Thought I'd post something a little more light-hearted after last night's seriousness. How 'bout a little Toothpaste For Dinner?


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I think a week-in-review post might be in order.  Oftentimes I find myself with an overabundance of potential blog topics and no time to flesh out all of those ideas into respectable articles.  So, as this is, indeed, a receptacle here is this weeks mental purge.

Politics:

There is a lot going on this week with the economic crisis topping the ( Read more... )

Last night I finally received the long awaited confirmation from the hipster gods that I am, indeed, not cool anymore.

We had tickets to the Ted Leo & the Pharmacists show at WorkPlay always a fun time. Over the past two years, I've had the pleasure of seeing such artists as Alejandro Escovedo, Hem, Son Volt and, okay, Angie Aparo (my ( Read more... )

Unfold for snark.

I have decided that I will not blog today, so this should in no way be taken as an actual blog post. It has been recently pointed out to me that I am spending too much time on the internets both in a funny, tongue-in-cheek way (Blog you later? Nice.) and in more irritatingly and passive-aggressively overbearing ways. So I will ( Read more... )

It seems like this season has been unusually dry musically, or else we just missed out on the good stuff. In either case, there is a whiff of change in the air. Here are three upcoming concerts I will attending with my proverbial bells on:

• Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
  
  • Tuesday, Sept. 30 @ WorkPlay
• Magnolia Electric Co.
  
  • Saturday, Oct. 25 @ The ( Read more... )

I do not pretend to understand all of the ins and outs of Paulsons $700B bailout; nor do I claim to have a wealth of knowledge about every shady business practice, every corporate tax break, every financial policy misstep that led us to this point (and I am a CPA). My first thoughts on this mess as of this morning are these: why is it that these ( Read more... )

Three minutes to kickoff.  I do not expect this one to be a nail-biter this year, but past seasons have taught me that expectations dont mean dick.  I will be glad when this one is in the books and I can enjoy all the other games today.

Ugh.  Here we go.  Updates to follow.

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I know this should not surprise anyone, but when I stumbled upon this story

Originally published at Warum Ich Bin v3.0.

Brains are strange organs.

Today an old high school acquaintance was arrested for trying to kill his father and brother. (I know seriously.) He beat his father within an inch of

Originally published at Warum Ich Bin v3.0.

Natalie Goldberg is an advocate of writing for the sake of writing. One of the exercises she proposes in her unparalleled Writing Down The Bones is that of sitting down and making yourself write -- and once you start, not letting the pen stop until you are finished (usually these are timed sessions). Just free-flowing thoughts from brain to hand ( Read more... )