15 mile run tomorrow… REPENT!

I’m current training for two races which will take place within the next six months. Both at Disney Parks. Both on opposite sides of the country. If I plan on destroying my knees, ripping apart my hamstrings, and guaranteeing a lifetime of bursitis-related agony, well Sweet Esther Rolle, I’m gonna do it while getting high-fived…

Album Review: “The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society” — The Kinks (1968)

“For me, Village Green Preservation Society is Ray’s masterwork. It’s his Sgt Pepper, it’s what makes him the definitive pop poet laureate.” — Pete Townshend, 2004 The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (referred to as VGPS from here on) is the musical equivalent of the perfect trip to Disneyland. Warm and sunny weather with…

Get Your Own Damn Soda!

Not to put too fine a point on anything, but I work for a fairly huge organization based out of South Florida that does billions in revenue. We’re talking big, big, BIG money. So you would hope to think — which is a dangerous venture in and of itself — that said organization would, at…

Album Review: “Beatles For Sale” — The Beatles (1964)

That’s a rather somber, slightly chilly album cover, isn’t it? You can’t blame the band though… the album came out at the tail end of 1964, THE hallmark year of Beatlemania. They broke huge in America after their legendary Ed Sullivan appearances, toured the world, filmed a classic motion picture along with a host of…