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Well, here we are, the last day and last entry of this journal for 2006. I kind of had my year-end wrap-up post a couple days ago, so I'll just wish everyone a happy New Year. No matter how seemingly banal a year has seemed, there's always a sense of excitement of New Year's Eve for a year that could be better than the last one, one that fulfills, ( Read more... )

Maybe it's just in retrospect, but this year only seemed o.k. when it came to new music. Maybe it's just because my most anticipated albums came out within the first 5 months of the year, maybe I don't like enough good music, who knows? Anyway, here are the 15 albums I liked the most this year, I guess (in alphabetical order until I remembered ones ( Read more... )

Everybody loves to make year-end lists. Here's another one (in no particular order ( Read more... )

So on Sunday Tony Meier was talking about James Brown in Rocky IV, and I mentioned something about not minding if Mr. Brown died soon, with Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie following close behind. Sure enough, James Brown died that very day. Sorry for inadvertently killing you, James Brown. If I knew I had this power, I might have shown more ( Read more... )

Is it just me, or does it really not feel like Christmas right now? I mean, I see the lights and tinsel and whatnot hung over my co-workers cubicle, and yet still I feel no particular yuletide anything ( Read more... )

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Someone asked if he'd tried the pie yet, as a chocolate cream pie was put at the center of our table ( Read more... )

So the front page story of the Des Moines Register today is about the releases of Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii. It's good that they have their priorities straight. Is anyone out there buying one of these ( Read more... )

Hey, sup. Haven't posted in awhile. Doesn't matter. More important things to talk about. Like ( Read more... )