For the last few months, I’ve occasionally heard a song on KNRK that I really liked, and I don’t know the number of the studio to call and get the name while I’m driving, and I always seem to forget by the time I get back home where I could have looked it up on [...]

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Two shows at the Roseland Theater in one week.  Not bad, considering that before those two shows I think I’ve been to one whole show in all of 2007.  The first show was David Gray and Collective Soul last Friday night.  That was a particularly interesting concert, musically and for, shall we say, other reasons.  [...]

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That’s my quote of the day.
BBC ON THIS DAY | 17 | 1944: Germany counter-attacks in Ardennes

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MAD Magazine’s bastard cousin Cracked has been posting some pretty funny stuff lately.  This one’s funny and well-thought out, even if the author does come off being a bit dickish.  I think that’s the point, though: he’s fed up and not going to take it anymore.
10 Things Christians and Atheists Can (And Must) Agree On [...]

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I don’t know why I’m counting down Hanne’s finals–they’re not even mine.  I guess I feel somewhat relieved to do so since she’s been studying morning, noon, and night for what feels like the last two weeks, and at some point I’d love to get my girlfriend back.  Call me selfish, if you will, and [...]

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…but it all starts off with what promises to be a good Friday.
First on the schedule is lunch at Mothers Bistro with my friend Laura, a former coworker.  In addition to their mac and cheese du jour that always tempt me, Mothers also serves breakfast until the afternoon.  Unless the mac and cheese is particularly [...]

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I had an interesting conversation with my boss today in which I admitted that when it’s as slow as it was today at work, I can never tell if people are happy or they’ve just lost confidence in us.  You know, sort of like when you don’t get any emails for awhile, you start wondering [...]

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After more preparation than I normally care to do, my party on Saturday night went off without a hitch.  I decided not to serve my potentially-tainted E. coli pizzas still in my freezer, not because I was afraid people might get sick, but because that’s what I served last time.  Hanne went to Trader Joe’s [...]

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Saturday night Hanne and I cooked and ate a marvelous dinner that included beer, wine, and food that had to be prepared and then cooked.  No take out!  No microwaves!  Well, I take that back.  I heated up potatoes from Thanksgiving and she heated up dressing.
Regardless, I made the most delicious pork chop I’ve ever [...]

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I need more four day weekends.  I don’t think I have to explain myself beyond that.  It’s not that I don’t like my job, I just like time away from it for extended periods of time when I can laze around and pretty much do whatever I want.  I like having multiple day stretches in [...]

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I start my new work schedule this morning, from the night-busting 9-5:30 to the new morning-busting 7:30-4.  I actually prefer the early morning shift, both because it’s quiet for the first part of the morning when no one is here, I already get up early as it is, and I like getting off a bit [...]

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As I bottled my 8th batch of beer last night, I had the horrible realization that I might not have enough bottles.  The horror!  I ended up bottling the entire batch in 12 oz. bottles I’d had my sister bring me and saved all my 22 oz. bottles–save 3 I ended up needing–for…another batch.  That [...]

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Democrats: Colleges must police copyright, or else | CNET News.com
Ug.  Coming from the Republican Party, which is typically known for its pro-business stance (and given the previous pro-RIAA and pro-MPAA bills introduced by Republicans, willingness to bend over for said organizations) I could at least shake my head and frown.  From the Democrats, though?  [...]

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Disclaimer: This author enjoys zombie movies thoroughly.
I’m not even sure that needs to be a disclaimer, but hey, better safe than sorry.  I finished reading a novel this weekend called World War Z that I had come across on a list of the 21 books that need to be made into movies, [...]

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I bottled my 7th batch of beer last night, which even though it’s becoming and old hat by now had an extra twist in that I did it by myself.  My trusty bottling companion-slash-girlfriend was otherwise occupied with class, and I won’t have an opportunity the rest of the week to bottle.
Well, I guess I [...]

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