9-30-04 I got on the bus last night with annoying cell-phone girl. She was so gross, just sitting there, talking in a very loud tone about her stupid life. I took it for about one minute and then put on my headphones. Even then, I could still hear her. I looked over at one point and her big feet were on another seat, like she's in her living room! I had visions of putting her in a sleeper hold and saying, "Light's out sweets!" The World-famous Sleeper Hold Sometimes people can be so awful. Moving on -- In the words of Donna Summer; She Works Hard for the Money, of course, I'm talking about myself. I have a lot of loose ends to tie together at work on a daily basis. I write memos to remind myself of important events. Here's my best memo from yesterday, I wrote it to remind my boss Justin about his dinner: Bob wrote this memo Ha ha, I thought that was pretty funny. Oh Lord, I should have gone to college, then I wouldn't be stuck writing memos about salads. Wait a second, I did go to college...AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! Such is life. Ha ha. I was at work and around 6:45, I looked out my window and said, 'Hey, the rain finally stopped!' I was really excited, then my intern Paul informed me that it didn't rain at all yesterday, oops. I lost a day in there somewhere. Something to look out for. With the help of my Webmaster, Walter, I took the messageboard link down. The very noticeable hole in my tool bar is not a permanent thing. If fact, it has sparked a new desire in me to retool bobborden.com. While still updating everyday, I'm going to work on new designs for the next few weeks. I need to make this as simple and as user friendly to me as possible. That may mean going to some sort of, how you say, BLOG system. I'm not even sure what that means yet but I'm told it will let me update everything easier...easier than how I do it now. If you have any thoughts on how i should change my site, please let me know on my messageboard. HA HA! My Photos of the Day are too hard to scroll through, I need to manage those a little better too. Damn, It's exciting! I would think that a BLOG system would have a messageboard option too, not sure. OK, that's it! Have a great...Thursday? Wow, that was fast. Sincerely, Bob 9-29-04 Hey, I just finished walking home in the pouring rain for twenty minutes. I am in such a great mood, ha ha. I smell like a wet dog! I can't really complain because of the poor folks in Florida, you know? I got off the Path train last night and saw a guy and a cop having a "friendly" conversation about the guy's dented car. This is almost word for word: Guy: (something like) The guy dented my car and just drove off Cop: Look, what do you want me to do, he's probably 4 blocks away by now. Ha ha. The guy kept talking but I don't think he got anywhere. I'd like to see that be an episode of COPS, where nothing really gets done. I had to take the PATH train because I couldn't get to the bus station, due to my subway (E train) not coming. I put my $1.50 in the machine and it spits out fifty cents -- some sucker before me (I didn't see anyone before me) must have over paid. I rode the train for fifty cents! With the money I saved I bought a CD and some lottery tickets. Wait a second, the CD and lotto tickets cost $13, ah darn, I didn't save anything. Carl (Messageboard/friend) finally figured out why no one was posting on my board: The stupid message board people make you register now! It's such a joke. I've heard from a few people, they're for the board -- I understand but I can't take it anymore -- this is my 3rd board in three years! I asked Walter to take down the board when he has time. He said, "It's do or die with you, isn't it?" Sadly, it is. You can blame me or you can blame society. You see, when I was coming up, if you were given something nice, you had to guard it like a hawk, otherwise it'd be gone forever. I'm talking about the streets people. If a person or thing is going to step to me, guess what, I'm going to step forward and I'm going to step forward hard. So for right now, no message board. Is this forever? Nothing's forever. Well, except for death but I didn't mean to get that deep. Time for a new feature to bobborden.com, I call it: Bob Doesn't Understand the Events of the Day, here we go: The big news story yesterday was oil is over fifty dollars a barrel, world demand is high, production is low. What's the big deal? Look, when I go to the store to buy 2% milk and they're out of stock, they just make more. So why not just make more oil? -- HELLO PEOPLE! It's not that hard. I don't know, is it just me? That was Bob Doesn't Understand the Events of the Day -- Tell your friends. I'm about to break a new band (OK, so they have a few albums out already, they're new to me) wide open, are you ready?! I bought The Black Keys CD last night, I'm ten songs in and I have to say, I like it a lot. The Black Keys They're straight out of Akron, Ohio which has to be a very hard place to be out of, ha ha. Good for them, I hope they make it -- check out The Black Keys. That's it for today. Have a good one. Sincerely, Bob 9-28-04 My Evening in Pictures: Check it out, I found a quarter on my walk home but not just any quarter, this is a New Hamshire quarter. I found it close to a phone booth, maybe I'll make a flyer to try and find its true owner. I got home from work at 9:23, long day I fed my cats a lovely can of chicken and salmon I watched a little Monday Night Football. I think that the challenge system and penalties are ruining the game. Solution? I don't know, I work in TV, not football. Video games, sweet Lord, I love the video games Talked with my friend Jeff in California Bed I hope you enjoyed My Evening in Pictures -- Tell Your Friends! Sincerely your internet buddy, Bob 9-27-04 Oh man, I had a good weekend -- I just lived. Friday night I drove out to a little place called The Hamptons, you know, playground to the rich & famous. Walter and "Sally" were nice enough to invite me out there. They left 20 minutes before I did and I have to say, It worked out great for me. When they hit traffic, they called me and told me how to get around it. I had a smooth trip until I got off at a wrong exit that I thought was a service road, oops. But I figured it out pretty quick. I'd like to leave 20 minutes before them next time to return the favor. Saturday morning I woke up around nine. Walter and I went out to pick up some breakfast. The big plan for the day was to go to the Coin Star machine, sad but true. We played video games for a while and then headed out in the world. We went to a cool Mexican place, saw some friends we knew and had a good time. We hit the beach next. I wanted to say goodbye to the sea until next year. It was a very emotional day for me. Coin Star was next, Walter & "Sally" had about $122 in coins, I had $48. Somehow, I let Walter talk me into pooling our money and buying $40 in scratch-off tickets. We "won" about 7 bucks. Looking back, it might not have been the best plan. We relaxed until 8 and then headed into town for a lovely meal. They picked up the tab which was really nice. I made up for in later by buying orange juice at the 7-11 (Not really). Sunday I woke up around 9 and played some more video games. Walter cooked up a lovely breakfast, we shared some lovely conversation and did stuff around the house. I was going to leave around 8 AM because I have the NFL Sunday Ticket this year but Saturday night I was so tired, I decided to stay a little longer. I took off around 2:00 so I could watch the Steelers play at 8:30 and so I could avoid traffic. I hit a few rough spots but nothing major. Then I got close to the Lincoln Tunnel and it was crazy. I think at five o'clock, no matter what day, the tunnel must always be crazy. I got close to my turn but ended up in the far left lane (Of a four-lane road). I needed to turn right, the light was red, traffic to my left is blocked because of security, so, I hit the gas. I turned, on red, across four lanes. It was pretty cool. I should have got a ticket but I didn't. So I say, if you can get away with it, do it, ha ha. It was sweet though. Sunday night is all mine. Thanks to Walter and "Sally" for everything. Have a great Monday. Sincerely, Bob 9-24-04 Friday! I'm going to do stuff this weekend rather than wasting my time. I love it when life teaches me stuff. I was watching Inside Politics, Wednesday on CNN and they were interviewing reporters on the campaign trail. They cut to Glen Johnson from The Boston Globe and the dude looks just like me! Bob's Twin? The photo may not be as great as the video but everyone I showed it to says it's dead on. I wonder if that guy has a hard time finding dates too? God Bless The Boston Globe guy. 12:46 AM UPDATE: This was too good just to keep to myself so, I let my fingers do the walking and I sent Glen an e-mail. AND, he wrote back, how cool is that?! Glen wrote: "I feel priviliged to be included in such a prestigious site. I said to myself before going on CNN, 'You never know who's going to be on the other side of that lens,' and look what happened: We found each other." Glen went on to tell me that he has no problem with getting dates because he's been married to the lovely Cathy Johnson for the past 17 years. They have two great children; Patrick (15) and Kelley (13). Sounds like a great deal to me. Thanks a lot Glen -- Be safe & good luck out on the campaign trail! I did something funny/creepy this week. I actually did it twice, to two different people. I got on the Subway and there happened to be a guy I know, Dana, sitting there, reading the news of the day. Now, the social thing to do would be for me to say, 'hey, what's up brother?' But I didn't. I just stood there and stared at him until he was forced to notice me. But it backfired on me because he never looked up. He got up and I was forced to walk over and in a very creepy way, bump into him. Oh the laugh we shared, priceless. Then yesterday, I got on the Subway and there was my friend Pam. She was reading a magazine and didn't see me. I was right in front of her and never took my eyes off of her -- I never blinked! Then one stop later, she looked up and we had a great laugh as well. Oh, I love a good prank, who doesn't? I hate to have two topics in my diary that have to do with CNN but this is more of an informational thing. Are you tired of getting non-stop junkmail for credit card offers? I can't think of the exact name but there's a place that will take your name off the list of four major credit card senders. I was so excited to hear that because I get so much junk, it's crazy. I called up and it's painless, call 1-888-5opt-out -- bobborden.com & CNN, helping you to help others -- tell your friends! Have I ever mentioned how poor I am? Most of my money goes to living; rent, car and food. I'm the typical Joe Six Pack where I'm one paycheck away from walking the streets. I watch my money but then there are other times, when I just have to have something so bad, I don't even think about it. This photo is an example of one of those times: Bob didn't need to buy this A Fat Burger opened up in Jersey City, NJ, I got on their site looking for the address, one thing lead to the other and I have a snazzy new shirt, that I'll probably never wear. WHY do I do these things, WHY!? I'm a large man, I don't need to walk around with 'Fat Burger' on my back. I might as well carry around a sign that reads, 'Kick my ass!' Lesson learned, finally. Whew! the old diaries started off bad this week but after Tuesday, they kept getting better and better -- if I do say so myself. Such is life. Hey, have a great weekend! Tell your friends about bobborden.com! Sincerely, Bob 9-23-04 I'm going to kick things off today with a new feature to bobborden.com, I call it; Bob Tells Cat Stevens a Thing or Two, ready? Here we go: 'Sorry Bro, you can't play both sides of the fence. Have a nice flight back to wherever!' That was Bob Tells Cat Stevens a Thing or Two -- Tell your friends! I feel like I have a sunburn on my face. I'm running a little hot. I don't know what that means either. I just feel off these days, I may need a new bed. I've had the same mattress for over 9 years. And I'll be 100% honest, the thing is crying at this point, ha ha. I always seem to wake up, not comfortable. Oh well. If you had to mail something overnight, what service would you use; FEDEX, UPS (Brown) or DHL? I bring this up because DHL has an ad campaign right now that's just crazy. I've seen commercials, billboards and print ads. I have to say, if I were sending something overnight, I'd go with FEDEX. They seem to be the gold standard in shipping stuff. I don't know, it just made me think, with all the millions DHL is spending on advertising, can they really beat the big dogs? I guess that's the question for all ads. Ads work, there's no question about that. Ah, I had a point but I think I lost it in the facts, ha ha. If you live or work in New York City you can't help to run into giant fiberglass apples, painted by artists. They did this years ago with cows. It's for charity and that's wonderful but, these things stick out like a turd in a punchbowl! I'm not sure just because an artist paints something on a giant apple, that it's art. THIS ISN'T ART, right? I'm sure there are no giant apples that tell the darker side to New York. Am I making any sense or am I just being an old crow? Please don't answer that. Give money to charity, that's great -- but I don't want to see this "art" every time I have to walk through the bus station. They're going to auction off the apples after two months -- such a song and dance. This past weekend (The bad one), there was one funny thing I forgot to write down. I was in a store making a purchase, a guy and a girl walk in. He says in a tough voice, "Give me a pack of Newports..." He looks at his girlfriend and says, "and some Skittles" HA HA -- That was funny! She spoke and said, "No, not the candy, I want the gum, the Skittles gum." And on that note, I say to you -- have a great day! Sincerely your internet friend, Bob 9-22-04 If there's one thing I learned from posting a brutally honest diary, it's this; Next time, don't do it, ha ha. Again, thanks to everyone for checking in, I am fine. I just needed to blow off some steam. And I only skipped Tuesday's diary because I worked a super-long day (for me) on Monday. I was talking to my friend Paula last night. She's good people, remember her from Paula's notes? (If not, check out my FAQ's) -- Anyway, we were having a friendly conversation and then she asked me how my diet was going. My response was, 'Ummmmm, diet?' I forgot about my diet and have really gone back to my old habits in the last few weeks. DAMN, DAMN, DAMN! I have no excuse other than this: You know it's hard, right? Ha ha, I guess that's not really an excuse. It's good to have friends to keep you on track. Speaking of friends, I'd like to thank all my friends for putting up with all my bulls%@t. This is in no special order: thanks Mom, George, Liz, Walter, "Sally," Jay, Tiffany, Jeff, Justin, Eric, Pam, Sarah, my cats, the nice folks I work with, Tom, Paula, my nephews and niece, all the great people that read bobborden.com! -- Carl, Tim, the lotto guy that says to me, "Hey, what's up my man!" -- I feel like I left off a big section of people but you get the drift...THANKS. People rarely tell how important they are to each other, you know? I was on the bus last night, looking out the window, thinking about the world and then I saw a new store front. I said to myself, 'hey, Hoboken has a sex shop!' Romantic Depot Going to that store and the A & P could kill a whole weekend, ha ha. I may be wrong but I think that's the first of its kind in Hoboken. I've heard from "friends" that some newsstands sell adult videos but I've never seen a store so out in the open like this. It was funny, I saw the storefront, thought the store name was funny, we were at a stop light, I got my camera and quickly took that photo. Then a second later, I saw the woman in front of me turn around to see what I took a photo of, ha ha. OOPS! Yet another woman on the bus that thinks I'm a pervert. What can ya do? I don't mean to pat myself on the back but today's Photo of The Day is amazing, ha ha. I love the look of metal, it just photographs so well. That's the good old PATH train, it goes between NY and NJ. I rode that home Monday night. Be prepared for more Path train photos for the rest of the week. It's week three of my fantasy football league. I was in 5th place last week. There are 12 players in our league. This week, I finished 9th, ouch! I'm already out of the hunt. The number one player, John, is going to walk away with it, I can feel it. I still enjoy playing though, it makes the Sunday games a little more interesting/fun. I think I may start betting on professional sports, you know, as a hobby, ha ha. That's it! Have a great day! Hugs, Bob 9-21-04 Hello. I'm feeling a little better today, I just needed to bark at the moon yesterday. I'm taking today off because I feel like I should take a break. I want to thank Carl for checking in on me and I want to thank Kath. Kath wrote something nice that I thought I'd share with you: "Every moment "is" what it is, and "good" or "Bad" are relative. The fact that moments in your life exist, whether they be mundane or stupendous, makes no difference. Each moment is usually exquisite because of their existence. There, think of that next time you are brushing your teeth or lugging groceries!" I'm not sure if that's 100% Kath but the message is clear. Thank you. Have a great Tuesday! Sincerely your Internet friend, Bob 9-20-04 My DSL hookup isn't working. I'm forced to use dial up, can you believe it? I can't go back to dial up, I won't! But if you're reading this...I had to. SIGH! I'm going to cut to the chase: I wasted the last 3 days of my life. I had Friday off and was tempted to drive back to Ohio but I would have run into what was left of Hurricane Ivan. So, my Friday was spent sleeping. I kid you not. I woke up around 10:00, watched some TV and then went to bed at 1:00. I didn't wake up until 6:00. I had to leave to get some dinner but looking back, I was really out of it. I'm just mad at myself for not doing something more constructive with my time, you know, like going to a casino, ha ha. Sorry, I couldn't resist the cheap joke. Excuse me for a second...I just turned off the Emmy Awards, whew! -- I'm considering changing careers. Not because we seemed to have lost every category, did you see it? I can't explain how I really feel for fear of being blackballed, it was just awful. Yeah, that shouldn't get me blackballed, right? Back to my wasted weekend. Saturday I woke up around 10:00 and did the same stuff I do every weekend. Do I even need to write about it!? I watched a few movies but nothing new. Sunday I woke up at 6:30 AM because my neighbor's alarm clock was going off for over an hour. It doesn't even piss me off anymore. He's a nice guy, I just get up and finish sleeping in my front room. I headed out of the apartment around 11:00 to get some walking in before my Sunday of football began. Up on Washington Street was the Hoboken Arts and Music Fair. Hoboken Arts and Music Fair It's like a carnival but not as classy. I was thinking about buying a kebob for lunch but then I saw a guy preparing food in a bus stand -- No thank you. I got a haircut instead. I had to get my hair back on track after giving myself a crew cut this summer. SuperCuts saved me again. I headed back to my apartment just in time for kick off. My fantasy team didn't do so great and I was having a hard time figuring out which game to watch. I kept changing the channels, trying to find the best match up. Too much of a good thing perhaps. Around 4:00 my friend Tiffany called me and wanted to know if I wanted to get an early dinner. I was so burnt out with football, I jumped at the chance. I was also looking forward to talking to someone. We had a fun dinner and that pretty much brings me to where I'm at now. I learned something this weekend; life is precious. If Friday, Saturday or Sunday was my last day on earth, I'd be very disappointed. Will I learn from this? Check back next weekend. I don't want to lose this feeling though. I'm actually disgusted with myself. I'm starting to think that being bitter and alone isn't going to work for me. That's it. I have a lot of things to think about. Have a great Monday. Sincerely, Bob 9-16-04 Hekko, ha ha, I mean, Hello! I'm not off to a good start, am I? I think I have to apologize for yesterday's diary -- I was just so tired. I'm tired tonight too but I feel like writing, funny how that works. It was 5:55 AM, Wednesday morning. Guess what I was doing, of course, sleeping. My cats have full run of the apartment, what's mine, is theirs. So it's not uncommon for Evelyn to crash on my bed. At 5:55 AM, I wake up to a cat, jumping over my body and landing on my arm. I don't think she planned to land on my arm, as my arm became a panic-induced scratching post. EVELYN! I woke up and was in pain. I took that photo and then cleaned my wounds. I went back to bed but not before kicking all cats out of my bedroom, I was pissed! It's bad when you can't even sleep! Those claws are going this weekend (Just a trim, no declawing here). CATS! I'm taking Friday off to get some sleep, there will be no diary on Friday. It's weird, we aren't shooting this week but we still have to work. It feels like I can stay up all night but really, I can't but I am. It's hard to explain. My friend Jay and I saw HERO last night. Bob saw this film last night It was pretty good but getting back to the sleep thing; I found myself nodding off more than once. But it wasn't a reflection on the film. I just have to see it again. It was a beautiful movie. They may have used one too many flashbacks for me, other than that, it was good. Jay liked it but he'd like to see it again too. Jet Li was the main character but I didn't even know it was him, it was odd. I guess I don't know Jet Li. This is the worst film review ever! Ha ha. Bruce Lee is my Photo of the Day today because he was a good guy and made great films (Hero made me think about his work). I almost got a Bruce Lee tattoo once. I was in Barcelona and I wanted to do something so I'd remember the trip. I think I liked the Bruce Lee tattoo because I was into his films at that time and it'd be so COOL! Ha ha. Looking back on it now, all I have to say is THANK GOD the tattoo artist wasn't in, ha ha. On my way home from the movie I stopped in the Burrito place for some dinner. There was a woman in there trying to buy a diet coke with, I think, a $50 dollar bill. But the guy didn't have any one's. I just stood there and watched the woman walk out, sodaless. Then it hit me, I should have bought it for her and took her photo for my diary. Damn, damn, damn! Then after that idea, I thought; I'd buy her a soda for the story but not for the humanity of it? Kind of sad, that my diary has become more important than dealing with people. On second thought, screw it, people suck. And who buys a soda with a $50? Wake up sweets, it's 2004, the 60's were 20...30... A long time ago. See you on Monday -- have a great weekend! Sincerely your internet friend, Bob 9-15-04 If i see another one of these car shows where they rechrome a bumper and call it a restoration, I'm going to scream! There's only so much one man can take! Sorry about that, I just watched a pointless car show and my time should have been spent writing about my pointless life, ha ha. Now, I'm behind on sleep. I need to get more sleep. And I need to win the lottery! I also think I need a haircut. I cut it all off this past summer and am letting it grow back but I think it needs a guide. Excuse me for a second -- YAWN! I have to go to bed -- Don't blame me for today's short diary -- blame your fancy talking picture boxes. God Bless America! Bob 9-14-04 It's a safe bet that my shirt wardrobe is now probably 85% Hawaiian. Bob's shirts There's a time and a place for everything. Riding the bus to work doesn't seem like the time nor the place to wear Hawaiian shirts. I felt like a turd in a punch bowl because I wore one yesterday. But that's my freedom flag -- If you corporate types can't take it - SCREW YOU! That's right, this is Bob '04! Get used to it! Did I just say 'nor?' Is there anyone that didn't see Oprah's season premiere? She gave away over 200 cars to her audience! I mean, they were Pontiac's but still, I'd take one. I drive a 1982 Jeep Wagoneer - ARE YOU LISTENING OPRAH -- ARE YOU LISTENING?! I'm kidding, of course. I like my car just fine. I tried my air conditioning again this weekend to see if it'd make that noise again and I'm happy to report it was noise free! It fixed itself! It's like I'm driving Christine! Bob's Jeep is like the haunted car, Christine! I need to find a dentist! That's what I'm working on now. I've been asking friends but it seems like they're not any better off than I am. I seem to get a lot of this, "He's great but" -- I don't need that. I won't go back to the guy I have here because after two visits, I never met the man. It just seemed pointless. Nothing seems to be wrong with my teeth but you have to keep on top of this stuff. I've let it slide for longer than I care to admit. That may be all I have to talk about today. Let me check my files, hold on, checking, checking -- Oprah, haunted car, Bob '04, dentist, bad shirts -- yep, that's it! Wow, pretty short today. Hey, remember all those long diaries last week? That was something. You do know I do this EVERYDAY and it's free, right? BACK OFF! Have a great Tuesday! Always, Bob 9-13-04 And now, Master storyteller, Bob Borden, brings you today's diary: Hello! I went into the weekend with no plans, let's see how that worked out. Friday I finished a full day of work and ran into my friends, "Sally" & Walter as I was walking out. I threw out dinner, they threw out a movie and off we went. First the dinner, Chinese food, Mmmmmmmmmm. It was pretty good, not great. I was distracted by the worker sitting behind us at the next table, cleaning lettuce, ha ha. Only in New York, am I right? By the end of the meal it seemed like Walter wasn't into the movie idea. But "Sally" was really into the idea. I was up for a movie, as long as it was something good. Walter called the listings and it wasn't looking good. We talked about our options as we walked down 9th Avenue. Around 44th, we decided to go our separate ways ((Worlds Apart) -- shoutout to Journey). The movies out now really stink -- HOLLYWOOD, are you listening?! I got home, put a Clint Eastwood western in the DVD player but never watched it. I ended up falling asleep on the sofa. I woke up around 10:00 and decided to get my weekend chores out of the way. Off to Nutley I went. I walked in the laundry mat and I was the only one in there - that's a dream come true! That's how it would be all the time if I hit the lottery. I'd rent out the laundry mat, ha ha -- makes no sense. I went to Best Buy after that. I saw a great documentary Thursday night on Hong Kong Kung Fu movies. After watching, I knew I'd either enroll in martial arts school, shoot my own kung fu movie or buy one. I ended up buying one; Master of The Flying Guillotine. It was pretty good. I have to buy me one of them Flying Guillotines, ha ha. Along with the kung fu purchase, I also picked up the 20th anniversary DVD of Purple Rain. I have yet to watch the film again but I watched all of the extras, very interesting stuff. Prince is the real deal. 12:45 AM update: OK, I just watched Purple Rain for probably the 20th time -- it's still fantastic! Watch it and try not to tear up at the end, that's all I have to say. I forgot to mention something from the extras portion of the DVD. They talk to the old band as they are today. Wendy & Lisa, Bobby Z and Doctor Fink. Doctor Fink's gimmick was to dress like a Doctor. He's being interviewed 20 years later and he's still wearing a stethoscope, ha ha! The 12:45 AM update is now over -- tell your friends! I hit the A & P and overcooked a pizza for dinner. I was watching the time but the thing just burnt. What can you do? I had soup instead. I woke up Sunday and knew what I was going to do: Football. I purchased the football package where I can watch every game. Finally, I can watch the Steelers lose instead of the Jets/Giants, ha ha. Before the games started at one o'clock, I decided to go out and get some sun. I did a power walk up to Washington Street, picked up some lunch and got back five minutes before kick off. I was flipping between two games and when commercials came on, I found yet another game to watch -- it was crazy. I sat in front of my TV from 1pm to 7pm -- it was pretty good! Then I took this photo of myself because I was thinking of growing a beard (It was going to be a new feature to the website but it itched too much) but the bigger story is how I looked after 7 hours of football: Bob watched 7 hours of football Only 19 more weeks to go! I'm just happy I can see the Steelers play. I think that's it for today. Have a good one. Sincerely, Bob 9-10-04 It's Friday, the Great Hoboken Flood of '04 has subsided, I'm coming off a great week of diaries (If I do say so myself) and I'm alive damn it, I'm alive! On Wednesday my shoes were 100% soaked. Let's check them out now to see how they're doing: Still wet That's a shame. I need those shoes! Here's a photo of my only other pair of shoes: These are surprisingly not comfortable "Booooooooo! What's with the shoes? You suck Borden!" Did I mention it's Friday? Relax. I'm writing this at 11:23pm, Thursday night -- I can't tell a lie, I'm tired. I don't have anything new to talk about because I was at work all day and all night -- So, I'm packing it in. Have a great weekend, see you on Monday. Sincerely your internet friend, Bob Some things to think about over the weekend: John Madden Quote from last night's game: "A fumble is a fumble." OK, Thanks John! News Anchor tease: "And is Ken Jennings' winning streak in Jeopardy?" Awful. 9-09-04 I woke up Wednesday morning to the sound of pouring rain. It's a peaceful, calming sound. Then the thought of my only umbrella, hanging in my office at work, soured me pretty quick. But I'm a survivor, should I just suck it up and wear a garbage bag? The answer came back 'no' pretty quick, ha ha. I found a hooded jacket and went with that. I walked outside and it was still coming down but it wasn't that bad - the jacket really helped me too. I walked a block up and it started pouring - Oh, and did I mention the intersection was completely flooded? I ducked into a doorway and took this photo: What the hell? I've seen the sewers backed up before but never like this. I couldn't walk to the next block without getting my shoes soaked. The rain stopped, I decided to walk another block up and try to keep as far away from the water as I could. That's when I took this photo: Holy crap! How am I going to get around this?! I was on the edge of the water with another guy. He turned around, I rolled up my long pants and started walking. I couldn't see the curb, I could only feel for it. My poor New Balance shoes. Bob's shoes are still wet Traffic was pretty bad, I knew that taking the bus to work was out of the question, so I started walking towards the Path train. The sweater I was wearing turned out to be a bad choice because now I'm sweating like crazy. If you're keeping score: My shirt's soaked from sweat, my pants are soaked up to the knee and my shoes may never dry out. This car flooded out in the middle of an intersection In my nine years here, I've seen a few blizzards, I've seen one hail storm but I've never seen anything like this - it was crazy. I talked to a neighbor and he said the flood gate wasn't open - or is it 'closed'? Whatever, someone may have screwed up. Here's my favorite photo from yesterday, it's just surreal: Isn't this spooky? What a morning! I made it to the Path, made it into the city only to find that my subway wasn't working. I got on the first thing that was going uptown and made it to work. I was soaked but I made it. The good thing about where I work is they have a full wardrobe department. I got some socks, pants and was ready to go. I missed breakfast and by lunch I was really hungry. I had a 'F#@K it' lunch -- meaning, 'F#@K it, I need this!' I called up Domino's, ordered 5 pizzas and shared them with any friend that looked hungry. So good! It was fresh from the oven and OH so good! I felt so dirty all day, I was wearing strange pants, socks, I wore a new (Meaning never washed) Late Show t-shirt and my shoes were Chuck Taylor's that are very uncomfortable for me to wear. I got home last night and took a shower. I would have loved to soak in a tub but what can you do? So, that's it for today. The last thing I did before leaving work was grab my umbrella. Have a better day than I did! Sincerely, Bob 9-08-04 Hello. We've had some great sleeping weather the last few nights. Yuk, I hate writing that because of the people in Florida. Their problems make my thoughts pointless. Now I'm depressed. Hmmmm, what do I do now? Hello! How's it going? Football season officially kicks off ('Kicks off' - get it?) this Thursday. I have to get my fantasy team together pretty quick. I look forward to this and yet, I still don't know what the hell I'm doing. Will Terrell Owens do well in Philly? Is Jerome Bettis still getting it done? What's the deal with The Jets? I HAVE NO IDEA! I better crack the books. When I sleep at night, I usually sleep in a shirt. One of my favorites is my good-old Animal t-shirt. But Animal has seen better days and now, I'm sad to say, he has to go. So long Animal The shirt got me through a lot of tough nights. I'm letting it go with dignity. Thanks Animal T-shirt, see you on the other side. There was almost another Bob Office Mystery yesterday. I noticed that my friends Walter and Tom were wearing the same shoes. At first I thought it was gold but after thinking about it, I have to draw the line somewhere. Same clothes, that's something - same shoes, eh? I walked to the bus station last night. I haven't done that in a long time and I need to get back in the habit. You know its been a long time when you notice new stores on every block. I noticed a new electronics store that may give Best Buy and Circuit City a run for their money. Of course I'm talking about Hi-Tech Electronics. Watch out Gates! From their sign, it looks like they cornered the market on their special brand of "digital computers" - I thought it was funny when I saw it - THEY CAN'T ALL BE WINNERS! Oh what the hell, here's Tom and Walter's matching shoes: Another bobborden.com Office Mystery! Why are they wearing the same shoes? They both have a fair amount of different shoes, why wear these, why now? WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN!? OK, that's it! If you haven't read my diary from Monday and Tuesday, please do so -- I'm writing the best diaries of my life -- OF MY LIFE! Tell your friends. Sincerely your internet Friend, Bob DIARY BONUS The last five songs I downloaded from itunes were: In a Big Country by Big Country Church of the Poison Mind by Culture Club Doctor! Doctor! // Hold Me Now by Thompson Twins Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J What can I tell you except I'm making a Friday Night Videos mix. 9-07-04 Hello. I hope everyone had a great Labor Day. My Monday started off by walking to the bus. Again, it was a holiday and everything was running on a holiday schedule. I get to the bus stop and wait and wait -- I can't wait anymore. I walked down to the Path train and see my bus pull out, darn. Patience Bob, patience. While I'm waiting for the Path, I couldn't help but ask myself, "Why didn't I drive in?" I didn't have a good answer. Think Bob, THINK! I get into the city and wait for the B/D train uptown. I get up to work and I'm just tired. Maybe not leaving my apartment on Sunday wasn't such a great thing after all. Get out more Bob, get out more! I haven't been watching what I eat lately. This fact hit home Sunday morning, I was eating some cereal, I looked at the box and saw this: Time to get back on the horse "More clovers in every bowl" should not be a selling point to a 34 year-old man! I wouldn't go into a restaurant and order Lucky Charms, why am I eating them at home? I was talking to my friend, Pam, the other day and she was excited because she just joined an exclusive club; She bought her first car. I like cars and I like Pam, her car really sounded interesting, so, I asked Pam to tell us a little about her '91 Corolla, Merlot Kitten (how priceless is that name?), Pam? "Thanks Bob - I am the third owner of this car and the engine and transmission are the originals. I bought it for two-hundred bucks. I had to replace the rear brakes, muffler and battery. This was an additional $371. The last owner put 260,000 miles on it in 8 years. They are mostly highway miles. Pam's Merlot Kitten The passenger side door does not open from the inside. Half the key broke off in the ignition and because of this, Merlot Kitten, doesn't always start right away, but here's the trick: Turn key, place foot on brake, shift car into neutral, shift car back into park, take foot off brake, turn ignition off, remove key and retry. This must be followed exactly or Merlot Kitten will not respond. The radio does not work, so a boom box must be kept in the car. The car really runs great and I think it's a steal!" About four hours after she gave me that information, Pam called me in a panic: "I lied, I lied! I just talked to the previous owner and she had to replace the engine and transmission. You can't print that diary, I'm not a liar!" I was so moved by Pam's honesty and lack of asking some simple questions BEFORE she bought the car that I asked her to join me in my office for a special bobborden.com gift. Bob gives Pam an air freshener One question: Does it get any better than that? Honesty pays on bobborden.com. Time for a new feature to bobborden.com, I call it: bobborden.com's Office Mystery. Monday morning, I wake up, get a shower and get dressed -- little did I know that what I put on would come into play later. I'm at the office, working and I walk into Steve Young's office. We were both shocked when we looked at each other: We dressed exactly the same! Can you believe it?! Why did this happen? Why did I choose a blue polo instead of a black polo? Why did Steve wear khakis instead of jeans?! Incredible, amazing and a bobborden.com Office Mystery -- Tell Your Friends! Now that I look at the photo, Steve's shirt may be closer to Purple than blue -- Eh, whatever. That's it! Have a great day. Sincerely, Bob I posted a diary yesterday, don't forget to check that out in my diary archives. Whew! Two long ones in a row - don't expect much more from me this week, ha ha. 9-06-04 The cats are sleeping, my apartment is clean, Jane's Addiction's 'Then She Did' is very low in my headphones and my dinner is well on its way to being digested - Time to write the best diary of my life! If not the best, maybe I'll just try to fill the page with pretty words, ha ha. Now I know no one's reading my site today as it's a holiday. I work today -- I can't tell you how many times I've heard; "You work on Labor Day?" I can't complain, I had a good summer and to be honest, my weekend wasn't so great -- I'm looking forward to being busy. I'm writing today's diary for me. Time for a new feature to bobborden.com, I call it: BobBorden.com Salutes The American Workforce for Getting it Done: Way to go guys! That was BobBorden.com Salutes The American Workforce for Getting it Done -- Tell your friends! Friday night I have no idea what I did. It may have involved a chicken burrito and a movie. Saturday I woke up around nine o'clock, got a shower and hit the road. First stop, Nutley to do my laundry. I stopped off at Best Buy first, I didn't buy anything. Next I drove to Pier 1 Imports. They still had the same As-Is armoire that I was tempted to buy last week. It had another scratch on it but it was still the same price. If the price goes down again and it's still there, I may get it. I'll slap a coat of paint on that sucker and it will be as good as new. I got on route 3 West and could see a wall of traffic -- turns out there was a football game at the stadium. I turned around and drove back to Hoboken. I did my laundry at a place on the other side of town. I used to do my laundry there back in the day but now i find it depressing. Nothing ever changes in that place: Same woman, same machines, same everything. The depressing thought is that I'm in the same place too. Man, I didn't think that until just now -- darn. I went to the A & P afterwards, you know, the same crap I do every weekend. I unloaded my stuff and then drove to the record store. I picked up the new Reverend Horton Heat CD. Damn, he's good. He's coming to Hoboken this month, I'm very tempted to see him. The best part about driving to the record store was that I found a parking spot big enough for my land yacht. Everyone's away for the long weekend and Hoboken was a ghost town. It was hot on Saturday. When I'm driving short distances, I never turn on my A/C but it was just too hot to suffer. I turned it on and it made a very loud sound from under the car. I said to myself, well, I'm never going to do that again, ha ha. I turned it off right away -- I'm glad summer's over, if only for that reason. I picked up some Chinese food for dinner and started watching The Shawshank Redemption. Sunday I woke up around ten o'clock. I had some breakfast and then started moving/sorting things in my apartment. I spent the whole day doing that. It was gloomy out and the push to do something outside wasn't there. I never left my apartment. I always say; clean apartment, clean mind. Actually, I never say that. That's more than enough for a holiday. Have a great day off - you earned it! Stay beautiful, Bob 9-03-04 I don't really have to write a diary today, do I? I have a feeling that no one reads my website anymore. I think I took two weeks off and everyone forgot about good old bobborden.com. If you're still out there, give me a shoutout on my message board. I'm writing this at 12 AM on Thursday night. Exactly 24 hours ago, I witnessed a small riot, right outside my window. Riot in Hoboken (File photo) Two "groups" of kids were at odds, it was trash day and things were thrown. I heard some people yelling and didn't think much of it - then they kicked it up a little. I turned off my lights, ran to my window and pulled the curtains around my face. I saw a guy with a chair over his head walking down the middle of the street. He threw the chair and the other youths threw bottles. It was small but pretty hardcore. I was going to call 911 but then I thought, "what if I miss something good?" ha ha. Glass was shattering from somewhere out of my view, then a cop car drove the wrong way up a one-way street. The youths ran, then 4 to 5 more cars pulled up - it was very exciting. I felt like an old woman peeking behind my curtains but the last thing you want to do in a riot is stick out like a turd in a punch bowl. Anyway, I'm sure that's all water under the bridge and the two "groups" are laughing about it tonight, ha ha. I missed the first half of President Bush's speech but I did catch the ending. It was pretty moving. That's what I want in my President, emotion. It's hard being a Republican in this burg, let me tell you. When I find someone around these parts that share my views, they really stand out. You know what I ate about an hour ago? A taco. I know that sounds bad but I was really hungry and I picked it up on the way home. I talked on the phone for a bit and then reheated that sucker around 11 PM. Mmmmmmmm, TACO. Time for a new feature to bobborden.com, I call it; BobBorden.com's Photo Representation of the Last Two Paragraphs. The first paragraph I talked about basically being an American and the second was about the taco. Here's the photo of those topics: Bob has to go to bed That was BobBorden.com's Photo Representation of the Last Two Paragraphs -- tell your friends! That photo makes me dizzy. OK, you heard the photo. Listen, have a great weekend. Sincerely, Bob 9-02-04 Hello. There has to be some good musicians that are Republicans, right? You can't tell me that Ted Nugent has something better going on right now than the RNC. Where's Ted? Time to kick it up with a little Wango Tango! Something to think about. Sweet Lord, I thought I was going to lose it on the bus last night! I had a very long day, all I wanted to do was go home. The bus driver leaves the station, we go down the ramp towards the tunnel and then he turns right! The tunnel was straight ahead, there's no right turn in this equation! We turn right and I'm thinking, 'OK, this isn't so bad, he's just going to the other tunnel' - at that moment, he turns and drives back to the bus station!!! We drive around the horseshoe, go back down the ramp and this time he goes through the tunnel - THANK GOODNESS! Then to make up for lost time, he was driving around like a bat out of hell. I just want to live. Shoutout to the Republican National Convention for another traffic-free commute into work. Wednesday felt like driving in on Thanksgiving, no cars at all. I love it! Time for a new feature to bobborden.com, I call it; You Weren't Meant to See This. Let me explain, for every one photo you see on my website, I take 3 to 4 - they can't all be great. This photo was taken not too long ago to highlight my wearing long pants for the first time this summer. Here's the photo: You Weren't Meant to See This And that's how we play You Weren't Meant to See This - tell your friends! I kind of like that photo, I might as well have 'spaz' tattooed on my forehead. I'm watching the RNC as I write today's diary, I hate to say it but Cheney needs to pick it up a bit. Just a thought. I want to see one of these politicians get so angry, they're screaming. I want screaming, rock 'n roll and fireworks! Not all this apple pie, mom and pop stuff. I saw something stupid yesterday; I saw a woman at a phone booth - she was standing there, talking on her cell phone. I just don't know anymore. That's it! Have a great day. Sincerely your internet friend, Bob Today's POD was "borrowed" from my friend, Walter. 9-01-04 There was one time this month, I'm not exactly sure when, where my bank account was overdrawn. That means I had zero dollars to my name. Ouch. It's cool now, I'm back in black (Shoutout to AC/DC) but it taught me a lesson; it might be wise to watch what you spend your money on, ha ha. I just hit a generous streak and went nuts but I have no regrets. The same time I found out I had no money, I got a bill for my auto insurance. Always something. They switched companies on me and now I think I'm going to shop around for a better deal. I'm a good driver with an old car - they should be paying me! That will save me some money. I also canceled my trip to the Emmy Awards this month. Being a Hollywood insider (ha ha), I could have gone to the awards but it's better this way. Hollywood will have to wait. The Republican National Convention is in town. I was bracing myself for the worst; traffic, crazy people - but it's not bad at all. I think everyone left town. Traffic hasn't been a problem going through the tunnel. So I say: Welcome GOP! There's no traffic in NYC this week I don't drive into work, you can't count the bus as driving to work, so it's not big of a deal, it's just something I noticed. Walking through the Port Authority yesterday, I saw three Army guys, with machine guns, at the newsstand. I felt safe but it also felt very weird. Then I walked past two bomb-sniffing dogs. Then I saw two men with giant flash lights, search and rescue guys? Outside work, I saw a guy with a Geiger Counter. I hope nothing bad happens, to say the least, but if something crazy goes down, I'd trust those guys in a second. I guess what I'm trying to say, is that it's good to know that someone's got your back when crazy people do bad things. I think that's it for today. I'm writing this on Tuesday night, it feels like Thursday night, it's been a long week already. Anyway, have a great day. All my best, Bob Hey, it's September, how the hell did that happen?!

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