02-27-03 Hello! Whew, I had a busy day at work yesterday. Now that I think about it, I've been crazy busy this whole month. I'm going to take a second and pat myself on the back for a job well done. There, that felt good. I got on the bus last night and observed a guy calling someone on his cell. He said, "Hey Mike, it's Mike" - The dude has a friend with the same name! I enjoyed that. I don't have any friends that share my name. Now I've gone and made myself sad, ha ha! It's probably for the best that I don't know a lot of Bob's. It'd be a lot of hanging out at each other's homes, playing video games and contemplating not going out -- I'm doing that now, I don't need any help! I borrowed the first Coldplay CD from my friend Walter yesterday. Man, they have some pretty good songs! I would describe their music as mellow gold (thank you Beck). Beck's first album was titled Mellow Gold for those of you out of the loop. I've read comparisons that say Coldplay will be the next U2 in two more albums. How can people write crap like that? I've had three contests this week. I've been keeping the bobborden.com staff very busy. I've read the reviews; some said this was the beginning of the end; others hailed me as a modern-day hero. I say, don't believe everything you read and only half of what you see. What am I getting at? I don't know. I think I'm just trying to fill this diary out, ha ha! Yesterday's winner of the Hong Kong Jackie Brown DVD is - Rick. Rick, send me your info. Congrats! To round the week off nicely, I'm going to do something BRAND NEW! Ladies and gentlemen, I give you --BobBorden.com's Instant Winner Contest - Two Items, two winners - in an instant! Everyone and I mean everyone on my message board is eligible to win. Good luck. First item: Size 2X Yoo-hoo T-shirt And the winner from my message board is: Sonny Disposition. Congratulations! Send me your information. Second item: 24 tubes of Chapstick And the winner from my message board is: Heidi. Congratulations! Send me your information. BobBorden@bobborden.com PEOPLE REALLY WIN ON BOBBORDEN.COM! That's it! Program note: This is the last diary until March 10th. I'm taking a week off to work on a pet project of mine. It's something I'm pretty proud of and I'm hoping to raise a lot of money. I'm going to walk across Hoboken, NJ. What's that? I was just handed a note from a bobborden.com staffer. Hoboken is only one-square mile? Hmmmmm. Well, I'll walk slowly. Wow, that sure was a bad way to end things. "You suck Borden!" OK, that's better. God Bless America. 02-26-03 Hello. Wednesday already, time does fly. I get on the bus last night, sit down and then I heard the microphone being adjusted. Damn, I got on the bus with the crazy driver again. This guy loves to ride the mic! You'd think he was a DJ at a club. "Welcome to the 7:30 bus back to Hoboken. Tonight we'll be cruising at a speed of 35 miles-an-hour and at varying altitudes. The first available stop is 19th Street." AND SO ON! The guy turned off the ventilation so he could hear himself! It makes me crazy! I said this before but on top of that, the guy can't drive -- A lot of slamming on the brakes, a lot of horn honking and a lot of the tires rubbing against curbs. Never again! I like this new Coldplay CD. It's pretty mellow but darn good. It'd be a great record to play when you're driving. Also playing on my turntable right now, A Tribe Called Quest's People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. Great CD - Q-tip can rock the mic! Old school Hip-Hop done right. "Can I Kick It? Yes you can!" I didn't do much last night, surprise, surprise, but I'm happy so what the hell. And now the moment you've all been waiting for, without further adieu - The winner of yesterday's Free Soap contest is: Mark Nelson. Congrats. Send me your info and I'll send you some soap. BobBorden@BobBorden.com. I'm enjoying giving stuff away! So, let's do another contest! I call this one: Win Bob Borden's Hong Kong Version of the Film Jackie Brown Contest. People really win on BobBorden.com! Tell me you want to win on my board and you'll be in it to win it! I bought this DVD years ago before the studio version of Jackie Brown was available. In Hong Kong they call it Dangerous Liaisons, ha ha. Good Luck and remember, people really win on BobBorden.com! That's it! God Bless America. 02-25-03 Good day to you. I didn't make it to the A & P this weekend. That became all to obvious yesterday morning when I shook the last possible drop of deodorant out of the bottle. Last night, I went to the drug store to replenish my stock. I found my brand but the price was way too high. I pay about $3.50 and they jacked the price up to $4.99! On top of that the bottle was filthy! It looked like it fell off the truck and into a puddle of mud. I said to myself, screw this. I got back to Hoboken and went to a drug store. They had my brand but it was scented, I hate scented deodorant! I went to another store; they didn't have my brand at all! Is this a conspiracy? Was I being followed? I went to a fourth store and finally, they had it at a fair price. Crazy. It's not like I was looking for some kind of special foreign-made deodorant of the Gods - I just wanted unscented Dry Idea! It drove me nuts. But the upside is I found a new soap. The folks over at Irish Spring have done it again with a new scent - Icy Blast, whatever the hell that means. I like unscented deodorant but enjoy the fresh, crisp scent of soap - go figure. I read a magazine article today and the writer used the phrase, "arguably the best actor of his generation". I think that's cheating. It means nothing. You can write that about anything! Bob Borden is arguably the best love maker of his generation. See, it's stupid! Another over-used expression "post 9/11" and "It's the economy - again!" There has to be a better way to get your point across, right? I watched some tube and listened to some music last night. I needed some chill time after a very busy Monday. If you'll remember the first paragraph of today's diary you'll recall talk of a new soap on the market. Well, I'm proud to announce that BobBorden.com and Irish Spring have teamed up for an exciting new BobBorden.com contest. It's called the I Want an Autographed Free Bar of Soap Contest! FREE SOAP! Tell me you want to win on my message board and you'll be in it to win it! Good luck - results in tomorrow's diary. That's it! God Bless America. 02-24-03 Hello. I saw Old School Friday night with my friends: Chris, Jay, Walter and "Sally". It was a really funny movie! Will Ferrell and Vince Vaughan were so funny. Go see it for them: the story isn't so great. Saturday I was prepared to sleep until noon but some barking dogs had other plans. Damn those barking dogs! This diary is brought to you by Cats - Cats: the perfect pet. I made the best of getting up early and walked up to the laundry mat. I had a trouble free laundry experience. I walked home to regroup. I decided to get a haircut. The rain was ridiculous. My pants, jacket and shoes were soaked to the bone. But I have to say, I kind of enjoyed it - the thought of calling off my haircut plans never entered my mind. I was driven and I was wet. Bob's new haircut I got the haircut, walked around, did some window-shopping and came back home. It felt great to get out of those wet clothes. I borrowed the movie About A Boy from my friend Jay. I'm not a fan of Hugh Grant's films so Jay really had to sell me on it. I enjoyed it! Who would have thought it?! I ate a burrito for dinner, watched some TV and called it a night. Sunday I woke up early again. It was still raining. I'm sick of the rain. I watched The Fast and the Furious for the first time. It was what it was. After that, I washed my curtains and rearranged some stuff in my apartment. I only left my apartment once on Sunday. I went to the store to buy some soda. That's about it. And now for the moment you've all been waiting for: Bob Borden will now announce the winner of the BobBorden.com's Win a 4-year-old Autographed Headshot of Bob Borden Contest! And the winner is: Lady Liberty. Congratulations! Send your shipping information to BobBorden@BobBorden.com and I'll put it in the mail today, more like tomorrow. Thanks for playing BobBorden.com's Win a 4-year-old Autographed Headshot of Bob Borden Contest. People really win on BobBorden.com! That's it for today. God Bless America. 02-21-03 There's a song on the new Beck CD that just breaks my heart. The 4th track, Lonesome Tears, so good! BobBorden.com recommends Beck's Sea Change. I got home late last night after a long day at work. I had a very good, very busy day - I like keeping busy. Anyway, I crashed on the sofa and somehow managed to catch two cool things on TV. The first was Johnny Carson on the old Late Night show. It was fantastic! Eddie Van Halen was sitting in with the band and Dave interviewed a prickly Lee Marvin - I love catching those old shows, they're like time capsules of popular culture. Dave said to Eddie, something like -- Does Dave (Lee Roth) get on your nerves? - Eddie hid behind his guitar and nodded yes. So great! The second cool thing I saw was this show on BBC America, The Office. I've been hearing good things and this was the first time I was able to catch it. I only saw the last 20 minutes but it was very funny/clever. I need a Tivo! I may break down and get one, one of these days. The Office airs again on Sunday at 10:40, I'm going to check it out. The weekend is here! This week went by pretty fast. The snow pile covering my car is slowly melting. Beautiful day yesterday -- I would describe it as a crisp day. I'm going to see Old School tonight, I'm looking forward to that - I'm looking for some solid, mindless entertainment. And now it's time for a new feature to BobBorden.com, I call it: BobBorden.com's Win a 4-year-old Autographed Headshot of Bob Borden Contest. Simply tell me you want to win on my message board and you'll be entered in the drawing for this lovely item: BobBorden.com's Win a 4-year-old Autographed Headshot of Bob Borden Contest This photo is suitable for framing and I will write my autograph on my chin (Sadly, the photographer chose that as a focal point). I'm keeping this contest open all weekend and I'll announce the winner in Monday's diary. That's how you play BobBorden.com's Win a 4-year-old Autographed Headshot of Bob Borden Contest -- tell your friends! That's it for another week. Have a great weekend! God Bless America. 02-20-03 I'm 7 songs into the new Beck CD, so far, so good. Beck's got the blues and he's got 'em bad. I don't mind a sad song. That's life; it can't all be beer and candy bars. I walked by my car last night and I'm happy to report that the snow is melting nicely. I should be able to take her for a spin by Saturday. I don't have a lot on my mind right now. I just listened to music and flipped the channels around last night. I also put in some quality cat time. I introduced some new cat toys. My cats were amazed for about 5 seconds. I tried. I'm thinking about ending today's diary here for today. I'm kind of tired right now. My Wednesday was one for the books. Where are those books anyway? To make my diary a little longer, I'm just going to steal an old diary from my former intern, Rick. The link to Rick's website is on my links page. So, without further adieu, here's some stuff I stole from Rick's website: (From Rick's site) Wednesday, February 12, 2003 I say the same things every week And in keeping with that grandois tradition: I just watched my tape of last nights "24." I started watching laying on my bed. Then I was sitting at the edge of the bed. Then, by the last 10 minutes I was standing up. Inches from the television with my hand over my mouth. SHOCKING! I kind of had a feeling that the craziness was just a tactic, but still, when you see it happen it makes you jump. I jumped. I literally jumped while watching this show. I remember when I saw Panic Room in the theatre and how I thought it was so extremely suspenseful and I was on the edge of my seat. Nothing compared to this seasons '24.' It makes me want to see last seasons, but-- I kind of like just going on from here. Going backward seems counter-productive. That's probably why I put off watching any new Soprano's until I saw all of the old ones. Awesome.... Awesome. --That's it! God Bless America. Bigger diary tomorrow, I promise. 02-19-03 Hello Wednesday. It doesn't seem like a Wednesday; having a blizzard really kills a week. The blizzard's over, things are back to normal and soon the snow will turn to rain. There's something very peaceful about snow. I remember when I was in high school taking my dog for a long walk in the snow. At one point, we were just sitting there in almost total silence: man and dog at one with the world, not a care in the world -- I loved that dog -- his name was Max. My Tuesday wasn't so great. I picked that day to break in my new jeans. I'm a big guy and at a certain point my jeans have to give a little in certain unnamed strategic places. The damn things never gave! I'm going to send them back; they fit better in the store. I know I said this before but I'm still trying to recover from my bleaching accident. Bleach one load of colored clothes and you're screwed! Here's a meaningless photo of my jeans I have to wear these snow boots to work and they're uncomfortable. I bought them for $8 bucks at a discount store. I'm not going to buy new boots because of one storm; I'll continue to suffer. I do change into sneakers at work. But the sneakers I keep at work for emergencies are equally as uncomfortable as the boots! So, in short, I was a mess yesterday. Once I find good clothes again, I'm going to buy 10 of everything. Sensible solution? Probably not but it makes for a good read. I have one more complaint about yesterday. I got home, chilled out and after a while, it hit me - I have beer in the fridge! I missed the chance to raise my maxing and relaxing to a whole new level. AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Such is life. If my Dad were alive to read today's diary he probably would have said: bitch and moan, bitch and moan. Ha ha. If you think I bitched and moaned too much today, I'd just like you to reread the part about my jeans. In two thousand and three, a man shouldn't have to go through the day constantly pulling his pants up! That's it! God Bless America. 02-18-03 I'm going to begin today with a new feature to BobBorden.com. I call it: BobBorden.com Issues a Press Release. Here's my statement: Leave Michael Jackson alone! Michael, you know where to reach me - keep your head up. That was BobBorden.com Issues a Press Release -- Thank you, thank you very much. How about the Blizzard of 2003?! I think we got about 20 inches of snow! I woke up yesterday morning with the daunting task of getting to work. But I've been through this before. Back in 1996, we got about the same amount of snow. So, I had a blueprint of how I'd go about the day, which was nice. It was cool walking through Hoboken at 7 am. I walked from my house to the PATH train without setting foot on a sidewalk. I just walked on the paved roads the whole way. I think I had to move once for a car. I made the best of it. I was dressed in layers, with earmuffs, a hat, boots, gloves and two scarves. I was so satisfied that I made it to work. I think I must be insane, ha ha. I worked hard yesterday and by the time I was ready to go home, I was beat. I put all my garb on again and reversed my journey. I have to tell you that stepping over all that snow makes bobby thirsty! I walked about 5 or 6 blocks more until I found a store that was open. It was worth it, nothing like ending a Blizzard with a tall cool one. While I was walking around, I came across my car. Bob's car My car is in that snow pile somewhere. The temperature should get above freezing for the rest of the week, so I'm not too worried about my ride. OH man, what a day! That's it for today's diary and that's it for BLIZZARD 2003! God Bless America. 02-17-03 Purple Rain is the greatest American cinematic experience ever! OK, I'd put it behind Easy Rider and Two-Lane Blacktop. But it's still pretty darn good. My weekend started off on Friday night. Tiffany and I had some Chinese food and played Blackjack for fun. Now that I think about it, it was an anti-Valentine's Day evening. Pretty fun. Saturday, I woke up around 1 - really late for me, it felt great. I couldn't get motivated to do anything. Then around 5:30 I heard the laundry mat calling my name. I was halfway there and this nice woman asked me if I was going to do my laundry. Turns out, they were closing in 10 minutes, damn! I carried my laundry back to the apartment and regrouped. I decided to just go get some dinner and buy some scratch-off lotto tickets. Saturday night! Ha ha. What was the excitement of the night? I won $45! That's about as good as it gets for scratch-off tickets. I'm not going to buy anymore. Not today anyway, ha ha. Sunday. I woke up around 9, got a shower and drove to Nutley to do my laundry. I haven't been there in a long time. While my clothes were washing I walked over to the store next door and bought some shoes. Bob bought new shoes After laundry, I drove to the A & P. It was so crowded! I'm guessing that everyone was loading up before the big snowstorm. This winter didn't disappoint; if it's not snowing, it's freezing cold - there's always been something going on. That's it for today. I'm cutting it short because I guessing that everyone has today off. Enjoy your day. God Bless America. 02-14-03 Walking home last night I felt like I was in a movie. Smoke was in the air, helicopters were flying overhead and streets were blocked off. First I thought it could have been a terrorist strike, you never know these days. It turns out it was a three-alarm fire. Later, I saw a few ambulances race down my street. I hope no one was seriously injured. The bus ride home was another surreal experience. First, the driver is 100% nuts. This guy likes to get on the mic and talk to the people. His rap goes something like this: "Welcome, this is the bus to Hoboken, the time is 9:33 and the temperature is currently 18 degrees on planet earth. The first available stop is 19th Street" and so on - he does not like to be off the mic for long. Now, don't get me wrong, I like a friendly driver but when you factor in that the guy is driving like a maniac, it's a little too much. The second odd thing -- this small, older foreign man is on the left of the bus and a nice looking group of ladies are on the right. The man starts talking to the ladies in his native tongue. The ladies play along and then ignore the man because they can't understand him. Then, and I like this move; the man offers the ladies candy. To their credit, they didn't take the candy. The bus stops, the guy is walking off the bus, he stops in front of one of the women and pats her on the head! I couldn't believe it! And neither could they! The lady said she was going to go home and take a bath, smart move. Damn small foreign guys - they can get away with anything. After I got off the bus and before I noticed the smoke, I bought some scratch-off lotto tickets. I won $6 on Thursday and wanted to let that ride. I'm happy to report that I won! Bob won again! This time I won $8! That's sweet money! I'm going to let it ride again. I'll let you know what happens on Monday. So this is Valentine's Day?! Big deal. That's it! I want to wish my friend Tiffany a very Happy Birthday on Saturday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! (file photo) God Bless America. 02-12-03 This week certainly is moving along. For the slower people that read BobBorden.com, today is Wednesday. Busy day at work yesterday and today I'll be busy just getting over the hump! I was talking to my Mom yesterday and she was asking what she should do with my old Beetle Bailey book collection. You see, when I was an impressionable youth, I loved Beetle Bailey - he was always slacking off, and that darn Sarge wouldn't leave him alone! I told her to put them in a safe place; they're like solid gold to me. Cut to me buying lottery tickets later that day. I look over at the scratch-off tickets and Holy crap! they have Beetle Bailey scratch-off tickets! Leave it to the folks at the NJ Lottery I thought to myself, what an incredible coincidence -- this is a sure thing, a sign, if you will. I purchased 3 and lost. Damn. On my way out of the corner lotto store I ran into an old neighbor. It freaked me out a little bit because it was so random to see her again. She got married and is living the good life. Good for her. It was funny, she was telling all the new stuff in her life and when she asked me what's new in my life, my response was, "Nothing's changed." You can file that response under "C" for conversation killers. Or do you file that under "K"? Damn files! A few years back I bought a CD by the group Pavement, it was called Slanted and Enchanted. I didn't like it and got rid of it. Years later, I was given the CD and now I'm enjoying it. While I have the files out I think I'll file that last thought under "U" for useless information. Or should I file it under "I" for information? -- CLASSIC BOBBORDEN.COM CALLBACK! tm I feel like starting my own band. I have a guitar. I like music. What's stopping me? Wait - I have on Mr. Holland's Opus in that background and I think I may have been subliminally influenced to be inspired. Let me change the channel - Cool, Mannequin is on. That's it! Parting thought, if we have to go to war, once and for all, let's just take everyone out - Forget about being a democrat or a republican, let's just get them before they get us. You can't reason with evil. God Bless America. 02-13-03 For some odd reason today doesn't feel like a Thursday. I feel like I skipped a day somewhere. I had a good day at work yesterday. It's always good to be busy. Idle hands are the devil's playground or something like that. You'll never guess what I got in the mail yesterday. Give up? I bought a humidifier. I'm very excited about this new adventure in humidification. It's a warm mist humidifier. It warms up the water, sucks in the air and balances out the room. Another benefit to this system - it doesn't need a filter. It's a dream come true! It has high and low settings and auto shut off. It makes my old humidifier look stupid. Now I'm in the game! If you'll remember yesterday's diary you'll remember my excitement of the Beetle Bailey scratch-off tickets coming to the NJ lottery. You may also remember that I purchased 3 tickets and lost. If you know one thing about me, know this: I don't take defeat lying down! I got back to Hoboken last night and purchased 3 more tickets. Bob won $6 on Beetle Bailey scratch-off tickets I won six bucks! Now, if I cashed this in, I'd be even. But if you know one thing about me, know this: Bobby likes to let it ride! Tune in tomorrow to see how I did. I don't think I'm bummed out about Valentine's Day anymore. So I'm single, so what?! I like being single. I do what I want, whenever I want to do it. If I had a lady, all that would change, I'm sure. I'm fine, really. OH SWEET LORD, I'm not fine! I'M SICK OF THIS! Send me a woman lord -- send me a WOMAN! Internet praying, thank you, thank you very much. That's enough for a Thursday. God Bless America. 02-11-03 Iraq, North Korea, the terrorists will attack again, load up on supplies, protect yourself in case of an emergency, the security level is High - I'm just trying to get through the day and they pile all that on me?! That's too much information for a Monday. But by all means, please tell me what the celebrities think about the war on Iraq, good Lord! I'm so sick of hearing the liberal views from people that pretend to be other people for a living. Yes, I know, this is America and everyone has freedom of speech but seriously, SHUT THE @&$# UP! I'm on the bus last night, I look at the guy sitting in front of me and he has the same gloves that I do. I thought to myself, damn, if he was a woman I'd have a great opening line. Well, great to me, it'd go something like this, "Hey, I got those same gloves!" Glove (OK, I didn't have a good photo for the diary today! So sue me!) She'd laugh at my line and then we'd get married. So what if she has big hands? I can look past that. My bitterness towards being single seems to be magnified this week due to Valentine's Day -- another year sans woman. I do admit that it's mostly my fault; weight, shyness and the inability to leave my apartment are all factors. But that doesn't mean I have to like it. Oh well, to all the people out there lucky enough to have significant others, I say this: screw you. Wow, that was bitter, I love it! I listened to music, watched TV and just chilled out last night. That's it! I was going to talk about something else but I forgot. God Bless America. 02-10-03 Hello. My weekend started on Friday night. After a long week, I got off the bus, picked up a burrito and headed back to my crib to chill. I flipped the channels around and then sat down on my bed for a second. Two hours past, I watched a little more TV and then hit the sack again. Saturday! The plan was to drive up to Mohegan Sun casino. I woke up around 7:30, headed into the city to pick up Walter and we were on our way! I've had a gambling jones for the last three weeks and was so excited driving up there - I had some grand ideas for the money I was going to win. We got up there and about two hours later, I was done. The tables were not kind to me! Damn. But I had a great time and I didn't pull my usual sucker move of getting money from the ATM. I lost what I could afford to lose. Walter, on the other hand, went on an incredible run. I was happy that one of us did well, plus it was his birthday - pretty cool. Maybe I should go back on my birthday, ha ha. "Sally" was making Walter a special birthday dinner so we were back in the city by 7 pm. I dropped him off and headed back to Hoboken. I got a salad and some pizza for dinner. And that was all she wrote for Saturday. Sunday I woke up early again. I walked up to the laundry mat to do my laundry. All the people in there surprised me -- it was only 10. I had to wait a little bit for a dryer; I hate that. Three people with clothes in the dryer and it looks like they're doing their laundry for the whole year! -- Yet another one of my pet peeves. After that, I drove over to the A & P to buy some groceries -- nothing unusual to report there. They did have a sale on Mrs. Dash's spices - is that anything? No? I didn't think so. Got back to Hoboken, found a parking spot and unloaded my goods. I wasn't sure what to do after that. I walked up to the old Hoboken Cinema to see what was playing. Biker BoyZ and Final Destination 2. Faced with that choice I'm sure most people would just move on but I'm not most people. I said to myself, I love motorcycles, how bad could Biker BoyZ be? Here's all you need to know -- At one point, Kadeem Hardison (Yes, from A Different World) appears and for no apparent reason, is in a wheelchair, wearing an eye patch. Biker BoyZ There was an accident in the beginning of the film but I don't remember his "character" being introduced. Lisa Bonet was also in the film. If they could have only cast Jasmine Guy, they could have had A Different World reunion! How do you screw up a biker movie?! It boggles the mind. I walked around Hoboken after that and just enjoyed the crisp winter day. And that was my weekend. That's it for Monday. Enjoy your day. God Bless America. 02-07-03 Friday! We're supposed to get about 4 to 5 inches of snow. I'll believe that when I see it! If there's one thing I hate it's snow propaganda. I talked to my nephew yesterday on his birthday. He liked the cowboy hat I got him. It was a real cowboy hat from a Western store in New Mexico - I don't mess around, the kid wants a hat, I'll get him a hat. Something hit me when I was talking to him -- the kid talks clearer than I do. That's good but I have a feeling that when I was seven, I was still playing make believe that I was a cat! It's fun to talk to the nephews and niece. I knew it was his 7th birthday but when I talked to him I said, happy 8th birthday! Kids don't like it when you make fun of their age, it's real important to them. After that, I went into the old favorite, "Are ya married yet?" But I digress, the lotto drawing is tonight! I'm looking forward to life on EZ Street. The first thing I'll do is buy CBS. The second thing I'd do is fire myself because I'm a millionaire and I don't need to work anymore. Or I could just quit, that may be easier. Honestly, I wouldn't be one of those lotto winners to quit their jobs. I need a place to go during the day. I don't think it'd be much fun to do absolutely nothing. It would have to get old. Enough lotto talk, I'm driving myself crazy with the idea of winning easy money. There's no such thing as a free ride! Let's talk about my Saturday plans -- weather permitting, I'm going to go gambling with my friend Walter. Alas, that topic is just a horse of a different color. TOPIC CHANGE! I went out after work last night -- how about that?! I haven't been out in a long time. It was fun, hanging with my friends, enjoying a beer, talking about the current events of the day and all that crap. You don't believe I was out? Check this out: Bob went out! pictured from left to right: Bob and Paula I'd like to thank the following people for buying me beer or as I often call it, sweet elixir: Tom, Paula and Jerry. Honorable mention to Lee. Good time. I didn't watch the Michael Jackson documentary but I did tape it -- hello weekend! That's it! Special birthday wishes to my friend Walter! He's having a birthday on Saturday. Happy Birthday Walter! (file photo) God Bless America. 02-06-03 I'm going to start today's diary with something I haven't done in a while. I call this: Bob Borden works on his stand-up comedy routine. Picture it, small club, smoke filled room, I take the stage and open up with this: I'm walking down the street the other day, freezing cold outside. I reach in my pocket to pull out a glove and my hand brushes up against my tube of Chap Stick. I reach in my other pocket and my hand brushes up another tube of Chap Stick. What person has two tubes of Chap Stick? Who do I think I am anyway, Donald Trump?! I'm not a millionaire - I'm the kind of guy that asks you if I can borrow your Chap Stick! Crowd erupts in laughter and I move on to my next joke, which is probably some insane rambling on the origins of Chap Stick. End Scene. And that was Bob Borden Works on His Stand-up Comedy Routine, thank you, thank you very much. My fantasy life is so much better than my real life. Speaking of fantasy life, I lost the lotto again! I lost 90 million dollars - That's American money folks. I'm down but not out. No one won the jackpot and now it's up to 105 million. That's some sweet money. Ha ha, like 90 million isn't?! I didn't have any photos for the diary today. So, I went to Google looking for images of money to go along with the previous paragraph and here are the results: Google.com search for "money" I thought that was pretty funny! Seriously, Eddie Money rocks! Whew, I had a very busy day at work yesterday. That's fine but then throw in that I couldn't update my site until 3:30. It was driving me nuts! But that was then and this is now. What a cheap way to end a thought, 'that was then and this is now'. "Booooooooo!!! You suck Borden!" I didn't do anything last night. I watched The Doors on Starz! and just chilled out. That's it! God Bless America. PS -- Happy 7th Birthday to my nephew Lucas!!! Have a great day Luke! 02-05-03 My damn computer just crashed, I lost today's diary, it's my own fault -- I had too much stuff open. It was solid gold too, DAMN! OK, count to ten, focus on the good. Holy crap, I was mentioned in Whitney Matheson's column in USATODAY.com yesterday! BobBorden.com is a Hip Click! Who knew?! I woke up feeling so very unhip and by 9:30, I found out I'm a Hip Clip! Life is good! Thanks Whitney! I did something wonderful last night. What's that you ask -- did Bob go out with a woman? Did Bob win the lottery? Ha ha, no. I changed the channels on my Direct TV. I don't need HBO until later in the year and their movies are crap. I switched to Starz! They always seem to have a great movie coming up - I'll prove it - I'm going to Starz! right now. They're showing The Shipping News and Joe Versus the Volcano (A film that I happen to enjoy). Now, compare that to HBO's Lethal Weapon 3 and Powder - BOOOOOOO!!!!! See what I'm talking about? Starz! Wins! Here's the amazing thing about Direct TV, you go to the website, change the channels there, wait a few minutes and the switch is made! No joke, in a few minutes! I love technology. I also picked up more basic channels. I have the DIY channel and VHI Classic now. DIY (Do it Yourself) has a cool show about car restoration and VH1C plays videos, just simple lovely videos. It makes regular VH1 look like crap. Although, I can do without the double shot of Mr. Mister, ha ha! Any chance you get to take a stab at Mr. Mister; you have to take it. OK, that's it! Have a great day. God Bless America 02-04-03 It's going to be close to 50 degrees today, that's a heat wave these days! Last night on the commute home I felt almost naked, then I realized, I wasn't wearing a huge sweater and a huge jacket. It was a good feeling. However, when I got home my apartment felt like it was 100 degrees. That's the down side of a radiator; the damn thing is always on. I needed some new garbage bags about a week ago. So I went to the old A & P to see what the good folks at Glad had to offer. I found my Glad, drawstring kitchen bags and headed to the checkout. I get these bags home, open them up and lined my basket with one. I'm walking around and I starting smelling this odd smell of petroleum and stale perfume. It reeks; my apartment is starting to smell like a French whore. After some investigation, I discovered that the seemingly harmless bags I purchased include Glad's newest innovation - Odor Sheild. Stinky bags What the hell? Honestly, if I wanted a room deodorizer, the last people on the list would be the folks at Glad. What are they thinking over there? Is this progress?! If I wanted a kitchen that smelled like a French whore, I'd make some calls. I'm done with Glad. I just looked out my window and saw a guy walking down the street wearing a yellow rain poncho. It's not raining! If this is some kind of new fashion trend, I officially give up. People are nuts. I think that may be it. My weekend was uneventful. I just watched the tragic news about the shuttle all day Saturday. I also saw Catch Me if You Can, I wasn't impressed. It's a great story but the film was just one note. That's it! Have a great day. God Bless America. 02-03-03 Hello. I left my apartment twice this weekend: once to do laundry and once to go to the A & P. But I don't want to talk about my weekend today. Saturday I woke up to the horrible news about Columbia. I was speechless. I just sat in front of the TV all day. I feel bad for the crew and their families. I'm ashamed to admit that I had absolutely no idea there was a crew orbiting earth. I'm usually up on current events but this one fell under my radar. Launching people into space has become part of the routine, almost commonplace. Sadly, it took this accident for me to realize how wrong I've been. I'm not going to take these things for granted again. I'm posting this very short diary Sunday afternoon. I'll be back on Tuesday. In memory

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