A Year, A Discussion and Free Food

Believe it or not, Slackmistress and I are just four days away from celebrating our first anniversary. To kick off what will be a week of celebration I’d like to share this bit of marital conversation which too place in the car last night when I said:


“You’ll never guess what I did today”
- “You sent out that thank you card like you promised?”
“Nope”
- “You cleaned the bathroom without someone reminding you?”
“No...how many more of these do you have?”
- “A few more, you should probably just tell me what you did”
“Now I don’t want to.”


(It's like one of these videos without all that looking)

Luckily we were in no mood to argue (we rarely are). We were on our way to one of the happiest places on earth, Dodger Stadium to see the Dodgers play the Mets from the AM/PM All You Can Eat Pavilion. If there’s one thing that makes baseball better it’s free food at the game; $25 a ticket and then you go nuts.

“I’ll take six hot dogs, some nachos, peanuts, popcorn and soda. How much is that....zero bucks? It’s a deal.”

More on the game over at LA Metblogs.

Finally, something new and exciting for the internet from my wife.

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Economic Stimulus

On Friday morning I got my $600 from the Treasury Department. This is part of the much publicized Economic Stimulus Package that is supposed to help me ignore the fact that I’m paying $4 a gallon for gas and that there is a war going on (to name just a few unpleasant realities).

I don’t know about you but I’ve got mixed feelings about this, sure I need the money, but I feel that accepting it might be interpreted as giving tacit approval of a criminal administration. Is it possible to say “I hate what you’ve done to our country but thanks for the cash” and not feel compromised? I’m having a hard time feeling good about this.

P.S. New LA Metblog post here.

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More Muxtape goodness can be found here.

The track listed as unknown is called Solphodine and it's one of the best songs you'll ever hear about an over the counter sleep aid, unless you count booze as a sleep aid.

Back with a full post sometime in the next two days. In the meantime fans of baseball and/or names that make you giggle should click here.

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The Animals Will Figure It Out

On Monday night I went out to meet some of the other LA Metbloggers at the Hotel Figueroa. I brought The Slackmistress with me and we picked this blogger up on a street corner on the way downtown. We had a very nice time and nobody fell into the pool, all in all that equals a good time.

At one point in the evening I was asked by another blogger about what kind of other writing I was doing and I went into a loooong and boring explanation of what I was working on. As I was babbling about my still incomplete writing projects I thought to myself:

“This guy is probably regretting the fact that he asked me about this...I must be boring the hell out of this guy...I’m making MYSELF sleepy...I must sound like an ass...I’m never ever going to subject anyone to this again...there’s no way this guy is going to sign up for my pyramid scheme now”

From now on, if anyone asks; I’m working on a mystery novel about cats that solve crimes. Because who doesn’t love a good cat mystery?

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Back From Break

...and we're back! So, where were we?

I think we we're talking about much I like tacos, or at least I was talking about tacos because I've had them from the same takeout place three times in the last week but you're probably not too interested in hearing about what I've eaten for dinner this week. To get things restarted here, let me share a few things that are more interesting than my love for tacos.

Over at my other blog I recently created a mixtape through Muxtape.com and now I've updated it for this blog. Click below to see it:

Be The Boy Mix Tape April 2008

Just click on the song names to listen.

Over at Snarky Dork Jodi is saving lives, maybe you can help her out.

Finally I just posted some new stuff at LA Metblogs.

I'll be back soon with new stuff.

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Coming Attractions

Recently someone said to me; “For someone who is supposed to have stopped blogging, you're sure doing a lot of blogging.”

That’s a good point; since I stopped updating regularly here I have been slowly (very slowly) working on some other projects and blogging here as well as over at LA Metblogs. In addition I’ve been watching a lot of baseball and eating tacos. As much as I like everything I’m working on I miss updating here, I miss all of the people who have commented and participated too. Be The Boy will be back sooner than you think, maybe as soon as next week so tell your mom, tell your friends and get ready for more of the usual tomfoolery here. In the meantime I've got some new stuff over at LA Metblogs here.

See you soon.

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All The Will News That Fits

Just a quick update to let you know that the good people over at LA Metblogs will be letting me post there a few times a week. I’ll be joining a group of very talented writers, many of whom have the same first name as me. To avoid confusion with the other Wills I’ve been given a new name*. You can find out what my new name is here and, more importantly, you can find LA Metblogs here. I hope you'll check it out.

*New name courtesy of Noirbettie.

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Not That You Asked

Since Be The Boy was placed on hold I've been asked many times when it is coming back. The answer to that question is simply "I don't know". I'm working on some other projects and it may be a while before I resume posting here regularly. In the meantime one of the things I'm working on does involve some blogging; it's called A Rock and Roll Ghost and it will probably be updated once or twice a week. You'll find an explanation of what it's about in the post dated March 23, 2008 and further explanation here.

I hope you'll give it a try.

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Be The Boy Is Still Dead

But if you're wondering what I've been up to I have guest blogged over at my wife's site today. You can find it here.

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You Probably Saw This Coming

It's time to make a change at Be The Boy. Over the past few months I've been trying to work on some projects outside of blogging; those projects, coupled with what I do for a living makes my schedule pretty full. I've been really busy lately, so busy that I don't have enough time to do everything I need to do and blog consistently. As a result the content here has suffered to the point where I'm recycling content regularly. Something has got to give and it makes sense for my life to put this blog down, effective today.

Does this mean Be The Boy is gone for good? Nope, it just means that I've got to move on to some other things and I'll be back if and when when I can dedicate more time to this. There may be the occasional post when I need to share something but after four years and 1400 posts I've said nearly everything I want to say here.

If you're looking for something new to read I highly recommend any of the good people on the sidebar on the right side of the page. I'll still be around reading your blogs and most of you know how to find me if you'd like to.

Thanks for playing along at home, I appreciate it more than you'll ever know.

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