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The ALOT is better than you at everything
This morning as I was leaving my apartment -- ok, it wasn't morning, it was 3:00 in the afternoon, because it's the WEEKEND and weekends are about sleeping until noon and then watching lots of Yes, Minister in a fashion that would make your mother think you are frittering away your life -- I tripped over a package that the postman had kindly ( Read more... ) -
all the good boys -- baby, they're in grad school
My latest find on the Live Music Archive: a high-quality Vienna Teng concert -- with new songs! News songs below (the rest of the concert's good too).
Another Life
Antebellum
Brooklyn Blurs (Alex Wong, from Paper Raincoat)
Idioteque (Radiohead cover)
Grandmother Song
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“When I get a little money, I buy books. And if there is any left over, I buy food.”
"Look, Drew, she found a copy of the The Tolkien Reader that's only a dollar," the woman behind the counter exclaimed. "What were you doing, settling for a two-dollar copy?"
The customer who had been in front of me excused himself, explaining that his copy of the Reader had an additional story in it. The proprietress beamed at me and shook my hand ( Read more... ) -
spin me 'round this kitchen floor (like a carnival troubadour)
A couple years ago I came across the Live Music Archive at archive.org and got hooked. (Free music! Legally! With the artist's blessing!) Not all the music is good, of course, and many of the recordings are dreadful. But some of the music is lovely, and I've come across some favorite new artists this way. In that spirit, I'm going to start ( Read more... ) -
how I discovered Cousin Barbara's dastardly plot to kill the family
ME: (putting away groceries) Mum, did you mean to buy two pints of heavy cream?
MY MOTHER: No, I meant to buy three. Oops.
ME: What do we need three pints of heavy cream for?
MOTHER: I was going to make my cousin Barbara's caramel recipe, but I'll have a hard time without the third pint of cream. And I forgot the paraffin, too.
ME: Um ... isn' ( Read more... ) -
somehow it seems these storms are becoming more frequent ....
Saturday
6 inches of snow.
Sunday
Leaves and branches are blown at ninety degree angles outside my window. Torrential rains all day.
Monday (Today).
Even more rain - by 9:00 AM the day already had the third-highest amount of rain in a single day in Seattle recorded history. Road outside my house is closed due to a small landslide about two houses ( Read more... ) -
"If you must kill him, bring me his brain."
Thought I'd let you all know that I am alive, if not really updating lj, returning phone calls, or sending emails. It's not that I don't love you all - I've been trying to both work full-time and fight off a cold that turned into bronchitis, so I haven't done anything but work and sleep for the last three weeks.
(My new Clever Plan is to fulfill my ( Read more... ) -
An update, long overdue
Two or three weeks ago I played with Emma and James for the last time and started a new job as a temp at my dad's company (a radio manufacturer). In exciting news, it's in my field - redesigning some of their software to accommodate a new feature that's been added to one of the radios - and pays 4-5 times as much as babysitting did. Unfortunately ( Read more... )