apologies for missing a day. sometimes life just takes over, i guess.

thursday, at dalton's, keith, christina, christina's roomie andrea, myself joining them a bit later. it really is neat to be able to walk for 2 minutes and find a 'hangout,' no matter how lame that hangout might be. open mic night. solo acoustic st. ambrose kids. best performance: norwegian wood. second best performance: under the sea. most well received performance: glycerine. notably absent: female performers. i wanted to hear joni mitchell covers...oh well.

highlight of the night: guy gets pulled over. [dalton's is located at a corner lot.] guy pulled over is visible to the 6 booths along that window [including ours]. guy discusses situation with cops for a few minutes. he's eventually ticketed, presumably for driving drunk? perhaps speeding. guy accepts ticket. guy proceeds to enter dalton's. guy receives standing ovation. guy purchases pitchers for all six booths along the window. keith, christina, andrea and myself consume free pitcher. all is right in the world. guy explains that he was stopped for running a red light. lay off, copper, i say. guy takes the citation well: "it's just 30 bucks, and i get rock star parking." i appreciate guy's outlook on life. and his generosity. [postscript: as i left for work this morning, guy's car was still parked in the same spot.]

funny situation at work today. our assistant gm, josh, is a north dakota native. as a native of north dakota, he is part of one of the more interesting regional linguistic quirks i've encountered. he grew up pronouncing the 'ag' letter combination with a long 'a' sound [i believe a long sound] that is, he prounounces the word 'bag' [as well as 'magazine,' 'diagonal,' 'agriculture,' and most improbably, the proper name 'wagner'] with the same 'a' sound that is used for the word 'bank.' in my exposure, every section of the country, with the exception of the north dakota-minnesota [perhaps south dakota, or the upper penninsula?] region would prounounce that word with the same 'a' sound used for 'sack.' [it seems like an odd example, but read on!]

so this afternoon, this guy comes in to the office. 'i'm in from new york city for the day, i'm leaving in a few minutes, i'm wondering if you have any bobbleheads.' josh tries to pitch him on our season ticket perk, which requires $100 in tickets purchased, with the perk being a limited edition joe mauer bobblehead. guy settles for an $18 hat. he says he'll perhaps order the tickets/bobblehead on our webiste. josh, who's become self-conscious about what i consider to be his pronunciation quirk, says 'would you like a sack for that?' attitudinous ny guy says "you mean a bag?" i emit my loudest giggle of the week. wowzers.

think i'm a dork for writing at 1150 on a friday night? well, you're a dork for reading this. and i'm a dork for writing at 1150 on a friday night.