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Palindromes kick ass for sure...My all time favorite live album is a palindrome--Frampton Comes Alive...Not really, it's Black Sabbath Live Evil...I had never made a Peter Frampton reference and it felt like the right time to do so...

Sept 2 is noted, sir...

>Cool, I'll send you an email with directions and what not.

If you sent the email, I never got it.

>Yeah, let me call my friend and see if he wants to go. Do you think we need to get tickets ahead of time?

I have no idea if these games sell out or not. I had just assumed we would get them ahead of time, but I guess we could just get them at the game.

I never get to see glacial potholes...

> I just sent you an invite detailing the outing. It's not quite as crazy as I described it to be, but it is pertty cool.

How could we say no to such wanton contempt for the law and such callous disregard for personal safety? The answer is, quite clearly, that we can't. Sounds like fun.

> And we would be up for a soccer game on the 27th. I might have a friend who'd like ot come too.

How do you want to handle the tix. I could get them and we'll sort things out later. Let me know if your friend wants to go for sure.

BTW, I met this totally kickass Japanese girl at that conference last week. She's a grad student in Japan and she's trying to shake up the system and become a professor. I'm sure you can appreciate how against the grain that is for a Japanese woman. She is actually going to visit our lab for a couple of months early next year. I'll have to introduce you.

While we are on the subject, let me tap your knowledge of Japan. I've heard this before, but what do the suffixes -chan and -san mean when following someone's name? I saw it written out for the first time in a email with some of our Japanese colleagues and it occured to me that I really didn't know what it means or what the difference was.

I think I will work saturdays, but really I only work 20 hours a week, so my schedule is still pretty free...Turns out, selling over-priced handbags to Hingham soccer moms is not that time-consuming...

I don't think I'm ever going to send something through UPS again. From what I've seen, every package gets beat to hell. Someone asked about it on the tour and was told that it's up to the person sending it to properly pad and insulate.

> I read it...

I know, and I thank you for paying attention to little old me.

I probably shouldn't be surfing a porn site at this conference (but there is free wireless, so what the heck), but we are in the middle of nowhere (a tiny boarding school somewhere near Plymouth, NH) and I'm bored out of my mind. The evening social activity tonight is karaoke and I'm staying as far away from that shit as I can. Academics can be fun to hang out with if you find the right people, but most of them are boring, And they drink like fish, which is not my thing at all. Boring + drunk = annoying. Only two more days of this ...

I should be able to make it to Providence on the 12th, which would be really rad, because I'm dying to see you guys and the roller derby...Other than that, whatever's good for your schedule will probably work for me too...

I'm lacking a bit in morals, so should you need an alibi for any crimes you might commit, I've got your back, yo...

> When & where is it?

Wed 8/24 at the Middle East
The Skatalites, alongside Dub Station - 18+ $20adv/$25dos

> I actually just meant the bar in Allston with the Reggae/Motown DJs on Wednesday night.

Ha, my bad. No, we haven't made it to that yet. Too busy. We'll make it eventually though.

I'll look into a Revolution game and get back to you.

Yeah, and ever since then, it's been a huge debate where he lived...I've heard Weymouth or Quincy, but I've always assumed it was Squantum...At least that's where one of his band's were from...The "C St Sluts," C St = Cedar St in Squantum...He's buried in NH, I think...

I've never met any sluts in Squantum, just yuppies...

You, my friend, are the Matisse of photoshop.

Sorry to hear about the burn you got in FL. When I did my little stint in Ft Lauderdale, the first lesson I learned the hard way is that my pale Irish ass needs SPF 200. Squeeze the bottle and a sweater comes out. Lesson two was that no matter how big a Sox fan you are, multiply it by fifty when you go to Florida because every other person is a Yankee fan who will eventually call you on being a Sox fan. I was lucky enough to be surrounded by a bar full of them during the world series... It was great to see how quiet the people who were trash talking the first three games got during that comeback.

In any case, a South Shore tour is sounding pretty rad... We'll paint the town red and it will rule... I'm guessing... I have no clue what there is to do around there. Ok, I'm done rambling. Welcome back.

So I need to stay away from the Fens tomorrow...Thanks for the heads up...I hate crazy sox fans traffic...

I will probably call you tomorrow, because apparently SG isn't a large enough forum for my mindless chatter...I rule...

I want this...

It's pretty hard to follow up that ^^^^

As a Wisconsinite transplanted to Florida, I'm curious to read your thoughts on FL.

Oh my god, it's 70 degrees today and you're in Fl...

Hit me up when you get back...I'll email you my new number when I figure out what it is...New phone + airhead = confusion...

Everyone loves this picture...When you get time, could you do something with this for us?

Funny thing ... I said the same thing to the tree that was partially blocking my view and I got the exact same response. But whatta ya gonna do? Fucking tree bastards.

I enjoyed the Derby. Definitely different than the Mpls version. Mostly revolving around the officiating, as in there didn't seem to be any in Providence.

Have fun in Florida!

that is a wicked site, thanks for the link....i'l have to send in some photos once things are a little more complete.

hey... i know that aly has put up some photoshop you've done... she is gone now too, so when you get back, can you do one for me? kind of like a celeb version of god kills a kittne? like, every time a celeb dresses like shit, god kills a kitten? let me know...

hope your vacation went well