ramblings of a madman

here i am sitting in my nyc office while the millions of massachusetts residents and workers have the day off today. i've been so used to having patriots day off, the third monday in april (which somehow always falls on the 19th or 20th), usually spending the day goofing off, watching tv and hanging out in lexington center. the meaning of patriots day, commemorating the start of the revolutionary war in massachusetts (lexington and battle green!) has totally lost its original meaning, despite all those countless times in elementary school when they made us dress up in colonial outfits and eat cornbread on the battle green.

now patriots day has become the day for sports: the boston marathon (the superbowl of marathons) and red sox games. and boy is it a great day of sports. let me enumerate what i would do if i had patriots day off and i were in boston:

6 am - get up and drive down to the battle green and watch the reenactment
7 am - go to dunkin donuts and get some coffee and donuts
8 am - start heading into boston via alewife and t
11 am - go to landsdowne and watch a red sox v yankees (greatest matchup ever) game in a bar
12 pm - go down the street and watch the boston marathon
12:30 pm - head back to the bars and watch the sox game, grabbing a fenway frank on the way back
2:00 pm - see red sox beat yankees
2:22 pm - watch the end of the boston marathon and see the kenyans win again
3 pm - head home to lexington and see the end of the patriots day parade
4 pm - go to hampton beach and eat $5 lobsters (or go to revere beach and get some kelly's roast beef)
7 pm - watch the bruins win game 7 against the canadiens and move on to round 2
8 pm - hang out on the beach (87 degrees in new england today!)
10 pm - head home and hang out with homies
12 am - sleep

damn... i wish i were in boston today. :-)