Three quick things that involve shameless self-promotion that I’m actually kind of ashamed of:

1) You should be my Facebook friend. I spend more time on Facebook than I’d like to admit, mostly due to the thousands and thousands (and thousands) of pictures available for viewing. While the frequency of posting has diminished, I’m on there a bunch, update usually once a day, and just recently figured out how to post pictures on there from my iPhone, which I did a few times on my recent trips in NYC and New Orleans. So that’s a good source for, um, me.

(One thing to note: While I may be “on” Facebook all day, I don’t have it in front of me all the time. I have three computers on my desk at work, and usually FB is hidden on one of them. So if you send me an instant message and I don’t respond, it’s not because I’m ducking you, but because I don’t have the window up on my screen. Just to clarify.)

2) I have – and it pains me to say this – joined Twitter. I don’t mean to sound like a Luddite here, but I don’t really get it. The thing I like least about FB, aside from the stupid quiz results that I apparently must be notified of (I’m so happy you should live in San Francisco!), is the status updates. If you’re updates are funny, terrific – I want to hear more. But if your updates are either totally mundane (i.e. “____ is headed to bed”, “____ is thinking about breakfast”, etc) or passive-agressive/personal (“____ wishes people would be more honest”, “_____ must be less trusting of certain people”, etc), then I want to come to your house and punch you in the face.

Nevertheless, I’ve signed up for Twitter. If you like, you can follow me here. I promise to make my updates as interesting as possible (within reason) and to not secretly/ambigously attack anyone.

3) Lastly, returning to Facebook – as I mentioned previously, the 11th Annual “Drink Until You Shit!” Tour will be on Saturday, July 11 in North Wildwood, NJ. Coincidentally, the tour will also take place six days before my 30th birthday, so it has the potential to be a good one. Also, we’re starting earlier, at 3pm at Casey’s at 3rd and New York. This should make it a lot more fun, if for no other reason than the bars will be much less crowded (in the past, we’ve started at 7pm). Between the earlier start, the proximity to my 30th, and the ground-breaking new captain, I am definitely, definitely going to piss myself.

If you are interested in attending and have a Facebook account, you should join the FB group for the tour, which you should be able to do here (if you can’t just search “drink until you shit” and you should find it). It is there that we’ll update information about the tour, including the itinerary and, if you’re coming from out of town, suggestions on where to stay. We’re in the process of designing the shirts now and will let you know when and how to purchase them via this group as well.

(If you do not have a Facebook account, you can always email me. Just be sure to put “DUYS” in the subject for easy searchin’ for me.)

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Ok, I think that’s all for now. Whew.