perhaps this assessment best illustrates the differences between men and women

How to impress a woman: Compliment her, kiss her, love her, caress her, support her, stroke her, tease her, comfort her, protect her, hold her, spend money on her, wine and dine her, hug her, listen to her, care for her, stand for her, go to the ends of the earth for her...

How to impress a man: Show up naked. With beer.

42 years down, 42 to go!

So yesterday was my 42nd Birthday. Thanks Mom & Dad! If I'm lucky enough to live another 42 years that will be quite enough. 84 sounds like a good age to say good-bye; I'm gonna be tired. What, you wanna live forever?

Look who else was born on March 31st: King Henry II of France (1519), Gordie Howe (1928), Barney Frank (1940), Christopher Walken (1943), Gabe Kaplan (1945), Al Gore (1948), Rhea Perlman (1948), and Angus Young (1955)!

And look who died on March 31st: Sir Isaac Newton (1727), Anne Frank (1945), Jesse Owens (1980), Brandon Lee (1993), Selena (1995), Frank Perdue (2005), and MERCIFULLY, Terri Schiavo (2005).

A few things that happened on March 31st: Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time (1918). The first election is held in Greece after World War II (1946). The first Wrestlemania, the biggest wrestling event from the WWE, takes place in Madison Square Garden in New York (1985).

Everyday Normal Life.

hey all, if I had a busier week than I had the last week, I don't know when it was. go away on vaca, and when you come back: whoa. still catching my breath. I always say, "Life: it'll kill you!"

I'll get posts going again soon. some of you have asked about the sxsw posts, as well as where the twitter feed went (I blogged the "goings-on" from this year's 'embarrassment of riches' music festival in Austin, TX): if anyone wants to see all the posts from sxsw in one long scrolling page, you can click on the tag/label "sxsw" in the labels section, bottom, left of this blog (there's one at the bottom of this post right here also), and then you have the option to see all the posts w/ that tag on them. Go ahead. An insane 4 days. Lots of bands, some celebrities, a fabulous, tiring time! The twitter feed I set up specifically for sxsw (for brief, on-the-fly updates), I moved to the bottom left of this blog; just scroll down a ways. I can't decide if I'm going to keep the twitter feed linked to this blog or not; not sure it serves any purpose for everyday, "normal" life. Yeah. Everyday normal life. "everyday normal life." Say it again: "everyday normal life. everyday normal life. everyday normal life." I like it. I don't know why. But I like it. Everyday normal life.