Hello, Hello, Hello. I had a pretty good weekend. Friday night, I didn’t do much. In fact, I can’t remember what I did? That’s odd? Oh my God, I must have been drugged! Ah, I’m just kidding. I think I played some old-school Playstation and flipped through the TV dial.

Now, here’s where all the fun starts happening – Saturday. I woke up around 10:30. There was a water main break earlier in the week and a boil water order was in effect. I woke up thirsty and wasn’t sure if the water was OK to drink. I always say, better safe than sorry, so I opened up the fridge and grabbed a beer. Man, was that a good feeling! I felt like a rock star. Around that time, my friend Walter called up and said, “let’s play some video games.” I thought that was a pretty good idea. A few hours later, I was on my way to Walter and “Sally’s” place.

I usually take the train over to the city but I wasn’t in the mood. I got in my car and drove over. I like driving places; it makes me feel like a human. I didn’t have too much trouble finding a spot. Walter and I played Tony Hawk 3, very spirited game play. Then, Jay called up and said, “Let’s go see 8 mile” and before we knew it, we were on our way to 8 mile.

Bob enjoyed 8 mile
And now it’s time for a new feature to BobBorden.com – I call it, BobBorden.com’s 8-word movie review – here it goes: I have to say, I really enjoyed it. And that was BobBorden.com’s 8-word movie review.

After that, Walter, “Sally” and I went back and played more video games. I have a video game jones right now. Damn video game jones! I drove back to Hoboken around 12:30. At 12:30, the only parking spots are on the other end of town. To my shock and amazement, there was a spot on my block! Unheard of at that hour! I was in the zone!

Sunday, my alarm was set for 7:30, I wanted to get up early, grab hold of the day and make it mine! I woke up around 11. Oh well, the day could still be mine! I headed over to the A & P; I had a date with the Coinstar machine. That machine is the best invention of the 21st century! I had about $78. That’s sweet money! I did some shopping and headed back home to drop off my goods. It was 67 degrees on Sunday; I put some shorts on and drove to Nutley to do my laundry.

I had a perfect laundry experience. There weren’t a lot of people in there — I love that. While my clothes were drying I enjoyed some pizza and watched some football. Very calming. I drove back to Hoboken and I got the best spot on the street! SCORE! It’s the best spot because no one can park in front or behind you.

So, I have $78 burning a hole in my pocket. I’m thinking about upgrading my old Playstation. I’m leaning towards a Game Cube or a PS2. I’m undecided. I took my old system and traded it in for store credit. I had fun looking around the store, I’m not sure why. I was close to buying the Game Cube but I really need to think about it.

I watched a lot of football, The Sopranos, Curb your Enthusiasm and so on.

That’s it! OK, have a great day. God Bless America.

Hello. I hope you enjoyed yesterday’s BobBorden.com Classic diary. I couldn’t believe I slept my night away. I probably should have slept last night as well. I just got home late and watched some TV — kind of boring. But in the same breath, I don’t seem to have the drive to do things anymore. I’m sick of bars, smelly movie theaters and just people in general.

Case in point. I check my mail last night and I got a letter that was insulting.

It’s addressed to “Our single friend” – What the hell!? Now my mail is mocking me? I don’t need this. I know I’m single. I get sales calls on my phone machine all the time and now this? Is this the new trend in advertising? What’s next, a telegram addressed to ‘fat ass in Hoboken’?! Why the heck not?! I tired; I should have gone to bed earlier. I’m not making any sense.

I have nothing lined up for this weekend. I think the last thing I need right now is a solitary weekend. I just need to do some stuff and all will be right with the world. Did I mention that as I’m writing this, 1:22 a.m., I’m very tired.

I need new shoes. Maybe I can buy new shoes? I also need to get some new glasses; it’s been a while. I have to say; the glasses I’ve been sporting for the last two years have just been great — Stylish, sexy and comfortable. They’re going to be hard to beat. I had some messed up glasses growing up: red frames, glasses with beveled lenses, square glasses – you name ’em — I tried ’em.

OK, that’s all I got. Have a great weekend. God Bless America.

OK, this has never happened before. I got home last night and jumped into bed for a second. Man, with my comforter on there, my bed is like a cocoon. The next thing I knew, I opened up my eyes and it was 1:18 am. I’m in quite the diary spot. Nothing really happened to me yesterday and it’s really too late for me to spend a lot of time on this today. So, enjoy this BobBorden.com CLASSIC DIARY from 7-11-01. 7/11 was a crazy time, pre 9/11, some call it the age of innocence — enjoy this historical look back in time.

7-11-01
It’s official! I’m the proud owner of a 1989 Nissan 240sx coupe. 106,000 miles, power sunroof, windows, mirrors and it has a/c!!!!!!!! The best part of this whole transaction was that I bought it off a nice couple – not a dealer. I love it when you meet someone and right away you know they’re good people. Steve and Lis (pronounced – Liz), thank you very much for a great transaction! Everything just clicked.

Now, here’s the thing that I’m a little worried about, it’s a 5-speed and I can’t drive a 5-speed. So why did I get it? It’s always been a fantasy to be able to shift those gears. I’d watch Steve McQueen shift in Bullitt and say to myself – damn that’s cool. Then the reality set in that I drive a Skylark and then I’d go eat a bag of chips. Walter is going to show me the ropes tonight, I’m eager to learn! If you know of anyone that needs a Skylark for cheap, in the NY/NJ area, drop me a line. Wow, I’m excited! I had my ’89 Skylark since day one. A lot of good times with that ride, college, work, vacations, kicking it on the turnpike. I’m going to miss her. Screw it; I’m going to ask Walter if he’ll drive it off a cliff for me, ha ha. It got me here from Ohio; it’s not that bad.

I went to bed last night reading the owner’s manual. OK, that’s it; I’m too excited to write about anything else today. Be real, have a great day! One more thing, the first song I’m going to play in my new ride is Bob Seger’s Against the Wind.

TV shows I should be watching but I’m not: 24 – end of list. I missed the first season and I just haven’t been able to watch it this season. I have two regular shows to keep up with, The Sopranos and Curb your Enthusiasm – how many new shows can one man watch? I need a Tivo. I watched American Movie instead of 24.

I was busy yesterday adding some new items to the BobBorden.com store. Just added: A lovely holiday ornament, just in time for the holidays. And a Flying Disc – also, just in time for the holidays? They’re both adorned with the classic BobBorden.com logo – buy early, buy often. And coming soon: A BobBorden.com Wall Clock. More information on that when I get it.

Yesterday, I talked about changing the “text” on my cell phone. I changed it from “ready” to “Killyourcell” — I turn it on today and it reads:

fights back
“Hi asshole” What the heck!? Technology.

Is there any type of “AA” program for people addicted to sweets? I tried a mock diet yesterday — I didn’t eat enough throughout the day. Then at night, it was hello crap train! Damn leftover Halloween candy! Damn sugar! Damn Damn Damn!

Somebody buy me a Tivo. If there are any wealthy industrialists out there, now is the time to speak up! Wait; let me use reverse psychology. ATTENTION wealthy industrialists: I DARE YOU TO BUY me a Tivo. Was that reverse psychology? Oh what does it matter, no wealthy industrialists are checking out my site. (Now that was reverse psychology! I think.)

That’s it. Tune in tomorrow when I make a desperate plea to wealthy widows. Have a great day. God Bless America.

Who’s looking forward to 8 Mile? The best soda on the market right now is Dr. Pepper’s Red Fusion. It’s very tasty; it can’t be good for you. Soda/pop is the modern equivalent of tonics and elixirs. Think about it – it’s carbonated, sugar water. We don’t need it. I need to stop drinking soda. I had a good breakfast yesterday. I had some oatmeal, some OJ and a croissant. OK, the croissant wasn’t really good for me but I needed something else – Cut me some slack! They give Heroin addicts methadone when they try to kick the habit
— A croissant is my methadone.

On my way home last night, the guy at the game store was taking out the trash. I took this opportunity to ask him the value of my old-school Playstation. His answer — $15. $15! I couldn’t believe it. I’d rather throw it in the sewer than sell it for $15. I was really surprised/shocked. I got back home and tried to beat this Tony Hawk game. I couldn’t do it. So, I got online and found a cheat code that unlocks everything in the game. I played around for 15 minutes and my “addiction” was cured. Sometimes, cheating is necessary — remember that kids.

After that, I took some time to update my cell phone. I got rid of old numbers, called a number and updated something and I changed the main message. It used to read “ready” but I changed it to this:

It says, “Killyourcell” it’s like a bumper sticker for the phone. I did have “F**K you” but that seemed like I was saying that to myself. After that, I looked at my real phone, then at my cell, then at my real phone and again at the cell. You guessed it — I called myself. And to make matters worse, I started talking. I enjoyed the echo.

Here’s something odd. I felt this pinching in my underwear last night. Upon further investigation, one of those security tags was stuck to my drawers.

ouch!
Odd, I didn’t buy any new clothes with those security tags? Then it hit me, when I did my laundry, I found one of those in the wash – it’s not from my clothes. Or is that exactly what they want me to think? I’ve never done this before but I need to encrypt something – you won’t be able to read what I’m about to write, only the intended person with the encryption key will be able to read it, please bear with me.

—I KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND I WANT OUT – I WON’T BE YOUR SPY – STOP TRYING TO TRACK MY EVERY MOVE. END ENCRYPTION—

OK, thank you. That’s it. Have a great day.

God Bless America.

I had a revelation this weekend. Friday night, I just finished a marathon session of eating and playing Tony Hawk 2 on the PSone. It was two in the morning, I was trying to go to sleep and I just felt like crap. I overate, again. I just said to myself, F#@K this (I like to curse when I talk to myself) I can’t do this anymore. So, I’m going to try and cut back on the crap this week and train my body to crave good things. I can’t remember the last time I had an apple – sad. I can tell you the last time I ate a whole jar of Pringles in one sitting – sadder. I got a problem with eating crap and I’m the only one that can fix it.

Saturday, I got in the car and drove to Nutley to do my laundry. While I was putting my wash in, I noticed this woman putting clothes in the dryer. Or should I say, dryers. She was using about eight dryers! And they were very small loads too; she could have doubled up on some of them. It just pissed me off the lack of respect she had for other people. I went outside and made a few calls. I came back in, took my wash out and guess what? There are no dryers available. AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had to center myself – this is as bad as it gets at the laundry mat. Her dryers stopped, she wasn’t around — I just took her stuff out and put my stuff in. I never had to do that before, I just said to myself, F#@K it – Bobby needs dry clothes.

After that I went to Best Buy. I wanted to buy a DVD. I couldn’t find anything. I was looking around for an hour and a half. I almost bought 12 monkeys but I thought I was buying it just to buy something – I put it back. I did observe some things about people. People that smoke smell like ashtrays, people that buy full screen DVDs are idiots and then there was the guy that smelled like vomit – nice. I went to the A & P after that. Saturday night, I just played more Tony Hawk 2.

it’s really kind of pointless but I didn’t
have any other photos for today
Sunday, I woke up early. I felt like going for a drive. An hour later, I was driving down to Red Bank. It was a lovely, crisp fall day. I was listening to the Counting Crows. I got down there and just looked around the record store. I didn’t get anything there either. After that, I got some hot chocolate in Starbucks and off I went. I drove back home and played more Tony Hawk 2. I’m stuck on a level and it’s driving me crazy! I even tried cheat codes and that didn’t help.

Curb your Enthusiasm is the best comedy on TV. The Sopranos seemed uneven, again. I was close to seeing Punch-Drunk Love but TH2 got the best of me again.

And that as they say, was my weekend. That is it.

Have a great day. God Bless America.

Oh sweet Friday and oh sweet November! I got some casino “coupons” in the mail the other day. They’re really entries into a car raffle they do a few times a month. I’m considering just driving up there this weekend just to put my entries into the prize drum. Someone has to win and you know my motto: you have to be in it to win it! Plus, I’ll finally get the chance to checkout all that sweet fall foliage I’ve been hearing so much about. That could be something.

Halloween has come and gone, thank goodness. I don’t like Halloween because:

1. When I was a kid, my candy bag was stolen while I was Trick or Treating. I was scared for life.
2. And a few years ago in Hoboken, some punk kids hit me in the head with an egg.

OK, that’s a short list but those are two very traumatic events. I still fear getting hit with an egg. Last night, I walked home with eyes in the back of my head. I was on high alert and thankfully, I made it home without incident.

Yesterday marked the 2-YEAR ANNIVERSARY of BobBorden.com! I’m still very excited about BobBorden.com – it’s still new to me, which is nice. After work, the staff and I had a little to-do over at the Hilton. Here’s a photo:

2-YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY
It’s odd that the majority of my staff didn’t want to be identified. But it was nice that President Clinton could stop by. Thanks to everyone for your help. When all the “other” websites crashed and burned, we pulled up our boots, dug in and said – bring it on! That sprit, that energy is what drives me continue –here’s to another 2 years!!

That’s it! Have a great weekend. God Bless America.

It’s rare for me to talk about Late Show on this website. I figure, if you want to know anything about Late Show, you’ll go to the Late Show site – BobBorden.com is all about Bobby! But I just have to say something about the Wednesday night show. Warren Zevon was the only guest. Warren Zevon is a great singer/songwriter and about a month ago he announced that he has terminal lung cancer.

Warren has been a friend to the show since Late Night at NBC. I’m not sure what I’m trying to say? It was just a very touching/great/entertaining/sad show. I felt proud that my boss (Dave) was able to give this man a platform to talk about what he’s going through and a platform to perform – probably and sadly for the last time.

That’s the only thing running through my mind right now. Warren mentioned that he had a phobia about doctors. That hit too close to home for me because I’m not a fan of going to the doctor either. I’ve been to the doctor once in the last 17 years. My last doctor used to give me a lollypop after my visit – that’s how long its been. I should get a check up but here’s the rub – you go to a doctor, you know they’re going to find something! I’m going to at least think about going.

Damn, RUN-D.M.C.’s Jam Master Jay was gunned down in a Queens recording studio Wednesday night. What the hell?! Don’t you just feel like the world is shifting for the worst? Evrything just seems too pointless/crazy now.

OK, that’s it for today. I’ll have some photos and some great stories from the BobBorden.com 2nd Anniversary Party tomorrow.

God Bless America.