Author: Sean

I took the Acela (remember, the front car is the quiet car) north to visit Matt, Scooter, and Kristen this weekend. Due to some rain, hangovers, and yard work, we never made it fishing or hiking. Instead, we spontaneously started an arts and crafts project inspired by today’s site and the little dog pictured above. The result will be pictured tomorrow.
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One of the great things about having a woman in the house is that they are so much more sensitive to hunger and thus grocery shop with more forethought. While I’m lucky to have left-over Chinese in the house, when Matt and I came home drunk to his place, I discovered Kristen keeps the pantry full with eight varieties of salty snacks. I ate the whole plate.
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Site of the Day: From Tyler, how I plan to redecorate my living room, The Rasterbator.

Here’s a recipe for pork chops that is inexpensive, tasty, and quick to make. If you can’t cook right now, maybe these bachelor chops will ruin your appetite.

BACHELOR CHOPS
2 Thick-cut, bone in chops
1 Cup Italian bread crumbs
1/2 Packet Good Seasons Zesty Italian dressing mix
3 Tbsp. Vegetable oil

Put the oil in a skillet or pan that is also safe for the oven and place on high heat. On a plate, mix the dressing mix and bread crumbs. Wash the chops and while still moist, dip in the crumbs. You can also dip the chops in milk or a beaten egg, but what bachelor has those in the fridge? That would take up valuable beer space and certainly go bad.

Put the chops in the hot oil, a minute or so on each side, until nice and brown. Then, put the whole pan in a 425 degree oven for 18-20 minutes, until a sliced chop is white through.

Makes enough for a dinner and a lunch, or to share with a lusty young lass.
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Bachelor chops are traditionally served with Stove Top Stuffing and something green thrown on the George Foreman Grill. Mmmmm, mmmm, marketing.
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Did you watch Friends? I watched Cops – Crimes of Passion instead. It’s like Friends, except a shirtless tattooed Ross beats the hell out of Rachel with bad skin before getting back with her..
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Site of the Day: From Erik, The Infinite Cat Project.

Walking down the street one day, my friend Chris pointed at a FedEx van and asked if I had ever seen the arrow in the logo. Despite seeing thousands of FedEx trucks and packages, I add never noticed it. Can you see it? I wonder what else is in front of my nose but unseen.
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The random feature on the iPod is not 100% random. It seems to have favorites that are different than mine. It might be sentient.
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Site of the Day: Subway maps look like bungholes.

A pic from Kelly.

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Site of the Day:

Over a year ago, I received as change this dollar bill and I wrote about it on the site. Last night, I found this email in my inbox:
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Subject: April 4, 2003
From: “Lauren Prince”
Date: Fri, April 30, 2004 2:38 am
To: sean@seantconrad.com
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“Who is Lauren Prince?”

I am Lauren Prince… a Lauren Prince. And, yes, I googled myself. Interesting to know that you predicted such a thing just over one year ago… psychic much?

Furthermore, I doubt it was me who wrote on that dollar bill (and no, I will not give you $1). If it was, I’m beyond purple; now I use pink.

It goes without saying,
Lauren Prince
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I love it when a plan comes together.

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Site of the Day: Wednesday’s SOTD, Tron Costume Guy, is the new Ghyslain Raza.

My local bar is The Edge. On any given night I can pop in there and know the bartender and a few of the partrons. Today’s pic is an example of a few of those folks. I was showing my camera to a friend and they asked me to take their picture. Sure, I don’t mind.

Tyler’s local bar is Iona. The bartenders there are bald, Scottish, soccer hooligans. I think you can see why I end up at The Edge more.

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At midnight, I called Erik to see how the Coastal Drag show went. He was in bed. Today, while drafting an email to Ben with the same question, he wrote me that he had overslept his nap and missed the show. We are sorry, Coastal Drag. Don’t think we are bad friends or fans, it’s just that we are old and sometimes midnight feels like what 4AM used to. I promise to be there next Wednesday night at Pianos.

Speaking of your next few shows, to liven it up, how about one night where all songs are done with nothing but cowbells. Just you four on stools in a line at the front of the stage, each with a cowbell. Just one guy’s opinion, but I think that would rock.

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Site of the Day: Alright, you nerds, buy Douglas Adams’ tent.

MikeD scored some first base line seats for Sundays day game at Shea and asked Mike, Adam, and me to join him. It was one of those spring days that can even make the tedium of baseball fun. My Pirates trounced the Mets, so I definitely had fun.

Everytime I go to a New York sporting event I’m reminded how ugly real local New Yorkers are. Seriously, is there a sale on big and ugly at every dirty grocery store in Queens? Or maybe when you boo your team for no reason, God makes your children homlier with hairier knuckle. Apparantly, Mets fans have been booing a long time. Oh yeah, and the accents are really annoying, too.
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You really should make an effort to eat lunch outside today.
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Site of the Day: Happy 4/20 from Marty Z.

And to celebrate her birthday we took a generic picture of us looking like doofusses. And then we played table top bowling at the Boat bar.
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A lot of other exciting things happened this weekend. I’ll describe them with photos later. You know, I’m busy on Mondays, too.
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Site of the Day: Why other countries think we are uncool.

A few weeks ago, Erik captured the entirety of my living room, office, and den in one photograph. My apartment search begins in earnest this weekend. I was worried for a moment that I might miss the old place, but “den of slack” is a mindset, not a place. I’m sure I’ll take it with me.
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Site of the Day: My friend Tori showed me her copy of “Everday Matters” by Danny Gregory. It’s a sketchbook diary full of watercolor drawings of New York. I meant to buy my own copy, but I forgot. Then, yesterday I saw familar drawings on The Morning News and I remembered. Check out the book. He has a good blog, too.

Matt Groening is going to appear on The Simpsons and that is front page news at CNN.com. I put the picture up because for some reason, the site of Bart in a Spider-Man costume made me laugh out loud and spit coffee on myself.
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I’m busy.
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Happy Birthday to Jess. Happy Tax Day to the rest of you.
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Site of the Day: Put a gerbil in yor case.