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More albums that didn't make the cut.
Please don't get upset because I ousted Radiohead from the list.
It's just opinion. But it is the most important one. :P


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There were tons of great albums released this year.
There were also scads more awful ones.
Here are snippet reviews of some that did NOT make my Top 10 of 2008.


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I cannot, in any brief assembly of words, express how utterly scattered the mix is of albums I've listened to this year. My 2008 started in South Boston, waved to and from Portland, took a drive through New England, south through the eastern United States, and soaked up several months in Music City - Nashville, Tennessee. I began by hosting an ( Read more... )

Those of you unfamiliar with my attitude towards political discussion will need to be enlightened to the fact that I will never disclose who I vote for, regardless of how evident (or not) my preferences may lean. Regardless of how ambivalent my topical discussion may lie, I do decidedly lean one way or another…and I definitely vote ( Read more... )

Thanks to my friend A for inviting me. I attended a pretty sweet lil' Halloween gathering last night. Costumes were "optional," but of course it's more that optional...it's just fun when you do :) I spent days pondering how to come up with something better than last year's Little White Lie. I wore a plain white T-shirt, on which were inscribed ( Read more... )

Matt Garza pitched a helluva game.
The Red Sox left 8 runners on base.
Eventually, Terry Francona had to lose an elimination game ( Read more... )

I must pontificate aloud what (lack of) hope we have for the future of our nation ( Read more... )

Thankfully, this post has nothing to do with politics. It does have something to do with a discussion that came as a result of it though, and an almost-entertaining PC World post I found this afternoon.

For any of you that happen to frequent your Hotmail accounts still, you'll notice this as the centerpiece feature when you log out of your ( Read more... )