The C’s Raise Up Banner #17
So last night was awesome. For a rare night, I left my bicycle at home and hopped on the red and green line to the Garden, sporting my vintage Paul Pierce jersey and my big ass banner ticket, with immense pride the whole ride. In a bit of a hurry from finishing up my John […]
Opening Night for the World Champion Boston Celtics
Guess whose going to opening night tonight at the TD Banknorth Garden for the World Champion Boston Celtics? Here’s a hint: Yup, that ticket is awesome. Getting to see championship banner #17 hoisted up to the rafters almost makes up for not being there in person when they won it (I had tickets to Game […]
New Social Buttons
Quick post to point out the new social network buttons in the right sidebar. They come via Justin from Life Of Justin, and are available for free to use and abuse. If you have not done so yet, join the smartest people on the internet and add me on facebook, follow me on twitter or […]
My 2008-09 Celtics Season tickets
So to finish off the week of hand-written snail mail, check out what also arrived the old fashioned way this week. Bam…those are some shiny tickets! We season ticket holders certainly deserve some of our own bling for cheering the C’s on to their 17th banner last year. Hopefully this year ends up in some […]
Chuck Baldwin vs. Ralph Nader – Presidential Debate Tonight!
After a lot of back and forth, there will be a third party presidential debate tonight in Washington D.C. The debate will also be broadcast live on CSPAN starting at 9PM. So far, all six presidential candidates have been invited but so far only Constitutional candidate Chuck Baldwin and Independent candidate Ralph Nader have confirmed […]
Got a Business Card? Help Set a World Record!
A few days ago I thought I somehow stepped through a time warp as I opened my mailbox and found a piece of non-corporate snail mail. At first I eyed this envelope suspiciously as it was not my birthday nor could I conjure any other reason for the snail mail. As my paranoia subsided, my […]
To Boston & the Red Sox, It’s OK
Yesterday as I jumped on my bicycle to pedal home after watching the Sox game in town, one angry fella walking by with his group of buddies yelled out: Aaarrgh this suck this sucks, this fracking sucks For once, I did not feel the same way. In fact aside from being slightly cold I did […]
Posts from the Past
In our world of growing economic uncertainty (thanks bailout!), let’s take a look at some posts from my past that shed a little bit of light onto today’s economic issues: AIG and General Re Fraud Right near the start of this blog, this post about AIG and General Re corporation points out that AIG simply […]
Nice Guys Don’t Finish Last, We Make Sure Everyone Else Finished Safely!
So, last week Brazen Careerist held an event right here in Boston with free food and free drinks. Obviously, I was excited at the chance to eat and be merry for free while meeting some fellow Brazen bloggers, especially since Brazen was nice enough to allow us to invite our friends to the event. Well […]
$2,200 in Contest Prizes at Bradblogging!!!
Quick post today to let everyone know about a great contest over at Bradblogging, featuring prizes worth $2,200! That’s a whole lot of value right there! Personally, I’ve donated 3 months of free 125 x 125 ads on this blog to the contest AND The 42nd Estate has donated $42 in cold, hard, cash (in […]
Justin Wright Joins The 42nd Estate!
Last Friday I promised everyone some big, big news involving The 42nd Estate and today it’s delivered! 😉 It’s with great honor that we’re introducing Justin Wright as the newest member of The 42nd Estate! For those of you who don’t know, Justin blogs over at Life of Justin about his trips, hiking expeditions, workplace […]
Name Change – Prose of a Pol
When this blog was first created I intended to use it for professional reasons, as a blog-resume-portfolio mashup. Thus, at the time I simply left the name of this blog as Adam Pieniazek. Well, I’ve finally gotten sick of the uber-lame title and today decided to change it to Prose of a Pol. In case […]
Weekend Web Quotes
Lots of interesting stories out around the web, let’s take a look at a few of the best ones before we hit the weekend. Mr. Money, my new alter-ego over at My Last Name Means Money.com made an early debut to discuss why any bank bailout is bad. Simply put it encourages poor business practice […]