March 12, 2007
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The Daily News
"We've just lost the nicest guy in rock and roll." --Boston's official website
1 So...Brad Delp walks into a bar...
2 That would be Boston's lead singer, the guy who sang the megahits More Than a Feeling and Peace of Mind.
3 So it goes...
4 Sadly we also lost comedian Richard Jeni.
5 All that can happen in three days.
6 Ah, whataya gonna do?
7 Moving on: I'd like officially to wish Sunshine a safe tour of duty in Iraq. I was at a sendoff party on Saturday night and as always his family was warm and lovely. Be safe over there big guy.
8 Time indeed grabs you by the wrist.
9 Moving on, part two: Amusing story about our hurried lives. The other night I had around four places to be all at once. I needed to rush over to my storage place, the place into which I jammed all my YB memories when I got the new job, when I realized the password to open the storage gate was home.
10 Well, being 2007, the world wasn't going to let me do anything as leisurely as driving home to get the number. I had WAY too much stuff to do! So I called home and Helene said she'd look to see if she could find the card which had the number on it.
11 I had a pen and an envelope on my front seat, so I picked up the envelope and pen and was ready to jot this down. Naturally, I was on the freeway but driving quite safely because I was using the horn as a desk. It's easier than it sounds. Plus for the three-mile stretch this would take, there were almost no cars on the road.
12 Don't try this at home.
13 Well, she started telling me the number and I knew I was driving fine. But as I was talking and getting the number I couldn't hear her because everyone seemed to be honking at me, even though there was very little traffic.
14 I looked and was steering perfectly, going the speed limit, and I thought they were just upset because everyone HATES on anyone talking on a cell phone, and they also WAY HATE guys in huge trucks. Even OTHER guys in huge trucks hate guys in huge trucks, so I thought they were just being obnoxious.
15 One horn seemed to come right in front of me, but there was nobody there, and I finally just yelled, "STOP HONKING AT ME BI#TCHES!"
16 Yet ANOTHER guy honked.
17 I started yelling out the window and saying, "JUST SHUT UP!" and other wonderful demands, like what I thought they could do with themselves.
18 Finally one guy just laid on his horn for around eight seconds, which seemed like forever, and I just yelled, "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WILL YOU JUST SHUT THE FU@#K UP????!!!!"
19 I looked down. I had the number written but my right hand was accidentally laying on the horn, and had been for all three miles.
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21 Gotta love it.
22 I swear to you that happened. Ever do something totally stupid?
23 Ironically I was wearing my Goofy Hawaiian shirt.
24 I felt pretty goofy.
25 I know it sounds all unsafe, but there was very little traffic and it was easier to do than it might sound. And I KNOW what anyone reading this is probably thinking.
26 I'm sure a judge would understand.
27 The one I flipped off for honking at me.
28 Even though I was honking at myself.
29 Just kidding.
30 About the judge.
31 I'd better leave now.
32 I promise I'll never do anything so idiotic again.
33 I swear to you.
34 Maybe I'd better bow out gracefully here.
35 Gotta love the sunny days.
36 Have a good one, and have a laugh on me.
37 Peace.
~H~
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