This is not a joke. It’s not an old picture I dug up for a giggle. I actually passed this house on the way home.

Reindeer and all.

Happy Merry.

November 6, 2009.

Repent all ye sinners, for the end is nigh upon us!

Or something like that.

One day after the Yankees won their 234,957,237th world series, the Bruins lost to the Canadiens. If that’s not a clear sign of the apocalypse then I don’t know what is!

They came within less than one minute of being shut out for the third straight game! The horror here is unimaginable! Thank heavens for a pulled goalie and Patrice Bergeron, or else that unthinkable, unspeakable fate would have befallen us.

Meanwhile, in our start to finish viewing of the show Smallville we got to see Lex Luthor wearing the kryptonite ring last night. (season four) It was pretty cool. Not cool enough to make up for the fright of a Bruins loss to Montreal and a Yankees championship… but pretty cool.

Funniest thing ever? Could be.

Put your headphones on if you’re at work.

My hate cup runneth over. My Yankees hate cup that is.

So I picked four of the seven playoff series correctly. Yippee-freakin-skippy. I would have gladly fallen below 50% if it meant the damn frakkin’ Yankees lost. I hate them. I hate them.

If the Bruins lose to the Canadiens tonight you might be seeing me leaning off the Tobin tomorrow.

Damn you Yankees.

I could watch this over and over all day long. Keep the loses coming Phil and the Leafs. We Bruins fans want that first over all pick!

Yesterday Methuen held a town election. The election included the School Committee. There were eight people running for six open spots.

Today the Lawrence Eagle Tribune posts this article. Here is the relevant fragment:

Methuen school committee winner to give up seat to losing incumbent
By J.J. Huggins
jhuggins@eagletribune.com

METHUEN — Voters unseated incumbent School Committeeman George Kazanjian in yesterday’s election, but fellow incumbent Kenneth Henrick said he wants to give the seat he won to Kazanjian.

“I beat Kazanjian, who is my buddy, by five votes. He’s younger than me and he’s a sharp guy. I feel badly,” the 70-year-old Henrick said after the election results were released. “I’m shocked. I’m really shocked. I thought he’d do really well.”

Kazanjian said Henrick showed up at his Sevoian Drive home and said he would give up the seat to Kazanjian. Kazanjian said he will accept.

“I think he’s a tremendous friend,” Kazanjian said about Henrick.

Kazanjian said he was surprised by the loss. He finished seventh out of eight contenders for six two-year seats on the board. Kazanjian finished with 3,482 votes while Henrick took 3,487 and the last spot on the School Committee.

“I worked hard. Evidently what I was offering… honest to God, I don’t know,” Kazanjian said while sitting in his living room with his wife and daughter…

Really?

REALLY?

So our system of government consists of people winning elections having the right to decide who actually gets the office?

REALLY???

This is stupidity of the highest order. I can’t even believe it. I had to read the article three times to make sure I wasn’t missing something. Something relevant. Something like Mr Henrick giving back all of the money donated to his campaign, resigning from office, and then the city having a special election so the voters (you know, the people… as in “we the people”) can elect some one to replace him.

You know, the way it’s done in a representative democracy like… oh, I don’t know… Methuen… or Massachusetts… or the United States of America.

Another quiet morning around here. Not much to report on.

The cold is much better but still there.

Last night over a fantastic Indian dinner I mentioned to the Mrs (whom I love like crazy) that it feels like we haven’t had the kids in 8 weeks. That changes tonight though, and we have them through the weekend. I am seriously looking forward to it. We have a 1 year old’s birthday party on Sunday, and we’re going to hang out with Mike and his family on Saturday. This should be a good weekend, especially if my cold is gone. Fingers crossed.

The Bruins maddening streak of win-one-lose-one finally came to an end last night. Unfortunately it was with their second consecutive shut out loss. Baby steps perhaps? In the wrong direction perhaps? Crud.

Please oh please let the Phillies win tonight. I picked the Yankees to win the World Series but I do so badly want to be wrong.

Is it the weekend yet?

Go Phillies
Go Bruins

The new version of camerabag has a new filter! Woohooo!!

I stumbled onto a site today that includes some light reading I may want to dabble into during my off hours.

The Complete Guide to Google Wave: How to Use Google Wave.

Looks interesting, doesn’t it?

(let me once again thank my lovely wife Jen for inviting me into Google Wave. I am one of the cool nerds, thanks to my lovey.)