- It's so hot here in Providence that I'm Millting.
- There's nothing else to do besides hang out in Air Conditioned buildings.
- That's all for the Millings today.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Tuesday 6/10 Millings
Millting Points: Random Thoughts:
Monday, June 9, 2008
Monday 6/9 Makeup Millings
Daily MillStar: A MillCredit goes to my favorite diner of all time, Family Fare in Peabody, MA. After an interesting dinner on Friday night (See MillDud), it was great to go to some place familiar and trustworthy. If your live near the North Shore area and are looking for a restaurant to host father-son breakfasts, look no further than Family Fare and be sure to order your kid a Hungry Man Special (3 eggs, 2 bacon, 2 sausages, 2 pieces of toast, 2 plate sized pancakes, a side of potatoes, and bottomless coffee) for roughly $6.
Since much has happened since Saturday, let me award an additional MillStar Award to Celtics Super-Sub Leon Powe. A year ago, I joked that Leon was the most efficient player in the NBA because he would get 6 points and 4 rebounds in about 4 minutes of playing time per game, but breaking out for 21 points in 15 minutes of the NBA Finals is unheard of. For all those conspiracy theorists who think the NBA is rigged, do you think the halftime feel-good story about Powe had anything to do with the fact that he was also the player of the game?
Daily MillDud: A MillDud goes to LJ's BBQ in Pawtucket. Trying to uncover more of the hidden gems of Rhode Island Cuisine, I took a friend to LJ's in search of such gem-ness. We ended up being intrigued by the largest meal on the menu. When I asked the waitress if the meal would be plenty for two people, she claimed it would be enough. Following a lackluster BBQ meal, we were surprised to see an extra $2 charge tacked onto our bill for sharing a meal. Upon seeing this, my friend and I looked at each other and simply said "What a MillDud!"
A second MillDud goes to Lisa Gomi aka Umami. One week ago, Umami complained (rightly so) that the Millings were getting way too NBA-heavy and might alienate readers such as herself; however, in recent days Umami has begun to partake in basketball trash talk and has claimed to be Anti-Celtic. For doing her best John-Kerry-eating-pancakes-in-his-slippers impression (flip-flopping), Umami gets today's 2nd MillDud.
MillBoard Charts Song of the Day: In honor of the current heat wave we are experiencing, it is time to select a song by your favorite heat-related boy band... 98 degrees! Which song shall I choose? How bout..."My Everything" featuring Jessica Simpson as Nick Lachey's love interest.
Milligan: When I was a sophomore at Brown, a bunch of us decided to stay over night at the Sciences Library (even though back then it closed at 2AM). Jimmy and I went there earlier in the evening to scout out the territory. We pulled down all the shades on one floor and set up chairs to mark off spots on the floor that turned on any motion sensor lights. While we successfully avoided getting booted out of the SciLi at 2AM, it didn't all turn out for the best. In the early hours of sunlight, we decided to go climb to the roof (which at the time was the highest point in Providence). On the way down, though, one of our comrades feel about 10 feet onto her shoulder. As she grasped her shoulder in pain, we didn't know what to do. Since it was still a few hours before the library opened again, we could either have her tough it out another few hours or get her to medical attention as soon as possible. We decided on the second option...but then we had to figure out how to escape the library. We could either try to turn ourselves in to the campus police or try to break out and run away. Afraid of punishment, we decided to go out the exits and all run in different directions so the cops couldn't get all of us. Even though this idea had "genius" written all over it (sarcasm)...all the doors were locked. We called the cops and awaited our punishment. When the cop came, he lectured us on how we have to play by the rules and how breaking the rules in "the real world" could get us in serious trouble...but for some reason he thought that we were breaking the rule to get a few extra hours of studying done...so he just let us off with a simple warning to play by the rules even if we have a killer exam to study for (which we didn't). I spent the rest of the morning in the hospital with our fallen comrade and made a vow to never climb anything again.
Millage People Shout Out: A Shout Out to Carrie Lutjens, who noticed that there weren't any Millings on Friday. Keep up the effort, Carrie.
Since much has happened since Saturday, let me award an additional MillStar Award to Celtics Super-Sub Leon Powe. A year ago, I joked that Leon was the most efficient player in the NBA because he would get 6 points and 4 rebounds in about 4 minutes of playing time per game, but breaking out for 21 points in 15 minutes of the NBA Finals is unheard of. For all those conspiracy theorists who think the NBA is rigged, do you think the halftime feel-good story about Powe had anything to do with the fact that he was also the player of the game?
Daily MillDud: A MillDud goes to LJ's BBQ in Pawtucket. Trying to uncover more of the hidden gems of Rhode Island Cuisine, I took a friend to LJ's in search of such gem-ness. We ended up being intrigued by the largest meal on the menu. When I asked the waitress if the meal would be plenty for two people, she claimed it would be enough. Following a lackluster BBQ meal, we were surprised to see an extra $2 charge tacked onto our bill for sharing a meal. Upon seeing this, my friend and I looked at each other and simply said "What a MillDud!"
A second MillDud goes to Lisa Gomi aka Umami. One week ago, Umami complained (rightly so) that the Millings were getting way too NBA-heavy and might alienate readers such as herself; however, in recent days Umami has begun to partake in basketball trash talk and has claimed to be Anti-Celtic. For doing her best John-Kerry-eating-pancakes-in-his-slippers impression (flip-flopping), Umami gets today's 2nd MillDud.
MillBoard Charts Song of the Day: In honor of the current heat wave we are experiencing, it is time to select a song by your favorite heat-related boy band... 98 degrees! Which song shall I choose? How bout..."My Everything" featuring Jessica Simpson as Nick Lachey's love interest.
Milligan: When I was a sophomore at Brown, a bunch of us decided to stay over night at the Sciences Library (even though back then it closed at 2AM). Jimmy and I went there earlier in the evening to scout out the territory. We pulled down all the shades on one floor and set up chairs to mark off spots on the floor that turned on any motion sensor lights. While we successfully avoided getting booted out of the SciLi at 2AM, it didn't all turn out for the best. In the early hours of sunlight, we decided to go climb to the roof (which at the time was the highest point in Providence). On the way down, though, one of our comrades feel about 10 feet onto her shoulder. As she grasped her shoulder in pain, we didn't know what to do. Since it was still a few hours before the library opened again, we could either have her tough it out another few hours or get her to medical attention as soon as possible. We decided on the second option...but then we had to figure out how to escape the library. We could either try to turn ourselves in to the campus police or try to break out and run away. Afraid of punishment, we decided to go out the exits and all run in different directions so the cops couldn't get all of us. Even though this idea had "genius" written all over it (sarcasm)...all the doors were locked. We called the cops and awaited our punishment. When the cop came, he lectured us on how we have to play by the rules and how breaking the rules in "the real world" could get us in serious trouble...but for some reason he thought that we were breaking the rule to get a few extra hours of studying done...so he just let us off with a simple warning to play by the rules even if we have a killer exam to study for (which we didn't). I spent the rest of the morning in the hospital with our fallen comrade and made a vow to never climb anything again.
Millage People Shout Out: A Shout Out to Carrie Lutjens, who noticed that there weren't any Millings on Friday. Keep up the effort, Carrie.
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