so back in 1993 KVSC 88.1FM (the St. Cloud college station i listened to religiously) was having one of their quarterly pledge drives. of the different pledge levels, $100 was one of the highest* and that donation would get you a day of basically directing programming at the station. you could dictate the playlists and things of that nature around ( Read more... )

i'm planning on hanging out at Common Roots (2558 S Lyndale Ave) on my day of birth from 7pm to 8:30pm, then moving to Galactic Pizza (2917 S Lyndale Ave) (or Luce if the 'party' is large') after that. Call me if you have any doubts as to my whereabouts... my mobile phone # is 425.233.2676 ( Read more... )

when i first heard Lordi (around when they were in the Eurovision 2006 Song Contest) i thought 'why does this sound exactly like something Alice Cooper would have written in the late 80s, like with Jon Bon Jovi and whatever?' since then, i've been listening to more Finnish bands and it sure does seem the land of my ancestry loves the pop-metal and ( Read more... )

not only will i be in MN from Dec 23 to Jan 03, but i am planning on (some sort?) of birthday thing on Dec 27.  yes, that is my birthday, in the dark edge of the year. i don't know exactly what it's going to be, as i am no longer living in the Twin Cities and surely something more exciting than Pizza Luce has come along since six long years ago, so ( Read more... )

80th birthday party at the Five Point tonight, with food and drink at 1929 prices. i had 8 eggs, 4 slices of toast (gave teh bacon to a coworker), 2 sides of fries and half a beer for about $1.80. the gnosh wasn't especially well prepared and the beverage was awful, but what do you expect for ~a quarter apiece? dunno if it was worth waiting outside ( Read more... )

Started: sometime in spring?, 1987 ( Read more... )

it seems mostly like i post death notices these days, but RIP to one of my favorite authors, JG Ballard. if i've not recommended to you yet to read one of his short story collections, do so.

Portion of a job recruiter's email received just now:

"Please spend some time on their website to familiarize yourself with Wizards and Magic."

call me if any ?s....

feeling pretty good about my work   
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