Sunday, December 23, 2007

sometimes, it's the small things that matter

date: 12.16.2007
from: MY, md
to: DM
re: the dolphins' attempt -- and success -- at beating the ravens to move to 1-13

sent as the ravens were driving to tie the game near the end of regulation

"I think i'm going to vomit."


then, after the fins won in OT

"one glorious win!!"

everybody's a critic

date: 12.22.2007
from: JA
to: DM
re: i'm not giving extra credit just because they're damn kids

"Hour and a half layover at boston. This is on display from some Ymca kids. Shoddy workmanship."


point taken

date: 11.22.2007
from: PPF
to: DM
re: not even joking a little bit

"Put this on your blog or i'll kick you in the balls, douglas"

mmm... billy dee williams

date: 12.22.07
from: PPF
to: DM
re: i'm not sure, but i think i want some Colt 45

"I would TOTALLY buy beer from lando calrissian!"

Thursday, December 20, 2007

it's gonna be an interesting christmas

date: 12.19.2007
from: The Bon
to: DM
re: the car's in the shop; i got a rental

"Get out the gun rack, baby. I got me a truck!"

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

how quickly things change...

date: 11.14.2007
from: Sailor
to: DM
re: the boy you saw me making out with as you left the bar after kickball around one a.m.

"Just so u know mr editor... i did NOT go home w/ him"

perhaps that's because girls come equipped with two, not just one

date: 09.14.2007
from: BS, man of action
to: DM
re: it's late, we're in a canadian strip club, i'm sitting two seats away from you, and we've lost matty y

"I'm fucked up... seeing double."


[Note: Seriously, BS was two seats away from DM. Was the text really necessary? Of course it was!]

Sunday, December 16, 2007

maybe set the alarm clock to the weather channel?

date: 12.12.2002
from: LizMc
to: DM
re: unexpected mid-week snow storm. sort of.

"And I am texting you from deep within a snowstorm that I didn't know to expect because I woke up drunk this morning."

Thursday, December 13, 2007

kinda had it coming

date: 12.09.2007
from: Dorf
to: DM
re: previous night's party, whereat DM had announced his plans to step up the fun by sending a txt to all important players informing them that shots would soon be consumed and that complaining would not be tolerated

"I feel like shit i'm so going to kick your ass. No complaining."

fun with terra cotta

date: 12.10.2007
from: Suggs
to: DM
re: what do you mean you are 'making Ro a trophy?'

"Made a drunken promise to make her a trophy for queen of kickball cause she wanted one. said i wouldnt so i did"

[Note: Kickball's end of season party for this season turned into a prom, complete with kickball queen and king being named.]

Monday, December 10, 2007

looks like we're all struggling

date: 12.08.2007
from Sailor
to: DM
re: voicemail left by DM to the effect of "what the F happened to us last night?"

"Ur msg just made me laugh so loud. At a wedding in dc. I'm a mess."

saturday night fights back

date: 12.09.2007
from: EJB
to: DM
re: slight change in plans

"Kate thinks that the show is at 7pm, and says the plan is 'never drinking again.' We'll check back when we feel human"

[Note: What? Being out past 6am on Saturday didn't agree with your body? Who would have guessed?]

Friday, December 7, 2007

thanksgiving turkey... ish

date: 11.22.07
from: JO
to: DM
re: dinner is served

"Hey bud, happy thanksgiving to you. Here's my thanksgiving turkey! We'll catch up soon."



Thursday, December 6, 2007

memory, that fickle siren

date: 11.28.07
from: JA
to: DM
re: last night

"I've been thinking for a half hour and the only thing i remember about coming home last night is eating a piece of beef jerky, hickory smoked. Which i suppose isn't a bad memory to be left with, if one only has one."

young, good looking, and gay in nyc

date: 11.30.07
from: C-Mc
to: DM
re: plans for the evening seem to be coming together

"Getting laid minimum twice tonight"

[note: it didn't actually work out that way after all, but you have to admire his planning skills regardless]

Monday, December 3, 2007

intriguing offer

date: 11.29.07
from: The Sailor
to: DM
re: plans for the evening?

"If ur in or near the west village and want to go to a fab electro-pop performance w/ back up dancers w/me... holler back"

Sunday, November 25, 2007

as good a reason as any

date: 10.28.2007
from: CB
to: DM
re: will you miss wednesday's dodgeball game and heavy drinking for work... again?

"Nope - i'll quit first, i have been sick and working so much lately, i need a night of no hold barred fun."

unexpected tv programming

date: 11.10.2007
from: MY, m.d.
to: DM
re: too bad it wasn't colgate vs. dartmouth

"ESPN College GameDay is broadcasting live from Williams vs. Amherst????"

what happened to the half-time oranges?

date: 11.20.2007
from: smelzer
to: DM
re: snacks for during the intense tuesday night kickball game

"What's your favorite donut?"

it'll read great on the headstone

date: 11.22.2007
from: JA
to: DM
re: grandma's new cat, downsides thereof

"Omg. This kitten is playing with its own shadow. it's so adorable i think i have to kill myself."

[note: bonus points for using "its" and "it's" in the same sentence and punctuating both correctly. oh, and for liking cats.]

see, it is easy

date: 11.23.07
from: Duck
to: DM
re: message from DM wishing his friends a happy food-filled thanksgiving surrounded by friends

"Thanks. i lived the dream"

familial love

date: 11.23.07
from: ET
to: DM
re: nothing like being home for the holidays

"The day after thanksgiving shit session is like new years eve. There's so much expectation to make it great, there's no chance of succeeding."

[note: i think ET's family might be trying to hard. i mean, just show up, eat, watch football, play games, get boozed up. what's so hard about that?]

Thursday, November 22, 2007

love stories

date: 11.09.2007
from: JA
to: DM
re: a lovely bracelet bought as a surprise by a friend of DM for his future bride

"The violence lover in me also loves the fact that bracelet was purchased with illegal arms trade money."

(note: It's not entirely clear how DM's friend earns american cash money.)

odd discoveries

date: 11.17.07
from: Lamb
to: DM
re: things DM totally knew about and probably caused to happen

"A penny just fell out of my shirt... You wouldn't happen to know anything about that would you?"

Monday, November 19, 2007

one solution

date: 11.18.2007
from: MY, m.d.
to: DM
re: When will those a-holes on the patriots get their come-upance from the football gods?

"When i buy my crowbar and show up on Mr Brady's doorstep"

(note: I'm pretty sure he was kidding. pretty sure.)

Sunday, November 18, 2007

memories, fickleness thereof

date: 11.07.2007
from: Suggs
to: DM
re: sometimes we drink during kickball. sometimes.

"Also, i remember the bar, remember getting home, cant remember how i got there though."

(note: DM was no help at filling in the holes.)

Monday, November 12, 2007

great moments in entertainment

date: 10.25.2007
from: JA
to: DM
re: JA's attendance at a blow-job training class in NYC

"Watching other women suck cock is better than vaudeville."

you're not drinking alone if someone is on the other end of the phone

date: 09.23.2007
from: C-Mc
to: DM
re: C-Mc drinking on a Sunday afternoon while on the phone with Doug, prior to having dinner with his dad and brother

"Also after beer number 5 Im officially drunk"

ivy league alumni

date: 11.10.2007
from: JA
to: DM
re: princeton homecoming, general reserved atmosphere thereof

"Oh, someone found internet access. We.ve lost most people, but still have a four month old in tow. the only one who hasn't thrown up."

Sunday, November 11, 2007

communication difficulties, self-inflicted

date: 11.11.07
from: EJB
to: DM
re: plan for the afternoon

"Too hung over to talk out loud. What's up?"

the price of friendship

date: 11.10.07
from: LM
to:DM
re: DM's pix messages crashing LM's phone because she canceled unlimited pix messaging

"Fine - I just set it up again, although I had to delete yr messages before I could see them. You owe me $5/month. Take it out of my tab ;P"

Thursday, November 8, 2007

the barder system

date: 11.07.2007
from: Winston
to: DM
re: DM leaving the bar too quickly, requiring Winston to close his tab for him

"Have card. Will trade for lovin"

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

last minute pleas

date: 11.03.2007
from: 'Rissy (seated directly next to DM)
to: DM
re: the other people seated at a table Zum Schnider -- all friends of her bf -- and the fact DM was about to leave for another afternoon drinking event

"Please dont leave me here w these ppl"

(Note: I love drunken honesty at 3pm on a Saturday)

Monday, November 5, 2007

no seriously, i'm on my way

date: 11.02.07
from: JC (reso-variety)
to: DM
re: expected arrival at the bar, late on friday night

"WORKING ON IT BUT I WILL NOT DISAPPOINT"

(note: was the shouting really necessary?)

the force likes glenlivet

date: 11.03.07
from: JA
to: DM
re: picture text of a light sabre and a glass of wine sent while prepping for halloween party

"somehow i see jedis as being scotch drinkers. Did the galaxy's greatest warrior find a replacement bulbs?"

Sunday, October 28, 2007

forcast

date: 10.07.07
from: NM
to: DM
re: the need to rally for critter's wedding reception craziness

"I vote you make it rain. Make me proud - go BT."

sorry about the party

date: 10.27.07
from: Mattis
to: DM
re: why his girlfriend's party ended early

"Wow. Was so wasted by like one am. Sorry dude."

great phi songs

date: 8.7.07
from: Duck
to: DM
re: does the song "Baby Don't Fear the Blackout" ring a bell?

"Ring a bell? i wrote it in 2003. it, however, never got the critical acclaim enjoyed by 'intensity'"

(note: "intensity" is a song created by JMC)

ahhh, the weekend

date:10.08.07
from: Duck
to: DM
re: critter's wedding

"I'll be your wingman anytime. i will let you know if i am coming in a few days. this weekend was legendary. it was a flash flood of rain."

where good things started

date: 10.13.07
from: ER
to: DM
re: a bostonian visiting buffalo (without explaining why)

"Drinking a labatt at the original buffalo wing bar. tee hee."

decent vacation

date: 10.20.07
from: SR
to: DM

"I miss u too man, had a shot w kid rock yday. sat by the pool with dennis rodman and layd next to giselle bundchin at the beach 2day. am in miami this wkend. such crazy times. miss u too bro. lets booze soon." (sic... all of it)

good advice

date: 10.20.07
from: CR (P-ton version)
to: DM

"Do Work!"

beer pong, skills there at

date: 10.28.07
from: LM
to: DM

"Is it sad when, out of the four people playing, I was the best at beer pong? I think, yes, for the other people, it is."

he's gone?

date: 10.13.2007
from: KM
to: DM
re: Brian's Disappearance from Barcade at 1:30 am one Friday night

"wait, you lost him? i must have totally missed that! where'd he go?"