Labor Day Weekend Fun

There’s a 3 day weekend coming up and as usual everyone I ask “hey what are you doing with your long weekend?” inevitably has the same answer… “I dunno”. So, since you all are fresh out of ideas I thought I’d come up with some things that you may want to try in order to put the adventure back in your Labor Day weekend. I’ve come up with some new variations of old favorites with an NYC flavor. So get out there and wax nostalgic about games you haven’t played in a while and enjoy your weekend!

1) Duck Duck DUCK! – very similar to ‘Duck Duck Goose’ except in this game you go to Brooklyn late at night in a strange neighborhood making eye contact with everyone!
2) Ring Around the Lazy – gather your friends, circle up around your drunken couch potato uncle and sing annoying songs until he passes out, or physically assaults someone!
3) Leap Bum – like Leap Frog only you play with random homeless on the sidewalk
4) Red light, Green Light, 1, 2, Tree – Borrow a buddies car and run red lights all over town as if you were a NYC taxicab narrowly avoiding crashes.
5) Tic Tac Hoe – Get a friend and several “X” and “O” stickers. One person gets X’s the other person gets the O’s. The first person to stealthily stick all their stickers on the backs of prostitutes is the winner!


As always please keep in mind that there is a certain level of risk involved in these games and that you play at your own risk, but at least you won’t have to worry about poking your eye out!

What a WONDERful world this would be...

I wonder what the plan is for my life…
I wonder what it was at the beginning and how it changed as I changed.
I wonder what I was supposed to become, but got in my own way.
I wonder how I got here…and sometimes where here is.
I wonder why to get to something you have to go through something…and why the journey to anything of value is never easy.

I wonder why life seems to be full of more wondering than wonderful…

Pin The Tail On The Tourist...

I have the "luck" of working very near to one of the most densely populated locations in North America - - Times Square, Manhattan NY. That's right home of New Year's Eve itself! The spot where the ball drops. Unfortunately, this means 24 hours a day 365 days a year, in the city that never sleeps you will find one of the most feared species on the island....tourists!

Please, O Crowders of the Sidewalk, understand that this is a fast-paced environment not for the faint of heart. So please keep these few pointers in mind when touring NY:

1) Don't walk side by side across the entire sidewalk moving at a snail's pace. This is not The Wizard Of Oz and you are not on the Yellow Brick Road!

2) Stay to the right! Its how you drive...its how we walk. Cross the crack at your own risk!

3) Yes...escalators do double as stairs. We don't stand still on them. No, it doesn't matter that there are stairs right next to the escalator. When in doubt see #2. You're on vacation, we are not.

4) Pay attention here because this brings us to the our game...do NOT stop dead in your tracks to take pictures of anything (its just a neon sign), anyone (no that isn't someone famous), yourself , a cop (they don't have cops in other towns?), or anything else. KEEP IT MOVING!

Now for you tourists who refuse to heed my advice please be on the lookout for me because as of today I will be playing a new game I made up..."Pin The Tail On The Tourist."

It's a simple game. All you need is a tourist breaking any of the above rules and a tail. the tourist is easy to find and the tail even easier because it's yours! Whenever a tourist stops dead in font of you, is walking slow, taking pictures of the homeless, or any other such nonsense, simply make your way ahead of them and stop. DEAD STOP! Making sure to give your buttocks a little wiggle as they collide with your rear end. You have now successfully pinned a tail on a tourist! Guaranteed to be hours of fun! For variations on the game try eating anything gassy beforehand and passing gas on them as well! I have also seen a variant I like to call "Pin The Pickle On The Tourist", but be warned you may run into some trouble with that one. Happy hunting! Tourists watch your backs! (and your fronts)

Shallow Thoughts From a Deep Mind...

Every now and then I find myself trying to understand the world around me. Sometimes I gain understanding...sometimes I just end up more confused than when I started. So now I'm looking for some help in understanding. Every now and then you'll see me post questions or thoughts that just pop in my head (we've already established I'm not normal). If you can help me out please do so. Now for today's thoughts:

Why are restroom signs in braille? How do blind people find the signs?!

Why,when on the bottom floor, do people on the elevator ask "going up"?

Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle? (yes I know its not an original thought, but I still don't know the answer)

If you have a shallow thought...holler at me as they say :-) now get out from in front of the computer and enjoy the last day of the weekend!

FUN For the Old Folk!

Ok I had to share this! If you think of any more let me know (click the little comment spot at the bottom silly!)


GAMES FOR WHEN WE ARE OLDER
1. Sag, you're It.
2. Hide and go pee.
3. 20 questions shouted into your good ear.
4. Kick the bucket
5. Red Rover, Red Rover, the nurse says Bend Over.
6. Musical recliners.
7. Simon says something incoherent.
8. Pin the Toupee on the bald guy

Ch-Ch-ch-ch-CHANGES

Ok normally I reserve this space for my foolishness (don't worry there is still plenty of dumb stuff over there on teh right--->), but I’ve been gone a while, “getting life done” as they say (which begs the question who is the “they” and the “them” that says all that kind of stuff) so let me take a moment to fill you in. So Anywho, I’m back and a different person than when we last connected. Not completely different, I will always be me, but I’ve taken on a new title….Dad. I am now the father to a beautiful baby girl named Caitlyn. With my new title comes new responsibilities, new outlooks, new insights, new aggravations, and new stress, all of the “stuff” that comes along with a life altering event. Fortunately being a dad also comes with new joy, new happiness, and new love. My daughter has completely changed my life and who I am. I can undoubtedly say I will never be the same again. Who knew someone so small and so young would have such a profound effect on my life, maybe you did, but I certainly didn’t! It’s not easy, in fact it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but the reward in seeing the smile on my baby’s face when she sees me makes all of the stress and struggle worth it.

Well now that you know where I’ve been and what I’ve been up to I’ll be back on here letting you into my life once again (for better or for worse). I promise to post at least once a week (life permitting of course). As always, thanks for stopping by and come again….and when you do come again…bring a friend!