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A Site for News Junkies

The "newseum" is a site you can visit to view scans of 300+ newspaper front-pages from around the world.  It's updated daily.

Yankee Stadium

A pic from my camera phone from the Red Sox May 28th 17-1 romp over the Yankees.  (Have you ever had seats where you looked down on the foul pole?)

U2 in Boston

A pic from my camera phone from the May 26 show at the TD Bank North Garden (AKA Fleet Center) in Boston.

Finding Robo

Now that I’ve figured out how to get Google to crawl this blog, I figured I would post an entry for those trying to find me on the web.  (How vain am I?)  Anyway, you can ignore this post completely.  It’s simply a stream of consciousness that will dump enough key words into the Google index.

I was born in July of 1969 in New Bedford, Massachusetts.  I’ve lived in New Bedford, MA, Fredonia, NY, Orlando FL, Marlboro, MA (Marlborough, MA), Waltham, MA, Hull, MA, Bridgewater, MA, Arlington, MA and Hyannis, MA on Cape Cod.  I now live in Walpole, MA.

People know me as Rob Mello, Robert Mello, Robert J. Mello, and Robert James Mello.  I’m the son of James Mello and Marjorie Benton.  I am the brother of Leslie Mello, Rich Mello and Steven Mello, and uncle of Lillian Wood.  (Whew, this is starting to look like an obit!)

I have worked in New Bedford, MA, Norfolk, MA, Norwell, MA, Providence, RI, Boston, MA, Burlington, MA, Marstons Mills, MA and East Providence, RI.  I have worked for the Standard Times, Brooklawn Variety, Pine Grove Pharmacy, Lesco Tobacco, Showtime Sound, Robbie Jarvis Music, the Zeiterion Theater, A1 Courier, Megamix, X-Mix,  Benton Computer Services, BrainTree Security Software, Pentasafe, OAD, eBusiness Technology (eBT), Alphablox, Relicore, MaxSea Marine Software, Nestor Traffic Systems, and Palladium Group, Inc. (formerly Painted Word, Thinkfast Consulting, and the Balanced Scorecard Collaborative).

I have attended school in North Dartmouth, MA, Acushnet, MA, Newton, MA, Fredonia, NY, Chillicothe OH, Orlando, FL, Burlington, MA and Lowell, MA.  These schools include Friends Academy, Saint Francis Xavier, Bishop Stang High School, (Class of 1996) Boston College, SUNY Fredonia, The Recording Workshop,  Full Sail Center for the Recording Arts, Northeastern University, and U-Mass Lowell. 

I was in a couple of rock bands, Surge in high school and in The Igloos in Fredonia NY.  I have worked with literally hundreds of bands and recording artists, but the ones I spent most of my time with were Best Kept Secret, Style, Living Proof, Second Wind and Satellite Elvis.

So, if you don’t know it’s me by now, it’s not me you’re looking for.  If you are looking for me, you’ve found me, so send me an e-mail.  Chances are, I’ve been looking for you!

10 Years on the NET

March 13th marks a geek anniversary for me.  It's been 10 years since my first internet posting.  I have to give these guys at miffed.com credit for keeping the site up and keeping the faith!  If you’re into speed-metal, I highly recommend their records.

(When the link stops working, click here for the version from the Google cache.)

I bumped into Tink in a CompuServe music forum and actually met him in person once when he came to the Boston area to visit his state-side girlfriend.  He was instrumental (no pun indented) in turning me on to the web and web technology.  My original CompuServe ID was 76102.572.  (This will be a great trivia question when I’m famous someday.)

I Like Legos But...

I enjoyed Legos a lot when I was a kid, but nothing holds a 14-day open-top sanctuary candle to this project.  The notes on the web-page have me convinced that this person isn't crazy. 

Pulling Mussels Lyrics

There are only 78 web sites that post the lyrics to Pulling Mussels by Squeeze (or "Pulling Muscles" as some might search for it.)  I thought there should be at least 79, so here they are.

The 45 image was shamelessly swiped from this site.  (I don't always give credit, but these guys worked hard to post some interesting images.)

Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)   
(Difford/Tilbrook)   
 
They do it down on camber sands   
They do it at Waikiki   
Lazing about the beach all day,   
At night the crickets creepy   
Squinting faces at the sky   
A Harold Robbins paperback   
Surfers drop their boards and dry   
And everybody wants a hat   
But behind the Chalet   
My holiday's complete   
And I feel like William Tell   
Maid Marian on her tiptoed feet   
Pulling mussels from a shell   

Shrinking in the sea so cold   
Topless ladies look away   
A he-man in a sudden shower   
Shelters from the rain   
You wish you had a motor boat   
To pose around the harbour bar   
And when the sun goes off to bed   
You hook it up behind the car   

Two fat ladies window shop   
Something for the mantelpiece   
In for bingo all the nines   
A panda for sweet little niece   
The coach drivers stand about   
Looking at a local map   
About the boy he's gone away   
Down to next door's caravan

Why am I posting this?

My mind is incessantly occupied with questions due to my curious nature.  These questions are almost always trivial in nature, but I’m posting answers that were difficult to find here once I discover them.

Provincetown Photos

Photos taken in Provincetown by my friend Erin can be found by clicking here.

My First Business Proposal

My mother recently discovered my very first business proposal - a note I left for the tooth fairy when I was 5.  (May of 1975 - we didn't have Power Point back then.)

"Hi fery wold you trad-e this penny for A dime.  LOVE Robert mello."