1. Welcome my son. Welcome to… the machineeee!! Now that you’re here, do you know how to get this thing networked to my other machines?

2. Those Metro North delay emails are awfully nice to get in the AM. Of course, I have no other way to get into the city, but it’s nice anyway.

3. The first rule of SomBlock is that you do not tweet about SomBlock. Oh shit, I guess I’ve already fucked that up. Let me try that again.

4. REVISED: The first rule of SomBlock is that you tell everyone you know about it. Stamping it on people’s foreheads is perfectly acceptable.

5. The second rule of SomBlock is that anything is fair game, so rules are kind of unnecessary. Damn, I did it again. Nevermind.

6. A man left his iPod on while in his chest pocket. The light strangely resembles E.T’s heartlight. Then a HAZMAT team came and took him away.

7. I now call Wilco’s “I’ll Fight” the Cameron Song. In Ferris Bueller, remember Cameron’s in the car & he’s like “I’ll go, I’ll go, I’ll go.”

8. I once asked a doctor if Viagra would enhance my art career. He said maybe, but only if I was having a affair with a rich art gallery owner.

9. Should I ever get into a fist fight again, I hope Nine Inch Nails’ “Wish” starts playing in the background. Or that my opponent is a wimp.

10. Things I’d get in a fist fight over: to defend my wife, to protect my house, to earn money, and to win the All Valley Karate Tournament.

11. This morning’s SomBlock is sponsored by Wilco (The Song), because the love is always reciprocal baby. On my 3rd listen already, good stuff.

*** Every weekday from 8-9am while traveling from Stamford to Manhattan, Mark Sahm writes a block of thoughts on his Twitter account (@Somrod) via his iPhone.