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Windshield replacement
On Friday I come home to discover that someone had smashed the windshield of my car:
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Feeding my addiction
After having used a French press to make coffee for eighteen months or so, I realized that I wasn't using my more than a decade-old drip coffee maker. It was just taking up counter space I could use to more productive ends, so I retired it. In the process, I discovered that the glass pot was cracked, so the coffee maker was useless regardless. ( Read more... ) -
Are we human or are we dancer?
I've decided that I quite like The Killers' latest album Day & Age. They've shaved off their facial hair (most of them, anyway) and returned to the pop sound of their first album Hot Fuss. Here's the video of first single "Human", which contains a most supremely silly lyric, from a band that takes its silly lyrics far too seriously.
Enjoy!
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Morbid fascination
In the short time that I've had it up (less than a week) on Flickr, the photo of the roller girl with the broken leg has shot up to the second most viewed image in my photostream with more than 100 views as of today. No, I'm not linking to it here; I don't want to drive up its views even further.
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Ithaca routs Utica
Last night was roller derby time, once again, as the Ithaca SufferJets took on the Asylum City Lunatics from Utica, NY.
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Red in tooth and claw
Walking on campus yesterday, I was startled by a hawk swooping down some distance in front of me. It was too far away for me to see if it had caught anything. But, apparently deciding its perch was too exposed, it decided to transfer to a building ledge. Its path took it just a few feet over my head, and I saw what it had in its talons: a -
Roller derby
The Ithaca SufferJets took on the Syracuse Psycho Dolls last Friday night at the Cass Park Rink.
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Fire!
Sunday afternoon. I'm settling down to watch the Yankees-Indians game. I hear sirens, which is normal since the main firehouse is just a few blocks away. Then there's a explosion from the back. I look out the back window to see this:
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