I am always humbled by how many people are in my life that truly care about me, and that I truly value and love. Thank you all for the birthday wishes. Shifting tone a bit, I have a short list of things I am hoping to get for my birthday / time near my birthday:

1) Matthew Weiner tells me and only me what Bob Benson’s true agenda is.

2) Pokemon cards to regain their originally estimated value.

3) Vengeance for the Starks. 

4) I show up on the NSA’s flagged list, and they spend hundreds of hours researching my social media history, just to find nothing but dog puns and overly wordy anecdotes that also end in puns.

5) The Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel to return to programming about discovering or learning.

6) Cupcake I already ate three of these.

I suppose I cannot ask for much else. I’m extremely lucky and blessed in my life. Thank you to everyone who helps make my days so fantastic, every single day.

Cute girl after show: “You remind me of that gay roller skating guy from TV!”

Me: “Oh thanks! Nick Swardson? That guy is really funny.”

Girl: “No I don’t know who that is. That roller skating gay guy from that TV show.”

Me: “Yeah that’s Nick Swardson. He’s a really famous comedian, the show is Reno 911!, it’s funny. Thanks.”

Girl: “No I’ve never heard of that before. You’re like that one gay roller skater.”

:pull out phone and show her picture of Nick Swardson: 

Girl: “No, I’ve never seen that guy before. I’m thinking of that one gay roller skater. I think he’s Mexican.”

I pause. 

Me: “So what’s your name? You like music?”

She walks away.

I got published again by the stupendous folks over at Narratively (a Time magazine top site of 2013). Here’s my story, a part of a series on cycling in NYC. Scroll a bit down for mine, entitled “On a Bike, After the Storm.”

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It’s nice to see 24 hour news networks gaining their credibility back. Front page of CNN.com

middlenotes:

Ryan and Kyle record a phenomenal podcast only to have their software crash. The re-record is just as great, as the guys talk about reacting to failure and being upset.

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These are just in case I run into Daniel Radcliffe in specific locations doing specific things.

middlenotes:

Ryan and Kyle both noticed an ice cream party outside of the apartment. Ryan took an alternative route to Kyle’s apartment. The guys talk opening day baseball rosters. Ryan gets frustrated.

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