Ryan Faces the World

Wow, I’ve been so wrapped up with the crossword blog that I’ve totally neglected my poor original blog here.  So sad.  Well, here’s an update on the non-crossword goings on in my life.
The car.  Ah, the car.  I’ll say this, when you put the key in the ignition and rotate it in a clockwise direction, […]

Ok, I’m officially taking my blog away from all this crossword madness.  All crossword-related entries will now be on a separate blog, Ryan and Brian do the Xwords.  This blog will go back to chronicling my non-grid related experiences.
Our poor car was totaled in an accident a few weeks ago.  Some schmo rear ended Pickles.  […]

Got a new board game.  It’s called Quelf.  It’s the greatest “friends over for dinner let’s do something fun” board game ever.  You can throw out Taboo, Boondoggle, Flibberflabber, Jabberfly and all the other ones.  This game is hilarious.  The last time I played I ended up with a bra on my head, shoes around […]

It’s 11:35pm and I’m sitting here on my first overnight shift in two years. Definitely going to take some getting used to. Pretty laid back atmosphere. I see books, headphones, sleeping and some people working. I’ve worked on one job so far in my first 6 hours. I figure it […]

Duane Reade sucks. They suck even worse than Rite Aid. And Rite Aid sucks. Bunch of surly ass people running those stores.
But here’s what boggles my mind. I’m in a DR the other day and 3 registers are open. People naturally line up in one line and the person at […]

This has been a very interesting week.  As you will recall, I got canned last friday.  Couple that with my aborted acting class and I was kind of depressed.  Saturday morning I was in a pretty bad mood.  Here’s what’s happened since.
Saturday night we had Cimmet3 over for a muder mystery dinner. (Cimmet3 is my new […]

Max and I went to the Vendies last weekend where they give out the award for the best street vendor in NYC. We got all you can eat from 5 great vendors. We really ate way too much but it was a lot of fun and will all be chronicled in a video […]

So, I sort of got fired from my job today.  It wasn’t much of a surprise as there have been hints at downsizing for a while.  And I’m just a lowly temp so out I go.  They are working on keeping me at a reduced schedule.  About 22 hours made up of 3 overnight shifts.  […]

Still catching up on past events…
A very interesting week. Max and I had planned on going to Philly on Wed & Thurs to geocache and watch the Dodgers play. On Friday, the Wife and I were going down to Texas to visit with her ailing grandfather. Unfortunately, on Tuesday, her grandfather passed […]