My roommate 'moved out' this weekend - kind of. She moved the stuff she wanted at her new apartment right away and left the rest for now. This resulted in a fair amount of stagnant dust, mold, cat dander and otherwise bad stuff to saturate the air in this place. I have windows open/screens off/fans blowing for two days now and just getting back ( Read more... )

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So, I've been looking for a subtle conversation piece lately to really set my room off a bit... any opinions on what I've got so far?

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Situation: An antique typewriter that I'm fairly sure was my grandparents' sits in my living room. Before being here it was housed on the second floor at a former roommate's apartment (There was considerable moving in and out during the 2005 - 2008 period). The typewriter was left behind during his (Joe's) move out of the 2nd floor apartment ( Read more... )

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So as much as I'd love to be playing my new 2007 Stratocaster with the Fender Custom Shop 1954 Pickups I had put in today, instead, I'm presently watching Mitch McConnell (R-KY?) grandstand about the Senate Health Care Bill trying to get a Democrat to switch over and stop the bill. He's got plenty of reasons, Mitch: 1) the cuts to Medicare. 2) ( Read more... )

I picked up [The New} Rolling Stone Album Guide from the library (pronounced in this city like: "Lie, Barry!") and have been rummaging within from time to time since.  I just saw this on Bruce Springsteen and want to buy the author a beer for the last sentence of the following passage:

". . . Bruce Springsteen has already earned his legend as the ( Read more... )

A quick stop at a pawn shop not too far from my grandparent's place + $49.99 USD = My new slide guitar.
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i have, it would seem, decided not to be a runner after all.

Over the last few years I've run a few half marathons and gotten up to logging 16 mile runs on rare occasions.  I've never driven the routes though.  Two weekends ago I was driving a car in the part of town where the Outback Classic (13.1miler) is held every Thanksgiving.  The co-occupant ( Read more... )