Name: Brian Bishop
Date registered: May 26, 2005
URL: http://www.mochasteak.com
Nov
06
Politics is interesting to talk about, but usually not very inspiring. Or, more accurately, looking back at some of my earlier political posts, it looks like politics inspires cynicism, incredulity, anger, and pit-of-your-stomach, world-is-going-to-hell depression. I’ve always believed that you have to be an egotistical asshole to be a politician, and I still think that’s …
Oct
18
A couple of things drive me into a mental state of complete anger and anxiety: getting lost, George W Bush, religious crazies, and losing important travel documents. Let’s examine that last one a bit more shall we? But first a little background. So I’m on a business trip in Germany. I’m out with some colleagues …
Oct
12
Buskers in the New York City subway system are a double-edged sword. Some of them are great, entertaining, can carry a tune, have a decent voice, etc. Others are just winos and bums screeching or panting out a song between stops. More often than not I think people pay them to STOP singing. But what …
Oct
07
What the hell is goign on? Didn’t every trader on Wall Street read the news. There’s a bailout! Everything’s alright. We can all sleep safe tonight. Why the hell are you depressing the value of my 401k 30 FREAKING PERCENT! Now that’s just not very nice. I don’t understand? Why do you hate America? Do …
Sep
27
I’m no economist, but I play one in my mundane white-collar fantasies. My economist alter-ego is full of facts and figures, knows the names of economic principles and when they were articulated, can spout off long streams of financial vocabulary on command, and, of course, knows everything. In my dreams, I’m the Bill Gates of …
Sep
21
I am of course. Well, with a little help from my friend Mark Lorenc, who has been graciously hosting my site for free for the past four years. As all good things do, the free hosting had to come to an end when Mark had to move from New Jersey to Tennessee. Mark backed up …
Sep
02
So recently I found myself highlighted in a video that someone put on YouTube of a Rock Band party they were having. I was playing guitar on a few tracks, pretty much shredding it. Yeah. I rocked. I’m also pretty good with a bo-staff. (No, I’m not going to post the link to the video. …
Aug
11
So, as you all know from reading my blog about my time spent living in the Netherlands… they are a bit weird. They’re alien-like tall and thin (for the most part), they have funny attitudes about being tolerant, but extremely rude at the same time, they drink milk for lunch, their language sounds like Klingon, …
Aug
11
Today was the last game of the summer league season. I know, most of you are very surprised because I haven’t written anything about the first 10 weeks of games, well, get over it. The point is, I’ve been playing summer league as a member of the Maroon team of the Manhattan Ultimate Disc (or …
Apr
20
I was in an Irish bar a few weeks ago having drinks with Jen and her friend Shari and these two guys were playing folksy Irish music. At some point I look at Jen and say, “I’ve heard this before… in the movie Napoleon Dynamite I think.” Jen looks back and says, “OMG, you’re absolutely …