A New Dirt Dog

See, Wily Mo Pena gets it!!
Just a few months from signing former Buffalo Bison great CoCo Crisp, the Sox did it again yesterday when they traded hard rockin' pitcher Bronson Arroyo to the Reds for outfielder Wily Mo Pena. Nice collection of weirdos and dudes we got in the outfield huh?? Personal Toast favorite Trot Nixon, nutball Manny "Trade Me" Rameirez, a breakfast cereal, and good buddy Willie Moe. I like!! A nice addition overall I think. If you look at it; the Sox pretty much had seven starters going into this year so losing Arroyo isn't that big of a deal seeing as he was most likely sitting in the pen when the season got underway and to get a backup outfielder with a lotta pop like Pena certainly is choice. Kinda curious to see how this pans out.

"YAY!" Day for a May Day

Over the past few weeks I have begun to pay a bit more attention to the goings on in the music world to gain a little insight on some highly awaited albums. Now years of agony are being set afire on what is to be the greatest day to hit the Toast since this coming Friday. New albums from Pearl Jam and Tool out on May 2nd!! JACKPOT!!


Oooh....and Tool too!

Now, not much has really been mentioned about the Tool release other than its title, which is "10,000 Years", and the track listing. Meanwhile, PJ's site has a link to the single "World Wide Suicide" and the Toast gave it the one over. Not too shabby; reminds me a bit of The Who which I guess they can have a tendancy to do but let's not get sidetracked. To top it all off, Pearl Jam is also going to be running around this neck of the woods during the first leg of their tour this summer as stop # 3 is Albany, NY on Friday, May 12th. "Little Crapper" Chuck and myself are currently in the works of planning a mode for attack. Any takers??

In other news I'm finding it difficult going up and down stairs with much stability as spring rugby practices have hit full swing. I tell myself that I am in decent running shape all throughout the off-season until that first day after that initial practice when my legs feel like they've had a louisville slugger taken to them. If only the internet audience could see me trying to get up and walk after sitting down for about ten minutes. Tremendous dang it I assure you. Damn you hill running!! Now, if you'll excuse me, its time for me to struggle out of this chair. Toast OUT!!!

**Wait, before I go I just wanted to mention something; do yourself a favor and find a way to listen to "White Lines", by Grandmaster Flash. It just popped on iTunes whilst spell checking here. Two very enthusiastic thumbs up; extremely happy!!