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It’s over 90 degrees this Saturday.  In July, it’s always like that.

It hasn’t rained yet today. In North Carolina, it always does that.

We’re inside my apartment in Carrboro.  Jen is at my computer, looking over her resume.

She’s quiet.  She’s never ( Read more... )

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From this this article in AM New York :

A man who jumped in front of a southbound E train in Manhattan Tuesday morning was passed over by the cars and then yelled at the conductor for not killing him.

“He jumped. The train ran over him,” a police ( Read more... )

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I’m in a meeting today.

Ahmed, the guy who sits next to me, comes down to the meeting room and looks as if he needs to ask a question. I’m busy with something, so I give him the hold off, one second gesture, and finish up what I’m doing. He appears ( Read more... )

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I spent about a half hour on the phone with my dad last night, discussing strategies for replacing an ancient and enormous window-sleeve air conditioner in my even-more-ancient apartment. This largely consisted of finding ways to defeat the expandable ( Read more... )

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I went to see a band based purely on a Youtube video.  In this case the band was Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip.

I normally don’t like hip hop shows, let alone British Hip Hop, but this was just awesome.  He did a cover of Prince’s “Cream” that puts the ( Read more... )

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SXSW has been an obsession of mine since 1997. For those who don’t know, it is a music conference that takes place in Austin, TX at the same time that the University of Texas is on Spring Break. When I started going, it was about 800 bands that came ( Read more... )

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I’m never going to look at the bank statements for the account I closed 2 years ago.

I’m never going to look at the Calc III notes I saved from 1991.

I’m never going to watch the 50+ episodes of Tiki Bar TV I’ve downloaded.

No one will ever be impressed ( Read more... )

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I can’t trust movie reviewers of any sort. Here’s why:

People who are movie reviewers got into the business because they liked watching movies. Or so they thought.

What they liked doing was watching movies that they liked. Me too.

The problem is, ( Read more... )

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Earlier this month, I flew to Denver to referee a roller derby bout. Yes, I’m that cool.

In retrospect, I stayed out a little too late the night before, and should have drank a few more glasses of water before going to bed. I woke up on time, and had ( Read more... )

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I’m a little overextended these days.

INTRO

I do my best to be where I’m needed first, while still going where I’m wanted. I thought that blowing off a total of seven halloween parties this weekend, and just cocooning in my apartment would allow me to ( Read more... )