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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