feel free to file that under THE MOST BORING STORY EVER!

I'm having thoughts about quitting this website again, ha ha!

Looking back on this weekend, this is just what I needed. I had such a bad sleeping week last week. The sofa won every night. I'd wake up at 5:30am, go to bed and then wake up too late. I was almost late for work every day, it was awful. Even on Friday, when I don't have to be in until 10:30, I did the same damn thing! The worst.

I'm all over the place today, I'm tired of talking. That's it.

Have a great week and, if you happen to be starting a new job today, have a great day!

Best,

Bob

I have to break the chain of crashing on my sofa...I don't think I made it to my bed once this week. Blah blah blah.

I have to give a big shoutout to Mark G (Message board), I got a big box of Moonpies in the mail! I love free stuff!


Thanks Mark G!

Now I need someone to send a 32 inch (or bigger) LCD TV! Come on, the prices are going down! Ah, damn.

Random photo

Time for a new feature to bobborden.com, I call it, Bob Answers His E-mail On His Website. Today's reply is to an e-mail I received from my friend Carl (UK). Here we go:

-- Hey Carl,

Yeah, it has been a while, not sure if that's my fault or yours...probably just life.

To answer your question, Gnarls Barkley was playing with producer Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) and rapper/singer Cee-Lo (Thomas Callaway). The showbiz names of today sure are confusing.

Things are going great with me, having the time of my life. How are things with you?

Have a good one, I hope your corn flakes were good this morning, ha ha.

Later,

Bob --

That was Bob Answers His E-mail On His Website -- tell your friends.

Have a great weekend!

Best,

Bob

I have known about YouTube for a while now and never really checked it out because it just seemed dumb to watch bad quality stuff from crazy people. But then I did a few searches on bands and was very happy with what I saw; Van Halen/Motley Crue at the US Festival, GNR at the Ritz...it was like a trip to the Museum of Television & Radio without a membership. The future is now. Neat.

I was sitting around the other night with some friends and we got to talking about music. I mentioned that I've been having trouble finding Men Without Hats' Safety Dance...it's not on itunes. A few hours later, I check my e-mail and Dan sent me the song! How sweet is that?! The song is SO good too! For that thoughtful act I've decided to name Dan Fetter BobBorden.com's Person of the Week!


BobBorden.com's Person of the Week.
Way to go Dan!
(file photo)

This next story doesn't really have a great payoff, well, it doesn't have a payoff at all...it's more like a fly on the wall story. I was sitting in a local eatery enjoying a lovely salad last week and I saw an employee that was leaving work. He walked out from behind the counter, put his bag on the table, took out 3 big, empty bottles. Then, he filled them up with soda and left. So what do you make of that? He didn't do it on the sly, so is it their policy to let the workers take home that much soda? I wanted to tell the manager but didn't really feel like being THAT GUY on that particular day. I never really had a job so I don't know how the food industry works. Is that normal?

That's all I know.

Be real --

Bob

You want to get the blood flowing, kick a little Welcome to the Jungle in your headphones -- still so good! It's like a sonic Q-tip*, wow, that's a cool name for a band (*copyright bobborden.com).

I was taking the escalator in the Port Authority last night, I look over at the staircase and see a guy on the ground picking up papers and his cell phone. I felt bad for the guy and wished I could help him. Seconds after that thought he picks up the cell phone and yells to someone that's on the line, "You always call at the worst f#&king times! I just dropped all my s$%t!" Ha ha ha, like it's the caller's fault that this turd doesn't know how to answer the phone! People are great until you get to know them* (*copyright bobborden.com, hey, I like the sound of that too, ha ha).

You know what I did on vacation? I bought one of those cool Razor cell phones.


Bob's new
phone

Was my old phone broken? No. Did I really need this? No. So why did I do it? Well, I got my last "free" phone three months before my cell phone provider got the razor. My old phone was clunky, it felt like I was holding a shoe box next to my head. My next "free" phone is about a year away...I just said to myself, why wait?! Live for today! I bought a used one (ebay) for $177 and, I sold my old one for $50 on Ebay! Pretty good deal if you ask me. I love it. I'm not a cell phone guy either but there's something about it that's cool. Cool is good.

You know what look I'm getting sick of? The rich girl wearing the cowboy hat. I saw this a lot in the Hamptons. I happened to think of it on the walk through the Port Authority because I saw a guy that was going for the Amish look. You thought the rich girl cowboy hat was bad, wait 'til you see this Amish thing...it's like a walking nightmare. If you're lucky enough to be rich, just be rich -- save the cowboy hat for the hard-working folks driving cattle on the range.

That's it! Have a great day.

Best,

Bob

Late update today due to a computer glitch, all is well now, enjoy:

Oh, my sofa. Yes, I passed out last night and yes that means no diary today. I was so tired after a very busy first day back. What can you do?

My only thought at 5:30 AM is that there really doesn't need to be a 2-hour block of local news right now -- nothing's happened yet! They went to the traffic reporter twice in 15 minutes and guess what, everything's fine! They kept going to live shots of the turnpike and other local roads, no problems, no delays! This was my favorite live shot:


No traffic!

It's time for a traffic report, we're going to do it, traffic or no traffic! Ha ha.

6:01 AM...maybe I can go back to bed for an hour.

Be real --

Bob

Oh man, I feel like a kid whose summer break will only last for a few more hours. "SIGH!!!"

But I can't really complain as the last two weeks/summer have been the best times I've had in a long time. Part of that is due to the company of a lovely woman, part of that is due to quality time with my friends and part of that is due to trying new things.

I can't talk about the lovely woman due to the jinx factor but good Lord, if I could, I'd fill a thousand pages. I loved hanging with "Sally," Walter, Tom and Jay. We wined and dined in the Hamptons. We even had dinner with Roy Scheider (Jaws)...OK, he was at the NEXT table but still, ha ha. How long have I been telling you that the Hamptons is the playground to the rich and famous?!

Walter & "Sally" were kind enough to invite us to a day of boating last week. Words can't describe this kind of generosity...

Walter
Insert [top to bottom]: Tom, Jay

In an effort to keep trying new things, I got on a tube! Here's my whole tubing history:

1. Calm before the storm.
2. I'm doing it!
3. Damn.

As long as it took to take those photos is how long I lasted on that tube, ha ha! I was going to get back on but my arms had nothing else to give. Fun, fun, fun! Thanks again to "Sally" & Walter!

I did that 3 days ago and I'm still sore! That and the choppy water did me in. Turns out, choppy water is not a boat's friend.

That's enough for the first day back. I leave you today with GREAT news, my friends Kipley and Karin had a son!

[L to R]: Karin, August, and Kipley

Congratulations!!!

Best,

Bob

I just got back from Atlantic City! Walter and I drove down there last night. I'll save you all the boring gambling stories...I left down but that's only because I made a couple of "get-rich-quick" bets, or as my brother would say, sucker bets. Win big, lose big...that's how I'm wired. Anyway, Walter and I got down there around 10 PM, we called ahead to save our room but of course, that didn't matter and by the time we got there, they only had rooms with one bed. Now don't get me wrong, I love Walter but I don't want to share a bed with the guy, ha ha. With no choice, we went to the room only to find that it wasn't made up...honestly, Walter thought it may have been a crime scene. This VERY SAME thing happened to us a few months back at the same hotel (Sands). They run a tight ship, ha ha!

We get to the right room and it's not much better, it was in the old wing of the hotel...it looked and felt like a crack den. Walter pulled open a drawer and found this:

Someone else's clothes!

Fing gross! There was a bra, some socks, an odd hat and a sweater. Never again.

Here's a photo of the bed I shared with another man:

Speechless

So, there you go.

Have a great weekend!

Best,

Bob

A day later and a day wiser...OKAY, it's hot!

I'm interrupting my vacation to bring you this special HEAT ADVISORY UPDATE!!!

I have to say, it's not THAT bad. I mean, it's hot, you're going to sweat if you go for a walk but overall, eh.

In other news, I've been enjoying the Asian Sesame Chicken Salad at Panera's Bread Company. Mmmmmmm, simply lovely.

Keepin' it real,

Bob