3-31-04 Health update: I still have a cold but I'm happy to report that my sense of smell returned on the bus last night. I was sitting there, a woman sat in front of me, she was wearing perfume -- She smelled like the sweetest harvest. Now that I think about it, I hope her dinner table story isn't about a weird guy who sat behind her on the bus that kept sniffing. Ah, who cares, I CAN SMELL! I need a haircut. The last few nights when I got home, I looked in the mirror - I don't know if it's the busy days or the bad commutes but it looked like I had hair plugs. Not a good look. Maybe I need to use more gel? I let the woman talk me into a new hair-care product the last time I went in; it's tree sap! For the results I get with that crap, I might as well put a stick of butter in my hair. In other words, tree sap doesn't do it for me. If you know anything about me, know this; I'm a staunch supporter of the arts. I was reading the diary/blog of our former intern, Rick. His site is on my links page. Anyway, check out this cool thing he made: How cool is this? I love it, MetroCard art. In the big city, we use MetroCards to get around on mass transit. The cards are EVERYWHERE! Rick took these used cards, trash really, and turned them into something cool. Nice work Rick. For the record, Rick spends a lot of his time not sleeping, ha ha. I can't believe how much attention bobborden.com is getting with this next feature. Time for another; Great Moments in American Gladiator History! Great moment #42: Gladiator BLAZE tries to pull a contender from "The Wall" event Who can forget The Wall? That was Great Moments in American Gladiator History -- Tell your friends! That's it for today. Stay Gold, Bob "Does anybody remember laughter?" Robert Plant 3-30-04 I do not like having a cold. Half of my day yesterday was spent blowing my nose. And at one point I lost my sense of taste. But what can you do? I thought I was feeling better last night, then this happened: I was waiting for the subway but it wasn't coming due to some sort of drama down the line. Not a big deal, so I get on the other downtown train, see a friend from work, Garth. We start talking and then next thing I know, the door was closing at my stop! Garth says, "Hey, isn't this your stop?" Now I'm going to 4th street, I had to get off there, hop on another train and go back to the missed stop. All I wanted to do was go home. Awful commute. I mailed in my taxes yesterday! It's such a load off to have that done. I think I told this before but when my Dad was alive, I told him I was getting a refund and I was very excited about it. Always with a word of wisdom I remember him saying something like, "Why are you so excited, it's your money!" So true. I gave directions to three people in the past three days. I must have a face where people think I know where I'm going. Lord knows that's not the case but I try to help anyway. I helped two people on Saturday and then another person in the bus station yesterday. I have to say that the bus station was an easy one; she was on the first floor and she needed to get to the third floor. I got home last night and my mailbox was filled with junk. One thing that caught my eye was an ad for Ebay Motors. They had some testimonials of people that loved their cars bought from Ebay SO MUCH that they framed them. Check it out: Truth in advertising? Come on Ebay, am I really supposed to think that this guy framed a photo of his mini-van?! Wake up corporate America, I'm watching. And while we're on the subject of cars; That "new" PT Cruiser convertible looks like a bath tub on wheels, nice work Detroit. Time for the new hit feature to bobborden.com that everyone's talking about: Great Moments in American Gladiator History. Great moment #36: A contender is pulled from the rings by Gladiator TURBO in the "Hang Tough" event That was Great Moments in American Gladiator History -- Tell your friends! And that's it! Stay beautiful, Bob 3-29-04 Friday night got off to a great start, we went out to celebrate Jay's birthday. Jay, Tom, "Sally", Walter and myself headed down to Roy's. Wait, you don't know about Roy's? Roy's Hawaiian Fusion Cusine is a mix of the bold flavors of the Asian Pacific Rim with the sauces and textures of European cooking. I had the orange scented blackened bass, with some slices of Kobe beef. Sweet Lord, it was SO great! From the appetizers to Roy's melting hot chocolate soffle, they did it up right. I even tried (and enjoyed) a new drink, Roy's secret mai tai. A great birthday dinner was had by all, and I think Jay had a good time too, ha ha. I made it back home around 11:30 and noticed a slight tickle in my throat, not good. Saturday I woke up around 8:30 and did not feel well. I had an appointment to look at some new neighborhoods with my friend/Realtor, Tiffany. I have never seen someone SO busy. She made more phone calls in the hour I was with her than I've made in the last two months. But I did come away with a better understanding of where I should look. I'm thinking about West New York, that's in New Jersey, confusing, I know. After that I chilled out on my sofa for a few hours. Then, I walked to the laundry mat to get that out of the way. It was 70 degrees out and inside the laundry mat, it felt like 80 degrees. I was sweating because I was wearing the wrong thing, I felt like I had Malaria. During the drying cycle, I walked back home to change my shirt. That night, I got a chicken tostada and finally watched the first season of The Office. Very funny. I went to bed around 11:30. I got up at 3am, then at 6am, then 8am, until I finally got up at 11. Having a cold sucks. I felt achy, sore and exhausted all day. I forced myself to go to the A & P and to Staples. I wanted to get a file so I can get all my papers in order. I also wanted to pick up a paper shredder. The shredders range from $34 to $249. $34 is too cheap, by the time you get up to the shredder you really want, around $65, you ask yourself, do I really need a shredder? I like my file though. I went home and coughed up stuff for the rest of the day, disgusting. Time for the hit new feature to bobborden.com: Great Moments in American Gladiator History. Great moment #24: Gladiator ICE battles a contender in "The Joust" competition That was Great Moments in American Gladiator History -- Tell your friends! Always, Bob "cough, cough" 3-26-04 Time for the most important diary of my life. In the trade, that first sentence is what's known as a GRABBER! Today, I'll introduce two brand-new features to bobborden.com. But to get things started, I think I'll talk about myself, ha ha. Sweet Lord, I woke up yesterday with a leg cramp that would drop a mule. The only thing I could do was walk it off, it was an awful way to start the day. And to finish the day, I had the hiccups for about 30-solid minutes. I'm falling apart I tells ya! I'm not too far away from devoting my whole life to fitness. I'm not kidding, I need to make a change, how many years have I been talking about that?! Hey, my hiccups just went away! I can breathe again. Time for a new segment to bobborden.com, I call it - Learn to Play Guitar with Steve Young - Steve is a writer with Late Show and a heck of a good guy. Long before the workday starts, Steve likes to get some practice time in. From my point of view, when I walk by his office and hear that guitar, somehow, I know that all is right with the world. Bob: "OK Steve, what do you have for us today?" Steve: "Today's lesson is the chord of G" Steve demonstrates how to properly hold the guitar. Top right: Steve demonstrates the proper fingering technique. Bottom right: Chord chart so you can play along at home. Thanks Steve, that was great! Thanks to Steve, we're well on our way to being the next Roy Clark or perhaps, dare I say it, the next Lester Flatt. That was Learn to Play Guitar with Steve Young - Tell Your Friends! I'm looking forward to the weekend, I can't even begin to tell you. My big plan is to buy socks. I hate wearing white socks these days. They were fine from birth to now, ha ha - But now I just feel like I have to mix it up a little. And what better way to mix it up than with new socks, ha ha. My brother sent me some CDs yesterday. That's the second day in a row someone has sent me something. Getting stuff in the mail is cool. Thanks George. I'm so excited, can you believe it?! Time for another new feature to bobborden.com -- I call it: Great Moments in American Gladiator History. Great moment #23: Gladiator GEMINI [Right] tries to prevent a contender from scoring in the "Atlasphere" That was Great Moments in American Gladiator History - TELL YOUR FRIENDS! "Atlasphere" - that's great stuff. Man, this has been a great diary if I do say so myself. THAT'S IT! Have a great weekend. Stay beautiful, Bob 3-25-04 I just spent the last hour working on my Photo of the Day. I've been meaning to take more photos but haven't been inspired. I had to use the style of Andy Warhol in order to finish this diary just under the two-hour mark. I've had "one of those days", two days in a row. YUK! It's times like these where I need a tub, I could go for a long, hot soak right about now to wash away the stress. The one bright spot from my day yesterday was a package I received from Kath! Kath is a regular on my message board and is also from Australia. Sometimes I forget that bobborden.com spans the globe. Kath was cool enough to respond to my desparate cry for free stuff last week. She sent me a cool alligator key chain light, a card and lotto tickets. Thank You! I won $4 or $6 dollars too! I'll send them back today, very thoughtful of you Kath. See, people really win on bobborden.com -- this time it was me! I had a few grammer errors in the diary yesterday, I hate that. I write like I talk and when I go back over it, I tend to gloss over the mistakes. Then during the day my Mom instant messages me and points out my mistakes. Very frustrating. Not 'very frustrating' about my Mom, 'very frustrating' my knack for not catching my mistakes. OK, that's all I have today. I have to chill out a little. Have a great day. All my best, Bob 3-24-04 Thanks to the five people that posted on my message board yesterday. I was worried that my plea fell on deaf ears, or worse, people have tuned me out. I knew I wasn't alone! On my way to work and on the way home yesterday I saw a Kia Rio parked on the street. I thought to myself, man, that's one ugly ride. This is a Kia Rio Then I remembered a few years back I almost bought one of those things. The number one selling point: price. But from what I can gather, that's about it. I was ready to buy one but I got a bad vibe from the dealer. If I get a bad vibe, watch out. Someone was looking out for me that day. Everytime I walk past one now, I usually say, "Whew!" -- ha ha. I watched Prince on The Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame ceremony last night. He's so good! He played his own great set but then sat in on the George Harrison set and tore that place up! It was cool to see him as a guitar player vs. the ring leader. Very talented man. I bought the George Harrison album All Things Must Pass a few weeks ago. I'm enjoying that a lot. Beware of Darkness and Let It Down are my favorites so far. I like music. Van Halen is going to tour this summer. The rumor is that Sammy's back. Good for them. The only thing telling me not to see that tour is the 50-minute bass guitar solo. I think solos died with heavy metal but for some reason they LOVED to give everyone a shot. But a bass solo, on a Jack Daniel's bass is a little too much. The only person in that band you need a solo from is Eddie. They got lucky with Sammy after Dave 'left', they were pushing their luck with that other guy. Lightning rarely strikes twice, they went for three and got burnt. OK, so that's it for Rockbeat, tune in next time for my one on one with one of the chicks from The Bangles. Have a great day. All my best, Bob 3-23-04 I was on the bus last night and you know me, I like to observe people. I noticed an older couple, it was standing room only and they got separated by other people looking for seats. When seats finally opened up, they sat together and continued to read their books. I looked out of the corner of my eye and saw the woman rubbing his neck/hair in a very loving/caring way. At that exact moment I said to myself; 'You know, public displays of affection should really be limited to the young.' Am I right?! If I wanted to see old hags go at it, I'd watch Sex and the City. Ha ha, I made a joke, an untimely joke as Sex and the City is off the air but a joke none the less. What better way to start off the diary than with a very bitter observation. Hey, I calls 'em as I sees 'em. The jury is still out on The Twilight Singers' CD that Rolling Stone magazine told me to buy. I mean, it's good, I'm listening to a great song off of it right now but I'm not sure if it warranted 'must have' status. They used another term than 'must have' - it escapes me. Oh well. I'd like to send a special shout out to Visa and MasterCard this month. I got the bill for my radiator and some other stuff. My point is that it just really came too quick. It seems like every third month I have to go broke in order to survive. Thanks Visa, thanks MasterCard, thanks a lot. Time for a new feature to bobborden.com, I call it, Question, Is My Cat, Evelyn, Lazy? Here we go: I think the answer is 'yes' Wow, she's out. I'd like to set up a camera in my house just to see what they do all day. I think they sleep all day. It's a question for the ages. Anyway, that was Question, Is My Cat, Evelyn, Lazy? -- Tell Your FRIENDS! I don't have anything else today. Did you read 'bob's bio' yet? Tell me what you think on my message board. In fact, just say anything on the message board, it's very dry these days. Have a good one. Stay beautiful, Bob 3-22-04 Friday I got back to Hoboken and hit the record store. I didn't find anything I really cared for, I was just looking for something to do. 99% of the time being alone is wonderful but when that 1% hits you, it stinks. I picked up a burrito and walked home. That night, I wrote a new section for my website. Look on my toolbar for the 'bob's bio' section. On a site that's entirely devoted to me, I decided that it couldn't hurt to have even more of me, ha ha. It was fun to write and hey, it killed an evening. Thanks to Walter (Webmaster/friend) for changing some things for me. Saturday I woke up around 10. It looked like a great day from my window. I was getting ready to leave to do my laundry, then Walter called me and we made plans to see a movie that night. So, I put the laundry down and didn't do anything. I left my apartment around 6, got downstairs and it was raining! I had to go back up to get my umbrella. I'm almost out the door and I remember that I didn't have any change for the train, back up I went. Now, I'm running late and I didn't factor in the walk to the train. Two blocks from the train, I stopped, took out my cell, I was seconds from canceling because I was wet, late and just wanted to go home. This is classic Bob behavior and it must be stopped. I sucked it up and got on the train. I met up with Walter and "Sally". We took a cab up to 68th Street to meet up with Jay and Tom. We saw Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -- very good film. We sat in the balcony, in the very last row, which I love! You can see the whole screen, also, their were no jerks by us talking or anything, I had a cherry icee and popcorn -- it was a dream movie-going experience. Afterwards there were plans to get something to eat but I wasn't aware of those plans, I wanted to go but they talked me into it, at least for a block. While they were figuring out where to eat I managed to make a graceful exit, "OK, I'm going to go" -- ha ha. I went to Tower Records, I felt like I was living the New York lifestyle walking in the city and everything. I picked up the record I was talking about the other day from The Twilight Singers. Rolling Stone said it was a must have or something like that. I don't know, after one listen, it's OK. You know, sometimes don't you just want to throw everything away and listen to Tears for Fears? I'll have to give The Twilight Singers another listen. I got home around 11:30 and had a slice. Sunday I woke up around 9:30, jumped in the shower, loaded up the laundry and drove to Nutley. While my clothes were drying, I walked over to Kohl's, picked up a shower curtain, some socks and a $23 pair of shoes. I drove to the A & P from there, got back to Hoboken and made some lunch. I cooked up one of those French bread pizzas. I never smelled anything burning and I swear it wasn't in the oven for more than 25 minutes -- here's what I got when I took out my pizza: Gross! What the heck? Thank goodness they come in a package of two. The second one turned out much better. I got a brew, watched the first two Sopranos and relaxed. I cooked a steak for dinner, cleaned and that was about it. Yep, that's all I got! Have a great day. Don't forget to check out bob's bio! Down for Whatever, Bob 3-19-04 I had a good day yesterday, you know, working, living my life. How about this; out of the blue yesterday, my friend "Sally", calls to tell me how much she liked this line from my diary, "Thanks to cell phones we don't have to guess how stupid people really are." Thank you "Sally"! Thank you for having the class to give me a compliment. Everyone that reads this diary without giving me some props, should take a page from "Sally's" book. Seriously, I probably spend too much time on this diary. It usually takes one to two hours every night. But I do it because I enjoy it, I just wish it paid better, ha ha. I was looking through my photos tonight and laughed out loud at something. On Wednesday, I took a stupid photo of myself acting out my defensive stance in case of an attack. To get that one perfect photo means that I had to take four. Here are the three that weren't good enough for that diary: Bob's defensive stance (Alternate takes) See, I actually work at this! Those photos put together are pretty funny/pathetic. I didn't even take my coat off that night when I got home, it was straight to the "photo shoot." I don't know. Anyway, after work last night I stopped off at Tiffany's place to chill out. We ordered Chinese food and watched some TV. A lovely way to end the day. She even picked up the bill, how sweet is that?! Thanks Tiffany! Have you ever heard of The Twilight Singers? I was reading Rolling Stone and they said their album was a must have. I think it's the lead singer from The Afghan Whigs' band. I liked The Afghan Whigs (They broke up I believe), I was listening to their CD Black Love while getting a shower the other morning. I'll probably get it. But if you've heard the album, let me know on my message board. I bought a CD online yesterday and the shipping thing screwed up and I ended up paying $10 for express shipping. I wrote to them but I bet it will go out anyway. They haven't heard the last of me, I guess. I not really sure I NEEDED the CD either, I just miss getting items in the mail. Last night I saw another guy spit on a wall in the subway. When I got back to Hoboken, I saw another guy spit. What's wrong with this picture?! When are we as a society going to start seeing this as a problem and stop looking the other way, it's only a matter of time before we're taking a dump on the sidewalk. Something to think about. My friend Walter ponted out that in the New York Post (I think it was the post) yesterday, there was a big write up on the show Pimp My Ride. BobBorden.com readers read that information here on TUESDAY. I scooped the Post! I've got my hand on the pluse of What's Hot and there's nothing you can do about it! I lost control of this paragraph somewhere -- moving on -- That's it for another week. As always, thanks for checking out bobborden.com -- TELL YOUR FRIENDS! Always, Bob 3-18-04 "Hello, huh, ahhhh, hmmmmmm, hello? Yeah, where are you guys at? Hello, huh, ahhhh, hmmmmm, hold on, I have another call, hello, huh, ahhhh, hmmmmmm, where you guys at? I'm going to Hoboken, hello? HELLO, hahahahaha! Hello? Ahhhhmmmmmmmm, yeah, ummmmm, hello? OK, what, where are you guys at?" My opening paragraph was courtesy of Drunk Irish Guy on Cell Phone. What a lovely bus ride that was. Not as bad as Tuesday's commute but pretty bad. Thanks to cell phones we don't have to guess how stupid people really are. I don't like talking on my cell phone on the bus, it's just too enclosed, it's rude. So, I got off the bus, walked a couple steps and witnessed a woman walking towards me, she contorted her face in an ugly fashion, opened her mouth and let out a nasty cough. She didn't cover her mouth! The picture of her open mouth with her tongue hanging out haunts me. Disgusting. But that's nothing compared to the subway yesterday morning. I saw a guy walking towards me, he stopped, plugged up a nostril and blew a snot rocket on the wall. What the hell people, what the hell?! That's the kind of thing that you just block out right away and hope you don't see, even though you know what's going on. I looked away but could still see it out of the corner of my eye, awful. Time for a new segment to bobborden.com -- What's Under Bob's Sofa Pillows? Here we go: Hey! Wow, check it out: $1.05! That's a lot to have in the old sofa. Think of all the money I'm losing in interest by not having that in the bank. Pretty interesting. I hope you enjoyed What's Under Bob's Sofa Pillows? -- Tell your friends. That may be it for today. Let's review: Drunk Irish guy on cell, open-mouth cough by woman, snot-rocket guy and Bob's sofa -- Yeah, that's enough to handle for Thursday. Stay Beautiful, Bob PS Mom, I love ya! While the Stripes story from yesterday is true, I don't hold it against you. I have to think of SOMETHING to write here everyday. Please, please return my calls. 3-17-04 I had the WORST commute last night. Let's start with the smells; first there was the urine in the subway, second there was the extreme body odor in the bus station and last, the bus smelled like a dead squirrel. Then you had 'annoying cell phone guy' and 'annoying never been on the bus before but OH MY I don't know how to act like a normal human being anymore woman'! Exact Change shouldn't be a foreign concept to anyone, especially at her age -- that was a dig, she was probably only 42. Then I get off the bus for all the fun of ice and slush. It was especially slippery out there. Then the freezing rain started. Those little ice drops sounded like footsteps sneaking up behind me. I became so paranoid that every few steps I had to quickly turn around and give potential attackers my defensive stance: (Dramatization) Needless to say, I stuck out like a turd in a punchbowl doing that move. So you see, it was an awful night to be outside. But I'm not going to let ALL THAT get me, get us, down. I was thinking that I haven't seen a movie in a long time. I can't remember the last film I had time to see. This talk of movies just reminded me of seeing Stripes with my Mom and brother when I was growing up. I was so embarrassed when the shower scene came on, you know, because of all the boobs. Maybe breasts is a more grown-up description. Everything embarrassed me growing up. But God Bless Mom for taking us to an R rated flick. Good Lord, it came out in 1981 -- I was only 10-years old! Mom, I hate to say it but you dropped the ball on that one, ha ha. Aside from that, Stripes was and is a pretty funny movie. Do they still hand out things at movies? I remember they were handing out posters at GhostBusters and Condor masks for the Disney flop, Condorman. Hey, Condorman came out the same year as Stripes, wow. I saw a figure in the news yesterday that was pretty funny. To date, Geffen Records has $13.5 million dollars involved in the making of Guns 'N Roses' Chinese Democracy CD. Axl's been working on it for YEARS! I told this to my friend Walter implying how stupid Geffen is -- then I thought about it and admitted that I'd probably be the first in line to buy it. So, you go AXL -- take as much time and as much money as you need. That's it for today. Down for Whatever, Bob PS Check out my autograph page in my STUFF section, I added a new one today. A note on the new autograph; I was in their fan club for a year. 3-16-04 I'm going to be the first to admit that I don't have a lot to talk about today. After work last night I stopped off to talk to my friend Tiffany. That was a nice way to end the day. I ended a lovely conversation by raiding her CD collection. Can you say 'classy'? Bob likes to collect music She didn't have a lot of CDs that I cared for, I only ended up borrowing U2's Boy and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra plays the music of Oasis. I can't wait to hear Champagne Supernova! Funny thing about the ipod, I seek music out now. It's like collecting a giant quilt of music. Sure, you have your Queen but did your overlook AC/DC? It's quite the balancing act. Speaking of Queen (No pun intended but that was kind of funny), Carl sent me a DVD of them in concert. Totally out of the blue! Thanks a lot Carl. Let that be a lesson to everyone else that checks out bobborden.com, would it kill you to send me something nice? I mean, come on -- what am I doing this for anyway! To review, I started this site for four reasons: 1. I want a show about my life/website 2. To meet my future wife 3. To be able to direct people to my site when people asked me 'how was your weekend' -- mindless office chat is a pet peeve 4. To get free stuff. Any help in any of those areas would be greatly appreciated. Do you have March Madness yet? I sure do! I can't wait to watch one of the highly contested basketball contests. (I don't know anything about basketball) I was in a March Madness pool last year and I was out of it after the first game. That's it for today, my Tivo has a wealth of viewing for me. Do I watch The Sopranos or the last 'Curb'? I hate MTV but I have to give them props on the show Pimp My Ride. I'm enjoying that right now but they'll find a way to blow it, they always do, "Hey, let's pimp Carson's ride!" -- MTV! Stay beautiful, Bob Rock and Roll ain't noise pollution Rock and Roll is just Rock and Roll AC/DC 3-15-04 I totally had a great vacation. You're never going to guess where I went, go on, take a guess. "Steubenville, Ohio?" Darn. I didn't write down what I did every day which is unfortunate, because I'm not sure what I was doing from day to day. Hey, let's pretend that last week was really only one day, yeah, that will work. I woke up "last week" around ten o'clock. That's some sweet sleep-in time but the 'ville will do that to you. I spent some time with the nephews and niece. We played Halo -- they're SO GOOD! I never won one match up. We also enjoyed some lovely dinners together. Chinese food, Mmmmmmmmm. I helped my Mom a lot with the house. Nothing major, just found a place for everything. If I'm in the mood to clean, oh man, watch out! I didn't go out much, sad to say, there's not much to do in the old hometown. I was so bored one day that I drove up to Pittsburgh to catch a movie but even they didn't open up until 3:15 -- That's a day ruiner. I went to Steak & Shake instead, oh my, that's good stuff! My Mom and I hit the local casino to blow off some stress. They have a new nickel slot machine called Mega Mart. It was a lot of fun. If you get three shopping carts, it takes you to a bonus screen. Once you're on a bonus screen, it's go time. A lot of smokers at the casino though, kind of sad. Oh, I did a GREAT sociological study. I was cashing out $17 in nickels (I know, big spender!) and one of my nickels flew out of the hopper and rolled in front of the lady sitting next to me. My first instinct was to reach down and get my nickel but then I thought, let's see how this goes. The nickel hit her shoe, she and I'm NOT KIDDING, she put her foot over the nickel and didn't tell me about it. How about that? And don't give me the old 'maybe she needed it' -- IT WAS A NICKEL! Let this be yet another of life's lessons: people are turds. For the last year my wiper fluid hasn't worked. I fixed it a few months ago by getting a new motor, only to find the fluid on the floor the next day. It was the bottle, not the motor - oops. I couldn't find an exact replacement for my '82 jeep so for only $20, I got a kit. It's really a pretty good deal, they give you new hose, a bottle and a motor. I put it in only to find that there was no where to screw the bottle onto. I could have made a bracket but it'd have to be metal and I don't have those kinds of tools. So, here's what I ended up with: Car repair 101 How funny is that?! I admit it, it's pretty bad but its never worked so good before! I need a new whip. (Bob slang: whip = car) I enjoyed some wings with my friend Tim one day. Always good to kick it with him. And who would have thought that eating 24 wings at 11pm would feel so good -- it's a question for the ages, really. Reminder to my brother George: BURN THOSE CDS FOR ME! [George promised he'd burn some CDs for me but never got around to it] I'm back! We're back. Stay gold, Bob PS Today's Photo of the Day was taken at mile marker 14 on Route 80 in PA. I love driving by that spot and the billboard is classic. Maybe I should keep my eyes on the road? Anyway, tell your friends! (?) 3-04-04 I was walking home last night, finally wearing the perfect light jacket for the mild-weather conditions, and then a pretty negative thought hit me; The changing of the seasons makes me angry. That's a pretty bad thought to have but in a way, I kind of believe it. You have to have four wardrobes ready to roll out at the drop of a leaf, snowflake, rain or the sun's rays. That's a lot of pressure. My radiator is in Hoboken and now I can stop talking about it! I'm so glad that it came here so quickly. I have to give a shoutout to UPS for hooking me up. I started watching a film that I've never got around to watching before, The Grifters. I Tivo-ed it and will finish it up this weekend. Bob's talking about this film It has all the makings of a good movie. I think I have a thing for Annette Bening. Darn you Warren Beatty! I take that back, Warren Beatty's cool. DARN YOU HOLLYWOOD! OK, that's better. I wore a new shirt to work yesterday. I like wearing new stuff, it makes me feel good. But for some reason, wearing this: Bob's new shirt Wearing this was like a lighting rod for hearing people's cute comments ALL DAY. "Hey, what's up, basketball", "Do you play basketball?" and my favorite, 'the look', followed by people saying, "basketball" Sweet LORD! I JUST WANT TO LIVE! I felt old this week. Most of the time I don't think about age but for some reason when my intern Becky, told me that her nose ring was infected, it just made me think: who wears a nose ring in this day and age? People with no jobs, that's who. That got me to thinking about my job-free days and being 22. Where does the time go? "SIGH" Anyway, you'll be happy to know that she took the ring out and her nose is healing nicely. I think that's it for today. PROGRAM NOTE: Next diary update: March 15, 2004 -- I need to take some quality time for myself, so I'm going to go to a pond and stare at a tree. That last sentence seems like a Don Rickles joke, ha ha. Before I go, thanks to Diane. Diane sent me a lovely e-mail yesterday. Thank you for your kind words. To everyone else, take note: Send a nice e-mail and you'll get your name in the diary too, ha ha. Always, Bob PS I'm sorry I cursed in yesterday's diary. If you go to yesterday's diary in the archives, I changed the word "s**t" to the word "poop" -- Hmmmmmm, kind of awkward to end the diary like this -- seems like I need something here? TELL YOUR FRIENDS! (perfect) 3-03-04 The weather really snuck up on me again last night. Good Lord, it was very mild out there. The problem, I guess, isn't the weather but the fact that I was wearing a winter jacket. This is a very confusing time of year for me. Nothing that a Michelob Ultra can't handle, excuse me for a second -- AHHHHHH! -- Michelob Ultra, light, low carb -- always smooth and refreshing. My new bag arrived yesterday! Look, it's a bag! I love it! It's very simple but that's what I wanted. It came quick too. I ordered it Sunday after looking at bags for three hours and it was in my hands on Tuesday morning. I love tracking items so I felt a little ripped off that it got here so quickly. But my radiator on the other hand, that's an interesting item to track. It's 31 pounds and is coming from Tennessee. Here's the breakdown thus far: March 1st: 4:38 P.M. Billing information received 6:42 P.M. Origin Scan, Knoxville, TN 11:00 P.M. Departure Scan, Knoxville, TN Look, this is what Bob's talking about! March 2nd: 6:53 A.M. Arrival Scan, Roanoke, VA 9:15 A.M. Departure Scan, Roanoke, VA 1:59 P.M. Arrival Scan, Laurel, MD 2:17 P.M. Departure Scan, Laurel, MD 4:17 P.M. Arrival Scan, Philadelphia, PA When you think about it -- I mean REALLY think about it, isn't that amazing detail to have about something you ordered? Am I alone on this one?! The garage should get it today, it will get installed on Friday and in the long run, I think I saved some money too! My hat goes off to UPS on a job well done. I'm listening to AC/DC's song Are You Ready and the first lyric after 'Are You Ready' is 'sweet apple pie' -- classic! I think that's it for today. Stay beautiful, Bob Before I go, I'd like to start a new feature to bobborden.com today - I call it: Bob's Bottom of the Page Curse Word of the Day. Today's word: Poop. That was Bob's Bottom of the Page Curse Word of the Day - tell your friends! 3-02-04 Hello hello! You know what film I watched before the Oscars Sunday night? The Fugitive. I watched the whole darn thing, very exciting, with the one-armed man and all. I was on the bus last night, a window was open and it really hit me that it was chilly out. Then I remembered that it was warm yesterday morning. I thought to myself, how the heck do you dress for this weather? With that in mind, I'd like to start a new segment today, I call it: Bob of BobBorden.com Has Bad Ideas Too. So, with the weather so CRAZY, I thought It'd be pretty funny if I dressed in two extremes for today's wacky diary photo. Like, shorts with a winter coat, hat and gloves. I loved the idea SO MUCH that I even wrote it on my hand so I wouldn't forget: An idea is born Then when I got home I said to myself, wow, that's a pretty lame idea and started writing today's diary. That was Bob of BobBorden.com Has Bad Ideas Too -- Tell Your Friends. I got an e-mail yesterday that said my radiator may get here on or before March 8th. I could have swore that when I ordered it, the site said it'd be here by Wednesday. Maybe that was for my original order to Ohio, who knows? There's always something! It has to get here before Friday. WAIT, I just checked the tracking number and it will be here by the 3rd -- WHEW! That's a load off. When I drove into the city Sunday night and double parked in front of my building I noticed that my car left me a surprise. Here's the anti-freeze stain: My car's fluid Dramatic photo? You better believe it. Now everyone knows that it's not all in my mind. When I get it fixed, I'm going to do myself a favor a drive it off a cliff. The sentimentality of it being my Dad's car is starting to wear off with each unexpected bill. Now, I can't get rid of it because I've got so much in it. It's your classic catch 22. But damn if I don't like driving that sum bitch around. Can you say 'sum bitch' on the internet? Oh well, no one will read it at the bottom of the page anyway. I'm really getting serious about buying an apartment. I just need to find that magical combination of price, location and parking. That's the dream. Jersey City isn't 100% out of the running but it's pretty close, ha ha. Too urban for Bobby. I think I just need to know the cool, underpriced areas. Too bad Hoboken is off its nut as far as prices go. That's all she wrote! Forever Bob, Bob 3-01-04 I enjoyed the photo in Friday's diary so much, it was hard to put it in the archives. What a weekend! If I had to give it a title, I'd call it the weekend of indecision. Friday night I hung out with Tiffany and she told me about the process of buying an apartment. There's a lot of steps. A little overwhelming but I think she ends up doing all the work, ha ha. I got home around 11, watched some TV and hit the sack. Saturday I woke up at 10. I got on the computer right away to buy a windshield wiper bottle for the Jeep. I found a great site and I noticed that they had 15% off of a "Jeep" radiator. I thought, better safe than sorry and I bought it. I had it shipped back to Ohio because I'll be going back there soon. Good deal. After that, I didn't have any plans, surprise surprise, but it was such a nice day, I had to get out there. I loaded up the laundry and headed for Nutley. When I got to the highway, it looked like everyone had the same idea I did (Not laundry, getting out of town). I didn't feel like getting stuck in traffic so I did my laundry in Hoboken. So much for going for a drive. After laundry, i drove to the A & P. I got home, cooked up a steak and watched The Dirty Dozen. Damn great movie. I talked to my Mom later in the day and she wondered why I bought a radiator when Sal said it could probably go for 6 more months. Good question. I got off the phone and canceled the radiator. Then I started searching for bags, I found a 20% off coupon. I hate the bag I use for work and the coupon pretty much forced me to make a purchase. My bag is too small for me. They sure did have a lot of bags. So much so, that I stayed up until 2am and didn't buy anything. Sunday I woke up around 10. Another beautiful day -- I watched TV until 2pm. I also bought a bag (2 days, 3 hours and I finally bought one). I called up my friend Tiffany, she was showing an apartment in Jersey City so I drove over there to take a look. Real nice apartment -- Viking stove and fridge, 1500 square feet -- 'hey, maybe I should buy this place' I thought. It was $359,000, oops. A little (!) out of my price range. I'm glad I went over though because I got to check out the area. I don't think it's for me. I drove back to Hoboken, found a parking spot four blocks from Supercuts and got a haircut. After that I went home and cooked up a small steak and some soup. I checked my e-mail around 7:00 and saw that my bosses left me a message to call the writing staff because we're starting early on Monday. No problem except the list I had was from 2001. I was so PISSED at myself for not having the latest list that I got in the car and drove into the city. Here's what the Lincoln Tunnel looks like at 9:00pm on a Sunday: Lincoln Tunnel I called everyone, drove back to Hoboken. I parked my car and a somewhat big puddle of anti-freeze came pouring out. I got on the computer, ordered the same radiator that I ordered and canceled from the day before. I'm having it shipped here because I doubt I'd have a safe trip without proper cooling. Turns out, It was a good thing that I went to the city. I wouldn't have noticed the anti-freeze until it was too late (Too late: car on side of road, on fire). Okay -- END OF WEEKEND. Tell your friends. Always, Bob

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