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On the passing of Prince
I'm a member of the generation that remembers MTV played music videos 24/7. I have mixed-up images in my head of the videos for "Little Red Corvette" and "1999." Prince stroking his thigh as he sings about the "lion in my pocket," and a quick cut to a close-up of the fingers of one of the women in his band dancing over the keys following "forgive ( Read more... ) -
Projects, Clutter, and thoughts thereon
Last week, I started a project to clear up the usefulness of our dining room. It had been slowly transformed into a space where various things sat on horizontal surfaces and collected disgusting amounts of dust. So Saturday was the day of getting all the stuff contained in boxes, moved out of the room, and getting the room cleaned.
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Thoughts on Halo
Over the last three weeks, I've played the original Halo trilogy in its entirety. My main impression is that the life of the Master Chief would be much longer if architects in the Halo universe incorporated the basic safety rail into their work.
Now, sure, Master Chief is seven feet tall and weighs quite a bit in his armor, and yes there are ( Read more... ) -
Late night worries
I'm busy at work, which is a good thing. But I don't know if I can finish the projects assigned to me in the time allotted.
Ericka is having a health issue. It is probably something minor that will clear up in a week or so with medication. But I wonder if it is a sign of something worse developing.
My driveway remains uncleared largely because ( Read more... ) -
Things I was thinking yesterday
Thoughts I had yesterday. If you follow me on Twitter, you've probably already seen these.
On the agenda today: lots of laundry, some zombies, a couple horror movies. Naps may also break out. Hold onto your hats!
Second load of laundry in, but feeling a general malaise. No energy for other tasks, irritable for no good reason. Hope I'm not ill.
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Things I was thinking yesterday
Thoughts I had yesterday. If you follow me on Twitter, you've probably already seen these.
Much snow already and it's still coming down. Dogs went out for morning constitutional and came back well-dusted. Very pretty and quiet.
Woke at 5:30, shoveled back step. Woke again at 9:00, couldn't tell. Have shoveled the first foot+ off the sidewalk. More ( Read more... ) -
Things I was thinking yesterday
Thoughts I had yesterday. If you follow me on Twitter, you've probably already seen these.
With the loss of a network drive, my presence at work has become superfluous.
Huge props to Bernie Sanders for filibustering old school. Standing and talking for over six hours and counting.
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Things I was thinking yesterday
Thoughts I had yesterday. If you follow me on Twitter, you've probably already seen these.
Gowalla is giving away a rad new gift every day til Christmas- I WANT THE @FIELDNOTESBRAND COLORS SUBSCRIPTION!!! gowalla.com/gifts
Speaking of @gowalla, they're teaming up with Sundance for cool stuff and my Internet man-servant @ChuckWendig will have a ( Read more... )
