Author: Bobby Rockers

Shipping Up to Boston

Shawn came to town this weekend to see the Dropkick Murphys concert.  Dropkick Murphys are a Irish punk rock band out of Massachusetts; so think heavy metal drinking songs.  These smaller concerts are always more fun because you get to be directly involved with the band.  Half the people at the concerts seemed to get invited on stage at one point or another.  It was also the first concert I have been to in a couple years… although Heather and I have one next month.

Third times the charm

This post is comming to you from a Blackack II with Windows Mobile 6.0. I am not a fan of Windows, and the iPhone was easier to use (especially the web browser) but the full Outlook integration has simplified my workflow so dramatically that I already cannot imagine not having it. The AT&T had Windows Mobile, but without a full keyboard was almost unusable.

So until I find something better, the Blackjack II is my new phone.

I’ve Memorized my Beer List

A little learning is a dangerous thing;
drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
and drinking largely sobers us again.

–Alexander Pope

I have updated the wine list with a couple new entries and have finally added the Scotch list.  Scotch is one of those things I buy and lasts me weeks, so I often forget which Scotches I have had and which ones I like.  For any Scotch drinkers out there; let me know if you have a recommendation.

While I was Musing the Fire Burned.

There is pain, in this world, that once experienced leaves a permanent scar in our heart.  We are changed for as long as we live.  And though we walk through life, and laugh, and love; something of ourselves has been removed.

I believe, being Catholic, that when we talk about the peace of God; we are talking about that moment when God returns our hearts to the way they were before that pain.  To those who have experienced such suffering, that alone would be salvation.

Corrupting good manners.

2007 was the worst year I have had for keeping this blog regularly updated.  It was not from lack of intention but a product of over stimulation.  Writing has become a luxury I haven’t had time for since starting work at Cobb.  One of my New Year’s resolutions is to work on this.

This blog is the closest thing to a diary I have had, and I find myself a little disconnected without posting.  Links, updates, comments, and complaints I have had with myself disappear because of a lack of documentation. So, while this is not a big post; hopefully it will be a start… or rather a re-start.

I have also updated the wine list; adding, appropriately for the date, a couple bottles of sparkling white wine and a really awful Riesling.  I have started a scotch list, but don’t have enough to post just yet.  Thankfully a friend has remedied this problem and we will post that when I have had a chance to review those bottles.