10-29-04 I start today's diary with great news! I'm on the Pittsburgh Steelers' Season Ticket list! I'm only number... Oh, nevermind Well, do you have any idea what Sunday is? If you guessed 'Halloween' - you'd be correct but as I hate Halloween, that's not what I had in mind. I was thinking about the BOBBORDEN.COM 4TH ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!!!! bobborden.com is 4 years old To all the people that said I could never keep this up for 4 years, to all the Madison Avenue FAT CATS that refuse to advertise because of my controversial views, to all the women who rejected me over the last four years I say this: SCREW YOU!!!! I'm NUMBER ONE, BobBorden.com is #1 -- I did it for 4 years without you and with my rage intact, I can do it for 4 more! Tell your friends! I may get a haircut today. I was thinking on the subway today that hair cutting pretty much stays the same. Sure, there are perms and styles but no one's doing anything crazy. Puff Daddy sports a mohawk every now and then. That's bold, that's what I'm talking about. it all comes back to society, I guess. Sean Combs can do it because he's rich, if Joe businessman does it, he'd get stoned. My point? I don't know -- you do know I'm been writing this crap for four years! The worst part of getting a haircut for me right now is they have to cut around the bald spot. And I know they're doing it! Then when they give you the mirror shot, they avoid that area, it's so painful. But what can you do? I'm on a serious music kick right now. I put 10 gigs of music on my ipod the other night. 10 gigs = 2586 songs...I could listen to it straight for 6.9 days and never repeat a song, pretty cool. And I have 17.76 gigs left! The girl in the record store this week suggested I buy: The Kinks, Steve Earle, Old 97's, Drive by Truckers and something else I can't remember right now. She was on the money with every pick. I bought something cool last night, VHS or Beta, they put it in the Electronica/Dance category but it's very enjoyable. I picked up some Buzzcocks, they're an older band but new to me. I heard one of their songs in the Ghost World film. And I love Kings of Leon, good stuff! OK, that's it for Bob's Music Beat today, ha ha. My Mom sent me a Halloween e-card today. I actually felt like I was 6 years old. Halloween card? Come on Mom! I guess it's the thought that counts, I forget that sometimes. OK, that's enough for a Friday. Have a great weekend and have a great BOBBORDEN.COM 4TH ANNIVERSARY! Sincerely your internet friend, Bob 10-28-04 I got home last night, had some dinner, cleaned my apartment and spent the rest of my time listening to music. I spent too much time listening to music, to be honest. So, I'm going to give myself a diary day off. See you on Friday. That's it! Have a great day. Sincerely, Bob 10-27-04 I got off the bus last night and walked around Hoboken for a bit. I passed by the movie theater and Team America: World Police was getting ready to play. Team America I kept walked past the theater and then thought to myself, 'hey, I got nothing else going on tonight.' I turned around and bought a ticket. I sat down and the theater's lights faded down -- perfect timing. I liked it, I didn't love it but I was amazed at all the work that went into it. It'd be a great movie to catch on HBO after a night of drinking. I guess that's a review, ha ha. The big popular culture story from yesterday was the special edition of the ipod. It's a U2 ipod, black with a red dial and their new album is already loaded in. Cool I was talking to my friend Jay about it. I had mentioned that I'm due for an impulse buy and may purchase it. Before I knew it, I agreed to purchase his old one (At an amazing price) so he could upgrade, ha ha. I'm going from the original ipod (5 gig), to the 3rd generation model (30 gigs). That's a huge bump in gigs! I'll never be able to fill it but that's the point. I hate having to dump music onto my hard drive because I used 5 gigs. Very exciting. The other popular culture thing is the SNL/Ashlee Simpson vocal mix-up. The 'mix-up' being that her band played the wrong vocal track, oops. Now, she was going to sing live but her acid reflux was acting up, oh Ashlee! Honestly, who cares?! Britney, Janet and a whole bunch of people "sing" to track. I guess everyone can't be Motley Crue -- that'd get boring too. Wait, scratch that, an army of Motley Crue would be RIGHTEOUS! CRUE ARMY! That's it for me. Have a great day. Sincerely, Bob 10-26-04 A quick timeline: 6:00 PM: We're not taping this week, I get to leave work 6:10 PM: I know about a friendly poker game on another floor so I check it out. 8:30 PM: Hey, I'm still in the game, OK, so I had to buy in more than once. Here's a photo: People love poker! 11:30 PM: It's down to Walter and Paula (I lost over an hour ago but was just waiting for a ride - not smart on my part) The final two 12:00 AM: The game ends in a draw, otherwise, they would still be there. 1:12 AM: I'm writing this diary and really fighting back the urge to eat some Frosted Flakes. 1:30 AM: Frosted Flakes wins! Have a great day! Sincerely, Bob 10-25-04 Friday I met the perfect record store employee. She had a lot of the same tastes that I do except she knew much, much more. And all of her recommendations were right on the money. After that, I picked up a burrito and walked home. I watched Harold and Maude, and then listened to music the rest of the night. Saturday I woke up around 11. It just hit me that I didn't leave a one mile radius of my apartment this weekend. There's something sad about that. I was going to go to Nutley (not that that's much better) but something told me to stay close. I headed over to Jersey City, did my laundry and went to Target. On my way into Target, a kid outside a shopping cart was pulling on the side of the cart. Bob's talking about helping children in need The kid's baby brother/sister was inside the cart. Just as I was walking by, the cart started to fall over on its side -- without thinking about it, I grabbed the cart, preventing it from crashing to the ground. I took a deep breath. The mom was surfing the internet on the Target job computer. She thanked me and I was on my way. How about that? That reminds me...last weekend I did another good deed. I was in the laundry mat and I was walking out to go shopping. The woman in front of me had two big bags of laundry and was trying to get everything in order. A guy was holding the door for her, she was blocking the door preventing me from leaving. I offered my help and she pointed me to the big bag. I picked it up and brought it outside. Now, I go to put it down but she just keeps walking to her car. I said to her, 'Now wait a minute, I thought you were parked by the curb?' Oh the laugh we shared. You know I had a bad weekend if I'm talking about a story from the weekend before, ha ha. Saturday night I had some mac & cheese and a Wonder-Roast chicken -- so good! I paid some bills, backed up all of my downloaded music and fell asleep on the sofa. Sunday I woke up around 10:30. I got caught up on two episodes of The Apprentice, that's a darn good show. Trump is so likeable in a cocky sort of way. I got out of the house and was going to drive around northern Jersey but it looked like traffic so I went back to Target. I was looking for a bookshelf type of thing for a new radio I got. I traded my brother my big stereo, that took up too much of my space, for a small/good table radio. Bob's new radio He makes out in the deal but I never used the darn thing, so I'd call that a smart trade. This table radio I have is amazing! It sounds like nothing I've ever heard before. I listened to some music from India and some classical stuff too. Back to the shelf -- Target didn't have anything, neither did Pier 1. So I found a place for the radio on my computer table. It works out better, I didn't need to spend that money. I've been thinking about money lately and how I need to start saving it. I canceled my voicemail and bought a phone machine. I don't need to spend the $5 a month to hear that I have no calls, ha ha. Remember my trip back to Ohio so I could see the Steelers game? The gas alone cost close to $200! I have to get rid of that tank. I got back to my apartment around 4:00 and watched football. I watched Pimp My Ride, listened to music and wrote the old diary. Mike Watt was in Hoboken but I didn't feel like seeing him this time around. He's playing a 53 minute song about an illness that almost took him a few years back -- not my cup of tea. That's it! Have a great Monday. Sincerely, Bob 10-22-04 I'm not a baseball fan, not at all. People seem to love it. In my non-sports world, it came to my attention that even if I didn't understand baseball, I should watch Boston and Yankees game. I watched the last two innings of the last game. I didn't feel the excitment -- I just don't get it. But that's not really my point. I was watching the game and the Boston player, Johnny Damon, made me think of something. Check out his photo: Johnny Damon I was watching this guy because I thought I may have seen him before. Has that ever happened to you? Turns out, I did see him somewhere before! Check this out: Same guy, right? Whew, I went a LONG way for that. Here's an update to that story: New York lost and I guess in a weird way, so did Color Me Badd. Ha ha. Time to announce the winner of my foam peanuts contest. This wasn't such a popular promotion. I have a total of four entries and one person entered twice! The winner is: DARIN BROWN! WAY TO GO! People really win on bobborden.com! Send me your shipping information to the same e-mail as yesterday. Nice work! Hey, let's read another fan e-mail. Today's letter is from Jim Schuster in Culver City, CA. Jim writes: "Dear Bob, I love the site but often wonder what your friend Pam would look like in a Regis Philbin mask. Do you think you could ask Pam? I'm a fan. Jim Schuster Culver City, CA" Thanks for the very, very odd letter Jim. Yeah, what the heck, I can ask Pam to do that, she's mint (New slang word for cool) like that: Fan request Thanks Pam! See, people get what they want on bobborden.com -- TELL YOUR FRIENDS! My diet went into a tailspin this week as I found myself eating at McDonald's twice for breakfast. I got sick of my normal breakfast and wanted a change. I'm not going to make it a habit but Lord, it's so good! I get a #3 with a large orange juice. The #3 is: sausage, cheese, egg on an english muffin -- oh my, so good. I pick it up at the McDonald's in the city that's open 24 hours. It's always an adventure ordering because I'd say 90% of their customers are homeless. By the time I get in there, the workers have had enough, ha ha. When they were filling up my orange juice the other day, they ran out of juice. I thought, 'Oh man, it's going to take some time to get some fresh juice in there, I don't want to be late for work because of this.' While I was thinking that, the woman, walked over to a refrigeration unit, pulled out a bag of orange juice, put it in the juice machine, opened up a tube and filled up my glass. You never really think about where your food comes from in these places but I never thought, never in a million years, that my orange juice came from a bag. The other new thing I had a few times for breakfast was a V8. Man, that's good stuff! It has a lot of salt but hits the spot. The place where I buy it had a lot on Tuesday but when I went in on Wednesday morning, they were all gone. They must have really had a run on V8 but my fear is that they were recalled or they were past their expiration date. I try not to think about it, it's easier that way. I think that's it for FRIDAY! Have a great weekend. I'm too sexy for your party, no way I'm disco dancing, Bob 10-21-04 I'm going to start today's diary with an e-mail I received from Mary Johnson. Mary lives in Provo, Utah. Mary writes: "Dear Bob, I love the site but often wonder what you'd look like if you were in your office, on the phone, wearing a Donald Trump mask. Do you think you could do that for a loyal fan? Mary Johnson Provo, Utah" Thanks for the very, very odd letter Mary. Yeah, what the heck, I can do that: You're Fired! I have officially done everything on bobborden.com. If there's anything you'd like to see me do, don't keep it to yourself, drop me a line. I got an interesting Instant Message from my Mom about yesterday's diary. Turns out, she's a Celine Dion fan that's partial to flu shots, oops. Somehow I feel like I have to apologize to Celine and to the influenza vaccine but I won't do it. The truth must be told! Ha ha. Sorry Mom! I was sporting a new shirt at work this week. I have to say, I like it, it's my style and I feel comfortable in it. I can show you, this is the shirt: Bob likes this shirt (others make fun of it) Again, I'm at work, minding my own business and Mike McIntee takes a look at my shirt and says something like, "Hey, I didn't realize the grunge look was back." This, bobborden.com readers, was an unprovoked attack! I bit my tongue then but now, it's payback time! Instead of words, just take a look at this photo: Pot calling the kettle black Maybe it isn't such a great shirt after all. I believe my friend Walter said, "Eddie Vedder called, he wants his shirt back" Damn. The shirt gets no love, just like its owner, ha ha -- Oh, I'm very sad. Time for a new contest, I call it: I WANT TO WIN BOB'S FOAM PEANUTS! You know, the stuff they use to pack stuff in. You can WIN these! I got something in the mail and have a surplus of these things. My loss could be your gain! To enter, please live in the United States and send an e-mail to WINMYBEEFLOG@YAHOO.COM. I'll announce the winner tomorrow. People love: I WANT TO WIN BOB'S FOAM PEANUTS! -- Tell Your Friends! A fan request, a contest -- this has been quite the diary. That's it. Check back tomorrow to see who won the big I WANT TO WIN BOB'S FOAM PEANUTS! contest -- IT COULD BE YOU! Have a good one, Bob 10-20-04 You ever have a word just pop into your head? I got off the bus last night and the word, "Shagadelic", just made me smile. I'm not even an Austin Powers fan but there's something about that word. 'Shagadelic' -- Ha ha ha! I have to say, WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT NOT GETTING A FLU SHOT?! ENOUGH! Just deal with it. Honestly, the way everyone is freaking out, they should have just passed out a placebo and shut the hell up. It worked on M.A.S.H., it will work on America. Give the old people some sugar water and send them on their way -- they never would have known! Old people just like to complain. And how much weaker do we look to the world now?! Good Lord! "Oh, my poor flu shot was taken away." Boo freaking Hoo! While I'm all excited, WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH CELINE DION?! Why do people buy the hype?! Just because you sell millions of records, doesn't make it right. I watched her sell her new line of music and baby photographs on CBS Sunday Morning. I guess no one has ever had a child before Celine! You see, the rich and famous understand things in a way that no one else really gets, because they're on such a higher level. The world must thank her and thank her now! My brother George had a birthday on Sunday. I didn't write about it because it fell on a weekend and my Monday diary was jam packed with talk of my birthday. I hurt his feelings but you know, this isn't the community calendar! Pretty soon I'll have to write about the big fish fry at the Knights of Columbus hall! I'm kidding (sort of) -- HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEORGE! I hope you had a 'Shagadelic' day! Ha ha, 'Shagadelic' -- HA HA HA! I think that's all for today, let me check my list: Bob's train of thought Here's something, check out my cat Billy: Does your cat sleep this sound? That's it! Have a great day. All my best, Bob 10-19-04 Today, something new: The all-scanner diary! All the photos on the diary today were scanned in for your enjoyment and haven't been looked at by me, in years. Once upon a time (1996), I went to Spain, France and Italy with my friends, Paula and Lorraine This is a photo of me in a hostle in Barcelona, oh, Barcelona This is an old guy walking the streets of Venice, oh, Venice Here I am in front of the coliseum with a gladiator guy Back in 1999, I tried to break into commercial acting by taking my headshot. This 'onesheet' is an example of bad headshots, ha ha. I can say that I worked with Dan Rather, that's something. So, that was the first all-scanner diary, did you enjoy it? I enjoyed it. Have a great day. Sincerely, Bob 10-18-04 Well, I'm not sure where to begin? Here we go, Friday was my birthday. I had a great day, received a lot of well wishes and great gifts. Thanks again to everyone! I celebrated my birthday by asking my friends (Walter, "Sally", Jay, Paula, Justin, Tiffany and Pam) to join me at: RED LOBSTER We had a pretty good time despite the bad service and bad food. I knew what I was in for when I picked the place but I thought it'd be something different - and that it was! If this photo doesn't say fun, then I don't want to know: Dive in! I knew when they put that bib on me, I'd look silly but I didn't know that it said, "DIVE IN!", until I got home, ha ha. I have to thank everyone again for a great time! Thank you. At the end of the dinner, there was an option to go out for drinks. I've been down that road before and people usually go through the motions, get one drink and call it a night. Everyone was pretty stuffed, so I called it a night. Tiffany drove in, so I could get an easy ride back to Hoboken, which is always huge. We parted ways. Tiffany and I walked a little on the block where she parked her car and it wasn't there. She was running late, didn't pay too much attention to the signs and didn't pay the meter, oops. They towed her car, her new car. We walked up a few blocks and talked to a police officer. He said it probably wasn't stolen, they probably towed it over to pier 76. Tiffany and I looked at each other and started walking to the West Side of Manhattan. I have to say that all of this rolled off of Tiffany like nothing. It made the evening very enjoyable, in a very odd way. We walked past a dive bar, walked in and had a few drinks. What the hell, her car isn't going anywhere, ha ha. We had a fun time talking/hanging out, then we headed over to the pier. The guy at the gate warned us about the long wait we'd have. We get inside of a wood-paneled trailer, Tiffany gives them her info and we wait. We met a nice couple and the guy was celebrating his birthday too! There were about 5 to 8 people there so it didn't seem like it'd be that long. I saw a guy come in and walk up to the window. The attendant asked the guy what his license plate was and he said, "It's C X something something" Ha ha ha! As soon as I heard that I said to Tiffany, "give me your pen, this is gold!" Ten minutes later, Tiffany paid her $185 and we walked to the lot. Pier 76 The $185 is just the towing fee, she still has a ticket to pay -- insane! BLOOMBERG! But what can you do? We left the pier and I took this photo of her walking papers: REDEEMED! The action of taking that photo, made Tiffany laugh her butt off. Then I took this photo: Tiffany is losing it! Tiffany dropped me off around 2 AM. Man, this is a lot of diary and I haven't even got to Saturday and Sunday yet! (I wrote everything up to this point on Friday night) (I'm writing everything from this point, on Sunday night) Hey, remember Friday night, that was something, right? I was hoping that the excitment of Friday night would carry over to the rest of the weekend, it didn't, ha ha. Saturday I woke up around 12:00. That was some good sleeping in! I was toying around with going to Atlantic City but the late start didn't make me feel like driving. I drove to Jersey City to do my laundry and go to the A & P. They have a Target store over there now, it breaks up the washing/drying cycle very nicely. I didn't buy anything. I got back around 5 PM, cooked up a steak and rewatched The Office: Season 1 for a while, then downloaded some music. Sunday I woke up at 10:00. I broke routine and skipped taking a shower. I had to go into work to pick up a scanner that my bosses, Justin and Eric, were kind enough to get me for my birthday. Traffic on the way home was crazy. They had some kind of race through the Lincoln Tunnel and that caused a major delay. I moved over to 7th Avenue, that was crazy too. It finally cleared up after Madison Square Garden. I got close to the Holland tunnel and saw a very pretty blind woman with her dog. I don't want to sound like an idiot but there was something very inspiring about seeing her. She was just out there, getting it done. I got back around 12:00 and then drove to Best Buy. I was looking for a small TV for my bedroom. I brought back an old, small TV from Ohio but it's not in stereo and I can't hook up a DVD player to it. I like having a TV in the bedroom, I'm thinking that could spell the end to my falling asleep on the sofa. I didn't get anything. I got back around 1:30 and watched football. Then, around 2:30, I had an ichat with my friend Jay. Jay and Bob ichat ichatting is great fun! Talking about world events and the election have more impact face to face. OK, talking about other people and TV have more impact face to face, ha ha. I went for a walk around 4 PM. It was a cold day and I was wearing shorts. I got back around 4:45 and watched a great Steelers game -- they're hot! For dinner I cooked up some pasta with chicken sausage -- it was pretty good. I played with my scanner the rest of the night -- it's amazing! Thanks again Justin and Eric! So, that was my weekend. I can't believe I didn't get a shower! That's not like me at all. Have a great Monday. Sincerely, Bob 10-15-04 Thirty Five years old has never looked so... Good? Holy crap, I'm 35! I'm not freaking out or anything, it just seems like somebody else should be 35, I don't need to be 35, you know? I'm a young guy, I do young things -- 35 seems like I should be married with kids. I feel like I'm 29. 34 sure did go fast. Darn. I was thinking about the last few years and what I did on my special day. Having a diary helped me piece it together, here's a list: Birthday 1999: Can't remember Birthday 2000: I didn't do anything Birthday 2001: I didn't do anything Birthday 2002: I didn't do anything Birthday 2003: Celebrity phone call from Gene Simmons (2003 was a good one) To find out what I did in 2004, you'll have to check back on Monday. We were never a big birthday family. Once we stopped being kids, it wasn't such a big deal. That's why I'm reluctant to celebrate as an adult. All I can say is I hope to make up for lost time. Cut to me tonight, throwing up on my shoes in an alley, ha ha! I'm kidding. I want to say thanks to everyone that sent me birthday wishes this week, much appreciated. I don't have enough space to thank everyone -- you know who you are. It's always nice to get birthday greetings from a casino, ha ha. I have to give a shoutout to a guy from my former messageboard, Spartacus. He changed jobs and sent me some cool things from his old desk: Cool stuff I don't think he meant to send it to me for my birthday but, it timed out perfectly. Thank you! Good luck with your new gig. So, that's it for me. Check back on Monday to see how my day went but until then, TELL YOUR FRIENDS about bobborden.com! Sincerely your Internet friend, Bob COOL LINK OF THE WEEK 10-14-04 It's Thursday! I'm one day closer to being thirty five years old. I honestly can't believe it. All the other ages up to this point haven't meant anything to me -- this feels like something. I have a strong urge to take stock of my life but that seems like a mistake, ha ha. Oh well. I'm fine really. I'm writing this before the debate. I hope it's a good one. A good debate to me is one where punches are thrown. Not verbal punches, I'm talking about real, physical punches, ha ha. There has to be a better way to elect a President, right? I've had to hear all this crap for the last year! I just want to live! When I was back in Ohio this past weekend, I saw this in a lot of lawns: How is your lawn going to vote? I'm not sure if that's a joke or if I was trying to make a point? Today's Photo of the Day was stolen from THIS SITE. Carl's my friend across the pond and he used to post of my messageboad that I have removed from this site. I was talking to him yesterday and he's the real deal, just a good guy. (Speaking of England, I'm kidding! Read on...) I consider myself a student of the media. 95% of the time they're right on the story. 5% of the time though, they miss the boat. The media touched on this a little yesterday but it was overshadowed by baseball and talk of the debate. One of our favorite stars of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, Lynndie England, is a new mother! CONGRATULATIONS! (File photo) What? Not enough time has passed to make that joke? That was the only photo of her I had! My apologies. I should send her a fruit basket, ha ha, oh, that'd be great, I have to do that. That woman from the Steelers game STILL hasn't sent me those photos! What the F@#K?! People, am I right? Let me know on my messageboard, ha ha - that joke never gets old (I don't have a messageboard). That's it! Have a great day. Sincerely, Bob 10-13-04 It's hump day already! Sweet. I have to say, my faith in humanity is a little shaken. I talked about this yesterday, I asked a woman to take a digital photo of my friend Tim and I at the Steelers game. It'd be two minutes out of someone's life to do a favor and it doesn't cost anything. What's the problem?! If you asked me to take your photo and e-mail it to you, I'd do it. But there lies the problem; I have to realize people aren't like me. Damn it, I wanted that photo too! Anyway, I'm still trying to catch up on sleep this week. I fell asleep on the sofa last night. Waking up at 4 AM, turning off the TV trying to figure out why it's 4 AM is no way to live. I'm going to be 35 years old soon! New York and Boston played last night. I'm not a fan of baseball but all the bars in Hoboken were pretty full. I have no point here, just trying to fill up space, I guess, ha ha. My Photo of The Day today is Sam Vance. I talked about him yesterday, Mark Nelson from my former messageboard was kind enough to remind me about IMDB. Thanks Mark. Keep up the great work Sam! Man, today's diary sucks eggs. I don't think I have anything else to say today. Did you read yesterday's diary? That was a long one. Have a great day! Sincerely, Bob 10-12-04 Hello. Man, I had a great weekend! Friday, I loaded up the car and hit the road for Ohio! Drive to Ohio, over a weekend...am I crazy?! The point of all this madness was to see the Steelers game on Sunday. I got back just in time for dinner. It was great to be around Mom/ the nephews & niece/ Brother/ Sister-in-law. Family, you know. Saturday I woke up bright and early (10ish) and had to get the oil changed in my truck. That was uneventful as they told me all the fluids that escape from my car that aren't meant to escape. I got to get rid of that ride. With gas prices, it costs $33 to fill up my tank and I have to fill it up often. After the car stuff, I hung out with the kids for the rest of the day. My Mom played video games with my nephews and wasn't doing so well. She asked what her score was and my nephew Jacob said, "Your score is zero and you're last." Ha ha. Kids, am I right? Sunday I woke up around 8. My friend Tim is on the Steelers season ticket waiting list, he's number 43,000. He may be able to buy tickets in 10 years, maybe. Until that happens, he gets to go to a few games. He asked me if I wanted to go and I said, "Hell yes!" We drove up around 11 AM, found some parking across the river and took the ferry to the stadium (Heinz Field). It's a beautiful stadium. We were in the nose-bleed seats but still had a great view of the game. We sat here The game was great! All the weather people said it was going to be 67 degrees and sunny. Turns out, it was 55 degrees and cloudy. I left my jacket in my car and brought my sunglasses. I was cold for most of the game and never needed the sunglasses. I wanted to bring my camera but I didn't want to carry all that stuff without jacket pockets. I wanted a photo of Tim and I in the stands, so I asked this nice woman in front of us to take our photo and e-mail it to me. I hope she sends it, I haven't received it yet. We left the game when we knew the Steelers couldn't lose. We beat the traffic and went to a nice place to get some wings for dinner. With 24 wings inside me, I thought, 'hey, it's time to hit the road', ha ha. I left around 6 PM, hit the turnpike and was back in Hoboken around 12:30. I don't mind telling you that I was pretty tired yesterday but I expected to be -- it wasn't so bad. How was that for a weekend?! I had a damn good time. While I was watching football in Pittsburgh, my friend Pam was skydiving (Against my advice) in New York. She was so proud, she called to tell me that nothing went wrong and my advice stinks, ha ha. In my defense, check out the instructor she jumped with: Dude, we're skydiving They're falling to earth at great speed and this guy is posing for the camera! I don't know, is it me? Am I just too old? I'm glad you're still with us Pam. I'm going to close bobborden.com today with a new feature that I like to call, Hey, I Know That Guy! I have a friend I grew up with in Steubenville, he moved to Hollywood ten years ago to be a working actor. Sam Vance is his name and he landed a FEDEX commercial and I have to say, he's pretty good! But don't take my word for it, if you have a mac, CLICK THIS. If you have a PC, CLICK THIS. See, I told you it was good. Strong work Sam! That was Hey, I Know That Guy! -- TELL YOUR FRIENDS! That's it for today. Sincerely, Bob 10-08-04 Eariler in the week I gave a shoutout to my nephews Lucas and Jacob. They're in the Boy Scouts and are selling great food items for their troop. My brother made a great website that I shared with you but I didn't do it in the correct way (My brother is a computer guy and was "offended" that I made my readers cut and paste). So, here's the pitch: You know you're going to buy some snacks this weekend, why not buy them from my nephews? CLICK HERE TO BUY!!! OK, cool -- I can live with that. Hey, I was on the TONY MENDEZ SHOW last night. It was pretty funny. I'm going to be on tonight too. What can I say, the camera loves me. I was going through the Tony Mendez Show archives and saw the tribute to Dorothy Chambers, she was part of Late Show security and passed away last weekend. The show they put together was really touching. I really liked Dorothy. We used to do this little thing, when I'd leave the building, we'd draw our fingers to each other (like drawing guns in a duel) and make the gun sound effects, ha ha. There wasn't a time we didn't do that, even if she was on the phone or signing someone in - it was a great way to end the day. I'm sorry she's gone. If I ever have a contest again, remind me to limit it to U.S. residents only. The winners from yesterday; one lives in Canada, the other, in Japan! Have you ever tried to mail a beef log to Japan?! I'm up to my neck in paperwork! I'm kidding of course. I thought it was kind of funny. I was reading John's (Japan guy) e-mail, when I saw he was from Japan and I said to myself, 'Japan, sure.' Ha ha. PROGRAM NOTE: I'm taking Monday off due to the holiday but I will be back on Tuesday. You'll want to make a note of Tuesday's diary because I have some cool things planned for this weekend, no, really, I do. Guess who's having a birthday tomorrow? HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAM! If you guessed my friend Pam, you'd be correct. She's going to celebrate her birthday by jumping out of a plane. I tried to talk her out of it but she won't hear it. Be safe Pam -- pay attention when they go over how to deploy the chute! Enjoy your special day. Hey, it has been another great week at bobborden.com -- thanks for reading and thanks for TELLING YOUR FRIENDS. Have a great weekend. All my best, Bob 10-07-04 I saw something cool on CNN yesterday. Reporter Daryn Kagen was reporting the news as usual but then the 'Rush Limbaugh's drug raid ruled legal' story broke. She threw the story to another reporter because, she's dating Rush. Journalistically speaking, they did the right thing but I have no memory of that ever happening before. Sometimes TV can be fun, I loved seeing that, LOVED IT! I forgot to mention this in the last diary but when I got home Tuesday night, I watched a documentary on PBS about pearls. It was SO GOOD! I'm never going to wear pearls, because I'm a man but the whole process was so amazing -- I didn't want it to end. Who would have thought that pearls were so interesting? Man, if you get your hands on some of those black pearls, forget about it sister. Time to announce the winner of my Win Bob's Beef Log contest. I've asked co-worker/friend Tara, to help me with today's drawing, Tara? TARA: "Thanks Bob." BOB: "Tara, I've put everyone's name in a hat, please pick a winner" TARA: "Okay Bob, and the winner is..." Jim Bohana!!! We have a winner, congratulations JIM!!!!!!! Jim asked me in his e-mail, "Are you for real?" Ha ha, you're about to find out Jim. Send me your address (same e-mail address as yesterday) and I'll have 2 pounds of beef log in the mail today! PEOPLE REALLY WIN ON BOBBORDEN.COM! BUT WAIT, that's not all. While reading through all the e-mails, I discovered something really cool. A bobborden.com reader, Ben, sent me a photo of his weekend: Ben is TELLING HIS FRIENDS! How great is that?! Ben's out there, helping a brother out, all out of the goodness of his heart. Well Ben, good deeds get rewarded on bobborden.com, congratulations buddy, you just won a: Bill Clinton Doll! Send me your address (same e-mail address as yesterday) and I'll have that to you in no time, love him or hate him, he's our 42nd President. Thanks again! Whew! I'm exahusted, this must be what it feels like to be Oprah. Are you like me, do you find yourself sitting on the bus, trying to figure out what's the greatest rap song? I went through all my rap knowledge and I think it's Ice Cube's It Was A Good Day. Best Rap song, ever! I've heard it many times and it's still cool. It makes me feel like I'm living in South Central LA. He raps about all the bad things that could happen but didn't on this particular day. Something to think about. That's it! "I got to go 'cause I got me a drop top and if I hit the switch, I can make the ass drop." Have a great Thursday! Sincerely, Bob PS Shoutout to English Weasel on my Photo of the Day today! He's a good guy/bloke. (Thanks for the photo Carl!) 10-06-04 I'm 30 minutes into the debate and I have to say, I'm all debated out. I'm glad my calling wasn't politics. Just having to be nice to everybody would kill me. Hey, no negative vibes today, let's have a BOBBORDEN.COM CONTEST instead!!!! I have to say, this is a good one. The title for this contest is; Would You Like To Win Bob's Beef Log? WIN BOB'S BEEF LOG! To win this 2 pound, hickory-smoked beef masterpiece, all you need to do is send an e-mail with the subject line, "I want Bob's Beef Log", to: WINMYBEEFLOG@YAHOO.COM -- I'll pick a winner tonight and have the log in the mail to you by the weekend. ENTER NOW!!! I have my TIVO set to record stupid things, like The Simpsons and Seinfeld. At the end of a long day, that's how I relax. I get home last night to find that TIVO passed on what I wanted and instead, recorded two hours of Jessica Simpson, selling her crap on QVC. I can't figure out what my TIVO was thinking? I spent 20 minutes trying to find the heterosexual/non-heterosexual switch. I'm guessing that it defaulted back to non-heterosexual durning the last power outage, ha ha. TIVO! Are you like me, do you enjoy seeing good graffiti? I was walking through the bus station the other day and I saw some ads for CSI: New York. Except these ads featured Gary Sinise sporting a mustache -- Gary Sinise doesn't have a mustache. Someone did the old 'give everyone a mustache' bit. In the world of graffiti, I'm sorry, that's just rudimental. Then I got closer and noticed that it wasn't drawn in but it was a popsicle stick: Popsicle mustache My mind was blown! This guy/girl took the art form to a whole new level. He/She bought a snack and turned trash, into art, while at the same time commenting on an overweight society that watches too much TV! Popsicle mustache person, I applaud you. My nephews are in the Scouts and they're in the process of selling stuff. If you'd like to buy some tasty popcorn/snacks and see a very funny/cute website, cut and paste this link & TELL YOUR FRIENDS: http://www.georgeborden.com/scouts/index.htm That's all I can think of today. Enjoy your day. Sincerely, Bob 10-05-04 I don't have a lot to say today because I spent all day Monday, working. Working doesn't leave much time for me to come up with funny things to say on the old website. However, I do have some great news, I just purchased my first apartment! It's located at the base of Mount St. Hel... Oh crap! Bob's new apartment Ha ha ha. Seriously, I'm ruined -- RUINED! Oh the jokes. You see, I bought an apartment close to Mount...Oh nevermind. Remember last week when I said that I'd be relaunching bobborden.com on October 31st? Well, I crunched the numbers over the weekend and that just ain't going to happen. I'll let you know when I know more. It's just so hard to figure out how I want bobborden.com to look for the next 2 or 3 years. Time for a new feature to bobborden.com, I call it; Hey, Why Don't They Take This Billboard Down Already? Rod Stewart Live July 23 & 24? I've had problems with the billboard across the street before, remember the Jim Carry film, The Majestic? That billboard was up there forever! I like Rod but you know, come on! That was 'Hey, Why Don't They Take This Billboard Down Already?' Congratulations go out to Billy Joel and his new bride! Billy tied the knot this weekend out in The Hamptons, that's right, The Hamptons, playground to the rich & famous. He's 55 and she's 22. The phrase, 'It's going to be forever' - has lost all of its punch. Billy, I'm just kidding baby -- prove me wrong. On the bus last night, I saw a guy with red hair. Not a big deal but his red hair was as bright as the sun. Ah, see, there I go again making fun of someone else. Glass houses, am i right? Who am I to say anything about his ultra red hair, the guy probably gets more tail than Sinatra. It's kind of a good opening, he can say, "I think my red hair matches your red sweater." See, he's coming to the table with something. I come to the table with excuses, ha ha. Oh well, something to think about. Note to self: The Sinatra line packed more zip when he was alive. That's it! Until tomorrow, keep burnin' that mutha down! Sincerely, Bob 10-04-04 Hello. Let's get to my weekend: Friday night, I left work around 6:30 PM and headed back to Hoboken. I picked up a beef burrito, walked home and watched TV all night. Saturday morning I woke up around 10:30, that was some great sleeping in! But it was so gloomy out, I wasn't inspired to do anything. I sat on my sofa and coined a new phrase; Bob's Weekend Coma - A period of time where Bob does nothing but watches TV and overeats. Sunday I woke up around 9:00. I was happy to get up "so early" because I still had laundry and shopping to take care of - I wanted to get it done before kickoff at 1:00. I headed out to do my laundry, nothing new there. But on the way home something fun happened. I was in the left lane at a red light. The light changes, I go, so does the U Haul to my right. Except, he doesn't stay in his lane, he wants to get on the onramp ahead of us, which means he's in the process of cutting me off. I hit the gas and get around him, he honks his horn. I almost got in an accident because of him and he's honking the horn at me? I honked back and then stuck my middle finger out my window, which I later learned, antagonizes people, ha ha. I get to the next red light and, of course, he pulls up next to me. Bob's view (File photo, these are good guys) His finger was up, he was very upset and he said he was going to kill me, ha ha. He was with his buddies so I didn't take this seriously, I did however, curse him and his mother out -- it was great! And I got in the last word, which in these kind of things is always the best way to leave it. The rest of the day, 'Bob's Weekend Coma' was lifted. I just felt alive, that exchange got the old blood flowing again. I went to the A & P, cleaned my apartment, took out my air conditioner, cleaned my living room, bathroom and much, much more. I guess I owe that guy a thank you but thankfully we didn't exchange contact information, ha ha. I watched football for the rest of the day and that was pretty much my weekend. I could have gone to dinner with my friend Tiffany on Saturday but I need to save my money, so I passed. All in all, I had a pretty good weekend. That's it! Have a great Monday. Sincerely your internet friend, Bob 10-01-04 HELLO AND WELCOME TO BOBBORDEN.COM! Sorry, I didn't mean to scream, I left my caps on. I believe I'm on the Tony Mendez show tonight/this weekend. If this is your first time to bobborden.com, hello. I've been writing this site since October 31, 2000. It's my hobby and love. The site will be retooled this month to give it a new, hip look. I'm shooting for an October 31st relaunch date. I have all my past work in my 'diary archives' section, enjoy. And I must thank Tony for "letting" me do his show. I just finished watching 90 minutes of rich guys talk about the issues of the day. It was a good debate but as the news media will tell you; no one hit a homerun. Maybe by the next debate (In a week), someone will make a move. I may be in the minority on this one but I think people running for any kind of public office should be forced to a knife fight to decide the winner: Your next leader is... Good Lord, it took forever to find a decent knife-fight photo! I was looking for a photo from the 'Beat It' video but I couldn't find anything. What I won't do for a joke. On my 'links' page, I'd like you to go to Rick's website -- He's doing something cool/against the law. He made a mix tape and is giving one song away after each journal entry. Good for him and good for me because I like the tunes. I'M TALKING ABOUT FREE MUSIC PEOPLE! He also has interesting takes on the world. Check it out. I hope you enjoyed my Photo of the Day as much as I enjoyed posing for it. I have to say, Alan Kalter is the gold standard at what he does. The best! Keeping that in mind, I'm going to leave you today with two BONUS PHOTOS: L/R: Alan and Tom L/R: Justin and Alan By the way, no one really knows why he dresses that way...We gave up asking questions years ago. Have a great weekend! Always, Bob

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