Jen and I are going to try and sneak out for a while tonight. I’m on call this weekend so we can’t go far from home.

Still, we need to celebrate Nigel Tufnel Day so while we get ready to go out, Spinal Tap is playing in the background.

Undoubtably the greatest rock music film of all time. Hell, the greatest musical of all time.

The “these go to 11” scene is on the tube right now.

Happy Nigel Tufnel Day!!

I’m on call today so I can’t take the kids to Methuen’s Veterans Day parade. I guess remembrance and thanks will have to suffice for honoring those who served.

Of course today is also Spinal Tap Day as well as Nerd New Year. I will find sufficient ways to celebrate those events too.

This one goes to 11.

Before you read on, please read this article.

So the head football coach at Penn State hired a child molester as an assistant.  On a few occasions this child molester was witnessed… ummm… plying his perversion in the locker room.  There were actual witnesses who weren’t children being raped, but innocent bystanders.

We come to find out that witnesses to the child raping told the head football coach and said head football coach told his superiors and then did nothing more.  The rapist assistant stayed on the payroll and kept taking kids to the shower.  That’s the story as I understand it.

Yesterday the University fired the head football coach.

…………And the students rioted.

So let me get this straight, students of Penn State…  Allowing a member of your staff to continue to rape children is not a riot worthy offense… but firing the football coach who allowed said member of his staff to continue to rape children is a riot worthy offense.

So the students of Penn State stand in favor of forcibly raping little children.

They may argue that their reasons for rioting were other than those that I have stated, but from where I stand I can’t really see it any other way.  Allowing little kids to be raped is okay, according to all of you.  Getting fired for allowing little kids to be raped is worthy of a riot, according to all of you.  You, Penn State students, are in favor of child molestation.  You agree with the practice of raping kids.

Nice going, Penn State students.  Way to keep those priorities straight.  As you see it, college football is more important than not raping children.

This edition of Thanks for Nothing goes to the town of Wayland, MA.

There is one nasty intersection in Wayland that I get stuck in every day.  It is where route 126, 27, and 20 all come together.  126 joins up with 27 at a stop sign that backs up 126 all the time.  the two combined roads then cross 20 at a light that backs up in every direction, including beyond the stop sign where 126 comes along which makes the back up there even worse.

I spent 20 minutes there today.  Why?  Because prior to 9:00am they were doing construction.  They had a lane closed and there were police officers directing traffic all over the place.  There were detour signs up, even though apparently there were no roads actually being detoured.  The back ups stretched forever in every direction.

Thanks for nothing, town of Wayland, MA.

This heartfelt Thanks for Nothing goes out to Newbury Comics. 

Being a resident of the greater Boston area, my first (and usually only) choice for purchasing music on compact disc is a wonderful chain of stores called Newbury Comics.  They are all over the place.  The best ones are in Boston, on Newbury Street, and in Burlington.  There are good ones in Nashua and Salem, NH as well.

On a few occasions in the sort of recent past I have hit the Natick, MA store during my lunch hour.  It is located on Route 9, and if you know anything about the area you know that Route 9 is a traffic nightmare.  It can take quite a long time to get anywhere on Route 9.

But, as mentioned in prior posts, today is New Rush Day and I need to get my mitts on a copy of Time Machine Live in Cleveland.  I decided to be smart and check the store website to make sure the Natick store still exists.  According to the site the store it is still right where it should be.  When my lunch hour came, off I went.

That will teach me to believe a store’s website.

When I got there the windows were covered with big “Moving” signs and the store was empty.  I had to double back and go to Best Buy to get my copy of Time Machine.  Yeah, I went to a big box chain store to buy a magnificent piece of art rock.  Computers?  Camera accessories?  Home electronics?  Yeah, I will go to Best Buy for all of them.  I’d go there for DVDs and Blu rays too, but music?  No.  If I want to buy a record, I go to a real record store.  Am I an insufferable snob?  Abso-freakin’-lutely, but I don’t care.  I actually feel a little dirty right now.

Thanks for nothing, Newbury Comics.

I cast ballot number 29 in precinct number 1.  I am very proud of myself for getting involved in the democratic process, although I still am not sure which candidate for mayor is preferable.  I did vote for one of them, but I’m not saying which one.

I failed in my other Tuesday morning quest.  I did not get to a store to pick up a copy of the new Rush record.  I’ll go at lunch.  There is a Newbury Comics store right around the corner.  Given traffic in this area it’ll probably take me an hour to get there and back, but I’ll do it.  I do not want to live in a world where officially released Rush music exists and I do not own a copy.

Hey, the Bruins won last night.  They won big, again.  They have moved all the way up to 13th place in the conference.  They are only five points out of a playoff spot.  We have a real live win streak going, three games.  A win in their next game brings them back to .500.  It’s a little painful to be getting excited about moving up to 13th place when just a few months ago we were having a Stanley Cup parade.  Still, wins are wins and we need them.

In summary:
Go Bruins!
Get out and vote (where applicable)!
Have a Happy Rush Album/DVD/Blu ray release day!

I’m going to have a sick busy morning tomorrow. First, it’s election day in Methuen. Before I sleep tonight I have to decide which mayoral candidate will get my vote. I am currently 100% undecided. This is a new experience for me.

Second, the new Rush live record comes out tomorrow. I have to find a store that opens before 9:00am so I can get it as soon as humanly possible. I’ll wait until Santa Claus for the blu ray, but I cannot wait for the CD.

Okay, so I guess it’s not that crazy, but it’s crazier than the usual Tuesday morning.

Anyway, Jen and I went out to dinner tonight. When we got home I turned on the Bruins game and immediately Lucic and Horton both scored. The Bruins are now up 5-2 over the Islanders. You’re welcome.

For the first time this season, it’s full on dark for the whole ride home from work.

Crud.