things, I've got a few

tonight I'm thinking that Dylan's "I'll Keep It With Mine" might be the best song ever of all-time ever of all-time.

the funniest thing I've ever seen at a Yankee game (not a lot of funny things at Yankee games usually): tonight they put Steve Martin on the big (I mean, tremendously large) video board out in center field. he was wearing one of the inexpensive, Budweiser-sponsored caps given to the first 21,000 fans 21 years or older at tonight's game (yep, I got one too). but underneath his picture on that big (I mean, tremendously large) video board out in center field: Navin Johnson.
keep this in mind the next time you say that the Yankees have no sense of humor.
I know I will.

I've felt better. tonight's drink of choice: Caffeine-Free Coke.

I am not a parent and I am (hopefully) through with my schooling.
however, some of you may not be through with schooling and some of you may very well be parents.
who knows, really? surely not I.
but for those of you who may, in fact, be either parents or of school age (which could be a pretty wide range), allow me to shill and simultaneously pass along a money-saving offer from Amazon.com.
for a limited time (though they don't actually say how limited) you can get $10 off a $50 Back to School clothing purchase by using the code 10SCHOOL or $25 off a $100 Back to School purchase by using the code 25SCHOOL.
I myself have purchased many items of clothing from Amazon.com, especially if you count shoes as clothing, and have found them all to score very high on the comfort and breathability scale. unless you're counting shoes, in which case I generally just buy the year-old remainders for extremely cheap prices. after all, comfort and breathability aren't all that damn important.

I interviewed 1984 Olympic silver medalist in the Women's 400 meter hurdles Judi Brown (n/k/a Judi Brown-Clarke) on Tuesday and thoroughly enjoyed myself.

and finally (because unfortunately there always has to be a finally), though it's not my first Going on 50 piece to be published, or even my first Going on 50 piece to be published by the Village Voice, my first Going on 50 piece to appear in print at the Village Voice (and my first print piece to appear in the Village Voice since I turned in the Tusk manuscript 13 months ago) will be available at those little plastic newspaper rack thingies all over New York City later today.
or you could just click here (it's with the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne and it's pretty damn good if I say so myself).

thank you, Cleveland, and good night!