This post replaces another one, a great one, the one with wit and brilliance. The one with Britney and Hanoi Rocks and the man with a body like mine who still plays hockey at a professional level.

Maybe you saw it. It disappeared thanks to my incompetent service provider, and if you’re reading this in your cool server room, you know who you are. No names, but Mike and Larry, you know it’s you.

Having watched the first season of Heroes this week, I really wish I could pull a Hiro, go back in time, make a copy of the brilliant post, and come back.

Instead, this is what you get.

Solly.

If you really believe in what you do, if you really believe in who you are – and let’s face it, if you don’t, who does? – if you have a vision, you have to stay the course, regardless of what others say. People may tell you you’ll never be anything, that you’re a slacker. That your way of life will never get you anywhere.

Don’t believe it.

Let Stan Friedman, a New York librarian, be your guiding light. Be like Stan. Never. Give. Up.

KITCHEN INT. – DAY

A couple is preparing lunch in the kitchen, the husband working on a kick-ass hotdog, while Son is looking on, licking the ketchup off his own hotdog. Wife looks out the window and sees the neighbour walk to his car.

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There was a great snowstorm in Boston two weeks ago. I know because I was in it. That wasn’t really a lot of fun, but a couple of days later, it was time to go sledding.

And when you go sledding, you need to dress accordingly.

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New Year’s is the time for new beginnings, and restarts. Here are my New Year’s resolutions for 2008.

i. I will appear in Roxette’s new video.
ii. I’ll spend more time outdoors.

There’s a sushi bar not far from here that I used to run or drive to almost every day a couple of years ago. Not a great place, but a good place. This was before I got an espresso machine so most often, I just went there to get my daily latte.

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Here it is. Hot off the press. Get your copy now, and tell your friends!

FADE IN:

INT. AIRPORT – DAY
A middle aged man, BERTIL, sits on one of the airport seats and reads a newspaper. Another man, RISTO, walks towards the gates, slows down and looks for BERTIL. He sees him, they greet.

What do you know … I went to the store today, to get some ketchup and mustard for my sausages that I would then cook on the stove in the sauna and who did I see there if not Miss Ellie.

It was quite a surprise. But I guess that this is a great place to hide if you want to fake your own death.

Helsingin Sanomat, March 9, 2007:

“ADHD Support Concert Cancelled

The charity concert to support people with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been cancelled.

According to the organizers, the reason was that an inexperienced organizer was overwhelmed with too many things to deal with simultaneously.

The organizers will give full refund of the tickets that have been purchased.”