That's Reality, Ohio

My office-mate Doug:

"I'd rather crap my pants once a day than move to Cleveland."

Now that's hate.

Lucky Guess?

I've been thoroughly enjoying this NCAA tournament. It seems like I'm rarely playing basketball anymore - lack of teammate, or a hoop of course - so this is one thing I can root for.

At the office tournament pool, I picked all four teams of the Final Four. It's sizeable too, with 76 players. C'mon Georgetown and UCLA! If they win one more game each, I'm guaranteed my wallet will be nearing the capacity of Lars Loberg. For those who don't know, his wallet competes with George Costanza's for thickest ever.

In other "I'm getting older" news, my brother accused me of turning 26 years old in a month. Ha, I'm going to get that little punk.

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Wow, today sucked.

The Italian wedding

I promised I'd post some Sgarlata wedding photos for some loyal friends of yours truly.


Here's the ushers with the groom's father.









The Aldrich Avenue crew including its VILs (Very Important Ladies)












She definitely classes up this photo. Who the heck is that guy?

On The Move Again...

It's very likely I'll be on the move again soon. Our lease is up near Lake Harriet at the end of April, so the search is now beginning for our next place. I'm likely going to take that smelly german with me. Luckily, he likes to buy the air freshener. We're looking for a place along the light rail line, either a 2 bd or 3bd place. A friendly mobster of ours is in the running for an accompanying small bedroom.

If it turns out we're moving, I'll miss our area. Lake Harriet is awesome and my neighborhood was a bit sleepy, but it's just a great location. I highly recommend it over all the messiness in the heart of Uptown. The landlord was very responsible, rent price was right, and I never needed to get upset about living conditions with loyal blog-reader Nathan Duoss. He's just abandoning us so he and his girlfriend Lindsey can play with his hot dog.

"Don't Touch My Toaster Strudel!!"

Yup, you can't make it up (via KSL-TV i nSalt Lake City):

"An argument over a breakfast pastry sent a West Valley man to the hospital.

It started yesterday morning when a man got upset at his roommate for eating his Toaster Strudel.

The man left and came back later with three friends. The group then attacked two of the roommates.

One of the men being attacked grabbed a knife and stabbed one of the attackers in the side. He was flown to the hospital in serious condition."

Goodbye Ann's Barber

A sad thing happened Saturday. My hair was just getting a little more out of whack than normal, and I decided it was time for a cut. I headed back across town to campus, and a small barbershop called Ann's Barber. I pulled up, parked my car and headed to the door that led to the shop and the sign was there:

"Our lease was up. Thanks again for 13 years of service!! - Ann & Andy"

It was a small shop, run by a middle-aged couple, who were very friendly and did a nice job. Once when I was headed before a job interview in Florida, they told me they'd offer to cut my hair down there if I ever moved there. Their son lived in Winter Haven. The job opportunity didn't work out, but every time I came back they'd ask if I was moving to Florida. Well, now perhaps they're down there. My hair just keeps growing (thank god I'm not going bald), but I guess I'll have to find a new place.

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