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2-28-2002
Hello! I'm going to start things off today with a program note. This is the last Diary until March 11. I'm taking a week off to catch up on my stories. Are Luke and Laura really back together? Anyway, I'm having a blast redesigning my site with Walter. I think up something, he tells me that's not such a great idea and then I think of something else, ha ha. It's going better than that. I'm still on the "drawing on paper" stage. I really like the design/planning of it, it fits well with my meticulous nature. Yesterday I wrote about the billboard across the street from me, for The Majestic. Let's take a look to see if it's still there today:
Damn you Majestic!!! They love advertising for The Majestic!!!! That's a huge billboard too. Hollywood has money to burn. HOLLYWOOD!!!!! Exciting day at work yesterday, why you ask? Because of this:
"I got my Do-si-dos! I got my Do-si-dos!!!!" If you heard me yell that ten feet away, you heard it from a mile! Does that make sense? Oh well. I ran into my friend Cara on the bus last night. That's always a pleasant surprise to see someone you know on the bus. We live close to each other and we walked each other home. Man it was freezing! Tuesday it was 50 and yesterday it was snowing, crazy.
Once again, I'd like to squeeze a little time away from myself and share the love. Former Late Show writer, Jill Davis, has a new book out -- Girls' Poker Night. Jill's good people, she's funny and she wrote a darn good book. Still not convinced? Checkout her website, www.JillDavis.com.
Yesterday, I'm sitting at my desk, working on the "Johnson file" and my Instant Message pops up. Here's the message:
Walter: dude, my Pumas are in Newark!
Ha ha ha!!! I thought that was the funniest thing! At one time or another, we've all had our Pumas in Newark, am I right people?! I tried to watch The Grammy Awards last night but popular music has just passed me by and kicked me in the butt. I still love Stairway to Heaven and The Rain Song by Led Zeppelin. If that's out then I never want to be in. Can I get a witness?! Straight up, I'm stuck on an island and I make a CD player out of coconuts (it's powered by a waterfall by the way) -- All I need is one CD with Stairway to Heaven and I'm a happy man. People always ask me about my cats and I never got around to updating my "Bob's Cats" section. So, here's two new photos of my cats:
 
Billy and Evelyn, they're all good. OK, that's it! Have a great week, see you on March 11. God Bless America. Good Luck Carter and Craig!
2-27-2002
Man, I can't believe it's Wednesday already! The week is flying by and that's good! I took a few pictures at work yesterday. So, I thought it would be a good idea to have a show and tell today. Here's the first picture:
When they put this up across the street from my office back in early December, I liked it. It has a nostalgic feel to it. However, it's now the end of February, the film was a flop back on December 22 when it opened and now I'm sick of this billboard! Billboard people, Majestic people, anybody, please get rid of this thing. This next photo is the heartbeat of the Late Show, that's right, my office:
Here's some things I wanted to show you in that photo:
1. My desk. I'm pointing this out because of the old adage, a cluttered desk, a cluttered mind. See what I'm saying? There's no clutter, my mind is dedicated to work and only work.
2. Shelf above my desk. I'm pointing this out because this is where the giant pickle was before crashing down on my body. Look at the height, I could have been hurt, really, really bad.
3. Bag. I'm pointing this out because that's my breakfast and I'm hungry, sorry, ha ha.
4. The phone. Deals are made and deals are broken on this phone. With this phone, I can reach anyone in the world -- IN THE WORLD!
This last photo isn't that great but the sunset was such a beautiful hue, I had to share it with you:
That's calming, isn't it? I didn't do anything last night. OK, that's it. Have a great day. God Bless America.
2-26-2002
I have a lot on my mind today. I'm in the planning stages of a 100% redesign of this website. I know I've said that in the past but this time's for real. I have some cool things in my mind for this place. I like the thinking process. I think up all these crazy things and Walter tells me if it's possible. Most of the time he just says, "Let me guess, you want the head to spin?" Ha ha! Hey, that was kind of a new character, Imaginary Walter. Maybe that's something for my new site? Maybe not. I was so excited yesterday, my bowling book arrived! I'm am going to learn the ins and outs from bowling great, Dick Weber. This book is so cool -- it covers everything from ball selection to the mental game. I don't want to build this up too much as I've only been to the alley twice in two years but I have a feeling bowling is going to change my life. Check out this cool picture from the book:
(The picture in the book is just black ink, I added all the other stuff.) That could be me! This book isn't for pushovers either, check out these crazy diagrams:
My math homework wasn't that complicated -- And I'm talking about college math people! Am I right people? Can I get an Amen? "Amen!" Thank you! I can't wait to get to a lane to try out this new stuff. Speaking of Amen, I was buying some lottery tickets last night, the lotto guy handed me the tickets and said, "God bless you, buddy." I thought to myself, well, that's just about the nicest thing you can say to someone. I was so touched, I said to him, "God bless you too, brother." I like little moments like that. That's what it's all about. I didn't do anything last night. Sometimes the best thing to do is absolutely nothing. And on that note -- Have a good one. God Bless America.
2-25-2002
Hi. I started the old weekend off Friday night. Walter and myself went back to his place on the spur of the moment. The plan was to play video games and have pizza. It sounds lame but when you get right down to it, that's all I really want to do. On the way there I spotted a huge dumpster full of books. They were in perfect condition, except for being in a dumpster, ha ha. Walter and I looked at each other and did the only thing we could do, rolled up our sleeves and started digging. From the books I was uncovering, I kind of get the feeling that an "alternative" book store went out of business. "Alternative" meaning: there seemed to be a lot of books about young men, discovering things -- mostly about each other, ha ha. By the time we left, hordes of people were picking over our discovery. I walked away with a book by Gong Show legend, Chuck Barris and Walter walked away with a big stack of albums. He said he's going to lock himself in a room and become the next Moby. Saturday, I cleaned my apartment. I mean I really cleaned it! I like having a place for everything and everything in its place. Good feeling. I talked on the phone a little bit and then drove to Nutley to do my laundry. Here's a photo of my clothes in the dryer:
I took another photo in the parking lot. I was trying to be creative but it looks more like the Rain Man stole my camera and snapped a quick one.
I like that picture, it calms me. Sunday, I met up with my friend Sandi. We decided to go on an adventure, first stop, Ihop, ha ha. Ihop, let me tell you, they know what the heck they're doing. From there, we kept driving and saw a sign for a place called The Rowe-Manse Emporium -- A Specialty Department Store. I was thinking to myself that it was going to be one of those crazy sex places, you know, like they show on HBO every other hour. We both agreed it would be fun to explore and see how the other half lives. It turned out to be some cheap five and dime store. It was the weirdest store I've ever been in. There was a display of singing James Brown dolls, a candy section, a suit section, a glass section -- even a snow sled section. The snow sleds were behind glass. Why? What is this place and why is it called the Rowe-Manse Emporium? We were both thrown for a loop. That was the end of the adventure. Because, where can you go from there? Here's a picture that Sandi took outside the place:
We went home after that. I got some dinner, watched some TV and that was that. What a beautiful weekend. It was around 50 degrees, right where I like it. Rowe-Manse Emporium. I think I figured it out -- "Rowe" and "Manse" must be two different people. I call that false advertising! That would make for quite the trial. "Your Honor, I wanted to go to a crazy sex shop -- I feel that I was mislead by the department store's name: Rowe-Manse Emporium." Here's another thing, who calls their store an "Emporium"? That's a horrible name! "Macy's Emporium" Does that sound good, I ask you, does it?! The whole thing just stinks! OK, that's enough for a Monday. Have a good one. God Bless America.
2-22-2002
I'm not sure how to tell this story. It's almost one of those "had to be there" type things. But it's so good, I at least have to give it a shot. I'm sitting at my desk yesterday, working, minding my own business. All of the sudden, "CRASH!" Something falls on me and hits the side of my body and slams into my desk! And it hit hard! I have a shelf above my desk where I have on display among other things, a car bumper, a guitar case and a giant pickle. It was the last item on that list that did the damage. It made such a loud noise that 5 people ran into my office to see what happened. I was in shock and said, "My giant pickle just hit me in the fu**ing head!" I got the giant pickle a few years ago. I think the pickle council sent them to people to promote, well, pickles. Here's a photo of the pickle that almost did me in:
I'm not sure what it is but life seems a little sweeter now. The giant pickle could have really hurt me but it didn't. Here's something new to BobBorden.com, I call it Bob's Throw Away Comments, here it goes: Man, this weather is crazy, it's like 60 degrees out there. Thank you, thank you very much. Last night I met up with my friends, Sandi, Bob and Alex. I just stopped by to say hello and to talk. Sandi was nice enough to compliment me on my jacket. That made me feel 20 feet tall. I only stayed there for a drink because I was starting to get hot. I left my jacket on because the T-shirt I was wearing didn't look so great -- plus, I had kind of "a look" going on. That's very rare for me to have "a look." So, I had to stick with it come hell or high water. Bob snapped a quick photo on my way out and was kind enough to send it to me.
Thanks Bob! I like that photo! That's me last night, in a bar talking to Sandi and Alex -- two lovely ladies, if I may say that. I felt like I was hip and making the scene. I got home and thought that there was no way that Bob would have the time to send me that photo before today's diary. So, I recreated the photo minus the ladies. This falls under the category of photos I shouldn't show:
Man oh man, I'm just not right, ha ha. OK, that's it for another week in the life of me, Bob. Thanks for checking out my site, thanks for telling your friends about my site and thanks for making this site the number one site on the Internet -- NUMBER 1!!!! God Bless America.
2-21-2002
Hello! I don't mind telling you that I've been crazy busy at work this week. And you know what that means -- when Bobby works hard, Bobby plays hard! So, last night, I went home. "Booooo!" Sorry. Yesterday's Random Photo of the Day, a Vanilla Ice doll, that's mine -- I received it as a Christmas gift this year. That photo got me thinking. And that brain storming session, with myself, led to me checking out eBay. And an hour and 6 minutes later, it led to the purchase of an MC Hammer doll. I'm not sure if Buyer's Remorse is the proper (get it, "proper") term for how I feel right now. Sometimes I feel like I'm a highly functioning idiot. I earn money but have no concept on how to use it. I just felt like Ice needed a companion. And who better to spend doll eternity with than fellow early 90's rap icon, MC Hammer? "Please Hammer don't hurt 'em" I was doing my job yesterday and doing it well but in the back of my head, I was thinking, "Damn, I wonder how much time is left in that MC Hammer doll auction?" Now I'm thinking about the Master P doll! I'm going to end up in the Toys 'R Us this weekend asking the clerk, you got anymore Master P dolls in stock? I'll have detailed photos when I get the doll. "You can't touch this!"
I was on the phone last night. First to my Mom, second to my friend Jocelyn, and third to my friend Sandi. I asked Sandi to name anything in my apartment and I'll take a photo of it for my diary -- she hasn't been to my crib yet -- "YET," am I right fellas? Sorry. Anyway, she said either the fridge or the medicine cabinet. Great suggestions but I can tell you what's in there and it's pretty boring. In the fridge I have water and beer and in the medicine cabinet I have gauze and dental floss -- A lot of floss. So, I decided to take a photo of me, talking on the phone to Sandi:
Oh, Sweet Georgia Brown! I am a highly functioning idiot!!! Why am I wearing a shirt with a tractor on it? Did I just say Sweet Georgia Brown? Where did that come from? I don't even know what that means? This diary has left me with more questions than answers. I want to end today's diary by giving another shout out to Jill Davis' new book, Girls' Poker Night. You can read about the book and about Jill on Jill's new website -- WWW.JillDavis.COM -- tell your friends. God Bless America. "STOP, HAMMER TIME!"
2-20-2002
Hello!!!!! I'm going to start off today's diary by telling you what Walter (Walter - loyal friend and webmaster.) instant messaged me last night.
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Walter: Go home, take some pictures of your apartment and then throw your camera into the Hudson River.
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And before I could say, "No he just did not!", he signed off. So, Walter, I'm calling you out my friend, what up?
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Walter: Dude, chill, it was just a joke.
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Oh, OK. I'm talking to my friend, Jay, yesterday and he told me a story. I liked it so much I asked him if he wouldn't mind sharing it with everyone. Here's Jay:
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Hi. I was walking on the Upper West Side the other night and was standing at a corner where 2 guys were saying goodnight to each other. One says, "Congrats on the new computer" and the other says "Congrats on the new tattoo." That's all I heard but it just seemed odd.
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Thanks Jay! I enjoyed that story. I don't have any ideas for photos today. I kind of used up all my creativity on the taste test thing yesterday, ha ha. So, here's a new feature to BobBorden.com -- I call it, Random Photo of the Day. Here it is:
And that's the Random Photo of the Day!!! "Boooooo, you suck Borden!" You don't know me, you don't know anything!!! I had the perfect evening last night. I got home, took a shower. put in a movie, grabbed a cold one and headed off to relaxation land. I like relaxation land. I like it a lot. That's about it for today. It's hump day -- be careful out there. That didn't make any sense. "You're damn right it didn't make any sense, you still suck!" LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!!! Have a good day. God Bless America.
2-19-2002
Hello or should I say welcome back. The rest of the world had President's Day off while I had the BobBorden.com staff working overtime, ha ha. Seriously, it was lonely in here. I'm writing this like I'm in the webpage, you know, like Tron. Maybe I am inside my webpage? AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!! HELP!!!!!!!!! Internet Acting, thank you, thank you very much. First up today, I need to take care of some business.
Last week I told you about former Late Show writer, Jill Davis. She's coming out with a book today and I just want you to think about that the next time you're in the checkout line buying some crap novel by some pompus jerk! Jill's the real deal! Jill Davis, Girls' Poker Night. Say it with me, "Jill Davis, Girls' Poker Night." Again, "Jill Davis, Girls' Poker Night." COME ON, I CAN'T HEAR YOU, "Jill Davis, Girls' Poker Night!" OK, that's better. She's funny, you know the book will be great -- just do yourself a favor and buy it. OK. As I mentioned earlier, I spent President's Day at work. I don't have a whole lot that's new. I was tired at work yesterday. My sleep patterns got messed up this weekend, I guess, I'm no doctor. Last night, I stopped off at the old 24 hour cigar store to pick up some lotto tickets. While I was there, I purchased a soda, Mountain Dew Code Red. It's a cherry soda. Mmmm, I like cherry soda. So, since this is a new soda and the first time I've tried it, I decided to do a taste test. This is a BobBorden.com exclusive!!!! Here are the challengers:
Swill vs. Mountain Dew Code Red, who will emerge victorious? Which beverage will I enjoy more -- The common garden variety Swill or cherry Code Red? Let's take a look:
 
Ugh, they're both equally awful! Swill has a hard to describe aftertaste. And Code Red has a harsh taste of lighter fluid followed by an aftertaste of rotten fruit. I could also imagine that if you were to lick the pole in a subway train, Code Red would come to mind. Swill vs. Mountain Dew Code Red....the winner:
It's a tie. There are no winners in this taste test. Why did I buy Mountain Dew? WHY?????!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tomorrow's test: Swill vs. Hawaiian Punch. That's it! God Bless America.
2-18-2002
Happy President's Day!! I hope you had a lovely weekend. I watched a movie Friday night -- Full Metal Jacket. Good, good movie. Saturday, I didn't get out of bed until 12:30! That's late for me as I like to get a jump on the day. I fumbled around and then headed off to Nutley to do my laundry. I got back to Hoboken, picked up some pizza and watched Pink Floyd's The Wall. That's a great movie. Very trippy. I set my alarm clock for 6:20. I was going to get up and checkout the sunrise. I never made it. 6:20 came and I couldn't muster up the strength to get up. I got up at 10. I'd made plans to spend the day with my friend Cara. Cara and I went to the same college, Kent State University but we graduated at different times. I'm a little older than she is. We met a few years back and for one reason or the other we haven't really hung out. Cara wanted to go to Montclair, NJ because this antique store that used to be in Hoboken moved there. I looked on the computer to find Montclair and it looked simple enough to get there. It's only 12.9 miles away from Hoboken. Anyway, 68 miles later, we finally found it! I'm not that good at directions. I couldn't talk because I was so starving. My blood sugar must have been low. Here's Cara in front of the Chinese place we ate in:
She's good people. We were both at fault for not being able to find Montclair. She had a postcard with directions that she didn't bring. And I wouldn't stop and ask for directions. That's not part of the adventure, ha ha. It's a nice little town. Here's a photo Cara took of me standing in front of a movie theater eating popcorn.
We didn't see a movie but the smell of the popcorn was so irresistible, I had to get some. Mmmmmmmm, popcorn. We drove back to Hoboken after that and went our sperate ways. It only took 12.9 miles to get back, ha ha! I picked up some dinner and watched Fast Times at Ridgemont High. A lovely weekend, if I do say so myself. That's it. Have a great day. God Bless America!
2-15-2002
I'm not sure what happened but by the time I started to head home last night, the thought of a womanless Valentine's Day brought me down. The streets were lined with couples. This one had a balloon, that one had a flower, this couple were kissing, that couple were holding hands. Too much for me! I started thinking -- it won't be that bad. You've been gone all day, you come home, check your messages, return a few phone calls, go to bed, big deal, who cares. This is how my answering machine greeted me:
Zip, zero, nothing. My mom didn't even call! I was down but not out. For you see, what I didn't tell you was that on my way home, I made a kit to help me get through the night:
I had it all in front of me: A Hall and Oates CD, Pringles and War-Games!!! Man, what a night! What a night. Yep. AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! Is this it Lord? Internet Acting, thank you, thank you very much. OK, that's it -- Have a great weekend! What are you doing this weekend? Let me know on my message board. God Bless America. "Shall we play a game?" Man, that's a good movie!
2-14-2002
Happy Valentine's Day! The nice thing about keeping a diary is revisiting your past. Before I started today's diary, I looked at what was going on a year ago. Can you say bitter? Things are pretty much the same as last year -- meaning - I still don't have a woman in my life. I don't really mind this year. It'd be nice to be with someone but it just isn't in the cards for me right now. I'm perfectly content being single. Heck, I'm only 32. I don't really feel like life has started rolling for me yet. I'm happy, I really am. I'm cool with my single life. OH SWEET LORD, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE -- SEND ME A WOMAN!!!! I'm losing my mind, Lord!!! I'm not content, I was just trying to be suave. Lord, I'm sorry Lord! I'm not suave! Lord? LORD!!!!!!!!!!! Oh I'm just having fun. So, I'm stuck in traffic for the past three mornings. Tuesday I was sitting for an hour and a half! They shut down the bus station because some idiot said his cell phone was a bomb. I keep this little book in my bag for such an emergency -- The Basics of Blackjack. It's really a handy book to have. It tells you when to hit and when to stand, it has charts and everything. I like to refresh myself on the basics every now and then, you never know when a game will pop up. Here's a passage I enjoyed from The Basics of Blackjack--
"The ace-6, the soft 17, will never be stood upon. It will either be hit, or doubled down. When you see a player standing with a soft 17, you'll know he's very weak, and a loser."
Ha ha, this author doesn't mince words. I'd like to read a weight-loss book written by this guy -- "Hey fat ass, put down the doughnut and back it up on the treadmill."
On my way home last night I stopped of at the old 24 hour cigar store. I picked up some Valentine's Day scratch-off tickets. The hope is that while I'm unlucky in love, I'll be lucky in -- the lotto? Booooooo, anyway, I bought 2 Valentine's Kisses tickets:
OK, I'm going to scratch them off. Oh man, I'm so excited! This is my chance to pick up a cool $50,000! Good-bye hard road, hello easy street! Here I go:
Damn!!! LOTTO!!!!! Seriously, if you're a single woman in the tri-state area, do yourself a favor and drop me a line. Did that seem desperate? I DON'T CARE!!! Ha ha. That's it. Love the one you're with. God Bless America.
2-13-2002
Man! I wrote my whole diary for today and then my computer crashed!!!! I lost everything. EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, maybe just the diary. AAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! That was solid gold, I'll never be able to repeat it, never! AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! OK. I watched some of the Olympics last night. I've never watched them before. I enjoyed it. The human drama, the competition and the athletes. I couldn't help thinking, do these people have jobs? I guess the job is just to practice, practice, practice. Still, a pretty sweet deal. You get to work at something you love. I'd like to think that's the case anyway. I wish bowling was an Olympic sport. I'm on a bowling jones right now. I'm looking at bowling balls online. And I just know I'm going to find a little out of the way alley this weekend and just bowl my guts out. I don't see why snowboarding is an Olympic event and bowling isn't. My guess and it's only a guess, is that the snowboarding people have a great lobbying group in their corner. Meanwhile, the bowlers have -- nightbowling?
DAMN SNOWBOARDING LOBBY GROUP!!!!!! AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! Internet Acting, thank you, thank you very much. I listened to Stairway to Heaven about 15 times at work yesterday. That's a sweet tune. On the total other end of the spectrum, I've also been listening to Hall and Oates. They have some great songs. I'm going to go out on a limb, they were the best group of the 80's -- with the exception of Motley Crue, of course. I don't know anything about music, I just know what I like. I haven't bought a new record in what seems like months. Are you listening Hollywood? HOLLYWOOD!!!!!! OK, I don't know what that means either. It's just fun to yell at Hollywood sometimes, you know they're doing something wrong. HOLLYWOOD!!!!!!! The Oscar noms (nominations) came out yesterday. I think it's safe to say that it was a bad year for movies. I saw almost every film nominated and while they're OK -- there's not an E.T. among them, ya know what I'm saying? OH, I'm exhausted. That's it. God Bless America.
2-12-2002
Hello. I hope you enjoyed my photo diary yesterday. I enjoyed putting it together. I was walking home last night and I started thinking what can I do for tomorrow? The answer was in my mailbox.
I got a postcard announcing the release of Jill A. Davis' first novel, Girls' Poker Night. "Who's Jill?" You're probably saying to yourself. She was a writer for Late Show not so long ago. I'm a big fan for three reasons -- She's a nice person, she's very funny and she was the first writer to put me in a remote -- back in 1995. "Dave finds Bob a Date". Man, I remember that like it was yesterday. I didn't find a date but because the remote went well, I was able to do a lot of cool on-camera things. Congratulations, Jill! Girls' Poker Night is coming out on the 19th -- Pre-order your copy today and tell your friends, I am! -- CLICK THIS.
Other than playing the lotto last night and that it's cold out, that's all I got. Man, if I got my hands on some of that lotto money, things sure would be sweet! I'd have a shrimp cocktail everynight! EVERYNIGHT! Have a great day. God Bless America.
2-11-2002
My weekend got off to a great start on Friday night. We went out to dinner and then went bowling to celebrate Walter's birthday. The restaurant we went to, Duke's, was cool. They brought us beer in a bucket. Mmmmmmmm, beer in a bucket. After Walter inspected the balls --
The seven of us took to the lanes. It was that crazy night bowling, with all the crazy black lights. It wasn't that bad but it did take some getting used to. I didn't play so great. The combination of the crazy lights and beer don't make for great bowling. I hate using the balls in the alley. They're all dented and messed up. I'm looking into getting my own bowling ball as we speak. Custom drilled. Sure, I'll probably only use it twice a year but that's twice as many times that my game will be great. Here's a group shot, excluding me as I took the photo --
From left to right: Jay, Paul, "Sally," Walter, Colleen and Chris. I had a few strikes and a few gutter balls but that's life. We had a great time! Thanks Walter! Saturday, I woke up and listened to Hall and Oates' Greatest Hits. Great stuff! After that I went to IHOP (International House of Pancakes) I went with Sandi and Bob Bowdon. Here's a photo of Bob and me-- Sandi took the photo.
That's what I look like after a night of bowling and drinking, not to mention an Ihop "breakfast" -- We ate at 1:30, ha ha. We had a good time just chatting and enjoying each other's company. Sandi and Bob are good people. I got home and headed out to Nutley to do my laundry. I hit it perfectly, there was no one in there. Just me and the machines.
The nice laundry lady took my picture. I asked her if I could take her photo but she wasn't into it. I got back home, had some soup and called it a night. Sunday I woke up and went to the A & P. I got back home and said to myself, time for an adventure. I called up Walter and "Sally" and said let's do something. Walter said we should drive up to Nyack, New York and that's what we did. It's a nice little town. And it looks like they have some great shows coming into town.
We had a great lunch at this cool Mexican Restaurant. I forget what they're called but I ordered the stuff that you put together. It was good!
We stopped off at this crazy mall on the way home. Crazy because it was just so big. Four floors, stores and people everywhere, oh the people! I couldn't wait to get out of there. I took this photo while I was driving on the way back, I like it.
I dropped off Walter and "Sally" at the Path station and drove home. I didn't do much after that, just talked on the phone and watched TV. Life is good. And that, as they say, was that. That's enough for today. I hope you enjoyed this photo recount of my weekend. Let me know on my message board. Have a great day. God Bless America. I almost forgot, I'd like to leave you with a photo that Walter took -- it's a picture of his favorite subject, himself.
2-8-2002
OK, you asked for it, you got it! I hope you enjoy today's diary today because you helped write it. You ask the questions, I answer. Let's get started. Please excuse the spelling.
Q) What prompted you to buy orange socks?
A) I went through a phase a few years back where I just loved color. I bought red and orange socks. I wore them proudly and then after a few months, I felt like I looked like a dork. I wore them a few weeks ago on a lark.
Q) What are your hours at work?
A) 9:30 to 7
Q) Do you work 5 days a week?
A) Yes.
Q) Do you ever post on the weekends?
A) No, not as a rule. However, I do check in and see what's going on. Most of the time, nothing's going on during the weekends.
Q) Do you like corn?
A) Yes.
Q) What's your favorite food?
A) You can't go wrong with a good steak. Mmmmmm, steak.
Q) What is the difference between scattered showers and isolated showers?
A) I'm not sure. I'd guess that scattered showers are showers that happen in the area but not everywhere in that area. And I'd say that isolated showers occur everywhere but only one location. I don't know?
Q) What was the first record you ever purchased?
A) The first record I remember buying is Blonde. I also remember buying the Pac-Man Fever record. I was never much for buying 45's -- it was all or nothing, ha ha.
Q) What would you buy if you were 10 years old and someone gave you $5?
A) I probably would have saved it. I was good at holding on to my funds back in the day.
Q) What do you do at Late Show and how did you get there from Ohio?
A) I'm a writer's assistant. I help the writers with anything they may need. That could mean anything depending on the day. Yesterday I had to track down Expos footage -- not as easy as it sounds. I applied for an internship. That's how I got here -- Many, many years ago.
Q) What do you think of the people that visit you web site and do you find it creepy that people all over the world take an interest in your life?
A) I just think they're people working the old 9 to 5 and load this up to take a break. I don't find it creepy at all that people check this site out. We're all in the public eye in one way or the other. I'm just taking it to the extreme.
Q) Who is your favorite author?
A) I'm not what you'd call a book person. The last book I read was Motley Crue's The Dirt. If there's a subject I find interesting like Motley Crue, I find that I can't put it down. Those kinds of books seem to be few and far between, for me at least.
Q) How much does it cost to do your laundry? Do you separate the whites and delicates?
A) It costs $1.50 for a regular machine and $3.50 for one of those big, 3 load machines. I usually dump all my colors in the big machine and the whites in the small machine. I don't think I have any delicates.
Q) Do you see celebrities walking around New York?
A) Yes, someone always seems to have had a celebrity sighting. On Monday in fact, I reported that my webmaster, Walter, saw Bjork. BJORK!!!!!
Q) What's the best park you've ever been to?
A) We went to Maine one year on vacation. There's a national park up north, can't think of the name. They have this huge mountain. It was very cold/windy. I liked that.
Q) What are your top pop culture picks for 2001?
A) 2001 seems so long ago already. I honestly don't have an answer. There's pop culture and then there's what I do. I listen to heavy metal music from the 80's as a hobby.
Q) What is the meaning of life?
A) Wow, we went from how much is my laundry to this? Heavy. I think the meaning of life is love. How we love our familles, spouses and just people in general. Love.
Wow, a lot of good questions this time. Thank you. I want to send out a big, big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my friend Walter Kim! Happy Birthday dog! That's it! God Bless America.
2-7-2002
I'm all out of pictures. I need to starting taking photos of friends and Hoboken but I haven't had the time. I'm also waiting for a camera case to be delivered. I'd feel better taking my camera out in the real world if it were protected. I'm funny that way. When I was ordering the case I also bought Hall and Oates' Greatest Hits CD. I can't wait for that to get here. I have a song on my brain. That Behind the Music show is evil that way. I've been busy the last few weeks at work. I even missed lunch yesterday. I don't mind, anything for the cause. I talked to my Nephew Lucas last night. He liked my birthday gift but he didn't get to play it yet. I got him a SpongeBob SquarePants computer game. It got good reviews and looked interesting. I love buying for the kids! I have a nephew that turned 6 years old, man. I've had rashes that are six years old. After that comment, I'd like to say a special hello to all the ladies out there, Hello Ladies, ha ha. Oh I'm going to be single for the rest of my life. I'm going to do something new today. On Monday I played the lotto. I still haven't checked to see if I'm a winner. So, I'm going to do it online. Here are my numbers for the Pick 6, I played twice for $2:
01 - 11 - 34 - 37 - 38 - 48
05 - 10 - 25 - 36 - 42 - 47
The Lotto results: 1 - 5 - 13 - 18 - 25 - 31 Damn! Lost again! I would enjoy winning the lottery, that'd be a good thing. LOTTERY!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! Internet Acting, thank you, thank you very much. Tomorrow's diary is a Viewer's Choice diary. That means, you ask me a question on my message board today and I'll respond to it in my diary tomorrow. The last time I did that people seemed to enjoy it. Please, feel free to ask away! You know, I think I will put a photo in today. Here's a picture of my vacuum cleaner.
Why my vacuum cleaner? Because technology allows me to do it. God Bless America. And have a great day!
2-6-2002
I was sitting at home last night thinking of a photo for today's diary. I like the photos, it adds a new twist to things. After about five minutes, I exhausted all possibilities of taking photos with the cats, ha ha. Then it hit me, the answer was hanging on my wall. Check this out:
I painted this in the early 90's. I'm not kidding! Look at the use of shadows and texture. I was brilliant, in my own mind. I was in a college painting class and if I'm not mistaken, this is a famous painting. For the life of me, I can't remember who did it. The teacher was really cool. Very encouraging. Anyway, that was an odd time in my life. Still wasn't sure what path life would drive me down. I was still living at home, for heaven's sake! The grade I got in that class allowed me to transfer my credits and move up to the main branch of Kent State University -- I wasn't the best student. Everything was always just enough or just short. Thank God for TV! I'm not sure where I'm going with this. I'm just feeling nostalgic for some reason. Seriously, I did paint that. I should start painting again. It's really cold out there. Yesterday and today I felt like my head was frozen -- FROZEN! I was walking home last night and I saw some guy cutting his nails while he was walking. Could he have picked a worse time to do that? We talk everywhere on our cell phones. What's next, taking a dump on the street? Did I just write that? Wow. Walter, do you want to say anything in my diary today?
Walter: Nope.
Thanks Walter. I've been watching that SpongeBob Squarepants show this week. I like it. Hey, I almost forgot! Today is my nephew's birthday. Happy Birthday Lucas!!!!!!!!!!!!! My man is 6 today. I sent him a game that should get there today. It better be there today, I paid extra for shipping. Sometimes it stinks living so far away. And sometimes it's freaking great -- Ha ha!! OK, that's it. God Bless America.
2-5-2002
Hello. I don't have a lot to talk about today. I was busy last night trying to get my camera to "talk" to my computer. I had to call a help line and they got the problem fixed. I have a lot to catch up on in this modern computer world. It took me forever to upload a picture to AOL. It turns out that I didn't do something and I sent a photo that was 7 mega bytes. Walter gave me some quick pointers and I got the upload time from 45 minutes down to 4 minutes. Whew! Things are starting to go my way! Anyway, here's the first photo from The Nerve Center. Oddly enough, it's a photo of The Nerve Center:
Pretty cool. This is where the magic happens, I hope. That's the desk I was talking about yesterday. OK, I have to run. God Bless America. Check out my message board, I'd like to hear from you.
2-4-2002
Hello! And now, I'd like to answer the question that gave me the idea to start this website oh so many moons ago.
The Question: Bob, How was your weekend?
A) My weekend was grand. It started off Friday night, I went to Walter's house for some dinner. On the walk to Walter's, Walter had a celebrity sighting. I missed it. Anyway, I'll let Walter tell it -- Walter? Thanks, Bob -- I saw Bjork. Thanks Walter. I was telling Walter that my "new" computer arrived and I was going to drive into the city Saturday morning to pick it up. He put the idea in my head to just suck it up and pick it up later that evening. I was thinking about it then Walter's wife, "Sally" said, "While your at it, take this chair too." The chair she's referring to was the one that Walter found on the street a few weeks ago. That was all I need to hear, a free chair. I headed back to Hoboken, got in the car and before you knew it, I was driving back to Hoboken with a chair and a computer. I woke up Saturday morning and headed off to Ikea. I was there when they opened up the door. That's the best time to go -- the place was empty. I picked up a desk. Got it out to the car and the box was too big. So, I took the desk out of the box. I had to drive back with my window down because the board was sticking out. Classy. I put that desk together with clock-like precision. Everything works and I've taken a step forward into the late 90's -- ha ha. Saturday night I had dinner over at Tiffany's house. I truly had a wonderful evening. Just two friends kicking it. Sunday, I got up and drove to Nutley to do my laundry. For some reason I had a lot this week. And that brings us to Super Bowl night. I could have gone to a couple of parties but I opted for a quiet night at home. If I can get one step ahead of the cat hair, I'm ahead of the game, ha ha. That's it. All weekends should be as good. God Bless America.
2-1-2002
Friday Grab-Bag O' Thoughts
Hello. I'm looking forward to this weekend. My "new" computer should be here later today and I have a lot of things to do in the old apartment to get ready. I'm also in the planning stage of a total redesign of BobBorden.com. Just thought I'd throw that out there. My portable CD player is on the blink. I always listen to it right before I go to bed. It was skipping around like crazy last night. I've had it since 1995. It's been to Spain, France and Italy. Around the world. Around the world and beyond. I'm going to miss her. To fall asleep last night, I had to hum to myself. Kind of a sad image when you think about it. It's raining in New York today and in my heart. Today's random photo of the day:
I don't have too much more to say today. So, I'm cutting it short. Have a great weekend! God Bless America.
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