Monthly Archives: May 2008

May 29

Getting Acquainted With: Part 1

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I’ve got a pretty good musical library. Not as good as, say, Tom‘s or Gene‘s, but it’s pretty good. I’ve got several hundred CDs (mostly ska) scattered throughout the house and on my MP3 players.

That said, I’ve got some pretty big holes in my collection that, thanks to Tom and Gene’s Musical Playground (c)(tm) I’m going to try to fill.

This week it’s The Pixies. I’m, of course, familiar with them and some of their songs (Wave of Mutilation, Where is My Mind, There Goes Your Man), but don’t know their library. This will change over the course of the next week and I’ll have a report here for you. Stay tuned.

Oh, if you have any suggestions on bands I should add to my Getting Acquainted With List, leave me a comment!

May 15

Another Actual IM Conversation

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(5:17:49 PM) Joel: geez, ted, you slacker. it’s only 97 in more liver. it’s 99 here
(5:17:56 PM) Ted: my bad
(5:18:05 PM) Ted: i’ll pump the AC up to high on the car
(5:18:15 PM) Ted: while i leave it running in the lot all day
(5:18:28 PM) Ted: win/win for the environment AND the oil industry
(5:18:58 PM) Joel: that’s because you’re a team player
(5:19:06 PM) Ted: i try
(5:19:19 PM) Ted: brb, gonna start a tire fire
(5:20:35 PM) Joel: :-)
(5:22:32 PM) Ted: back, sorry. took longer than i thought to fly my private jet to ANWAR
(5:22:50 PM) Joel: exactly

May 06

Dear Senators Clinton and Obama

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I know you’re both very busy trying to get the nomination for Democratic nominee for President of these United States of America, and I wish you both the best of luck in getting nominated. (I do have a bias, but that’s not germane to this posting, so let’s just let that slide for now, OK?)

I would like to humbly suggest that, once you’ve landed the nomination, you consider General Wesley Clark as your running mate. He’s got 34 years of professional military experience and is untouchable by the right for his military views.

Please, in order to take the White House back from the Republicans, consider General Clark as your running mate. He’s, in my humble opinion, the perfect choice.

May 01

Iron Man!

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Iron Man!

Kevin from work and I are going to see the new Iron Man movie tonight. Iron Man is, by far, my favorite Marvel Comics character and everything I’ve heard about this movie is good. That said, I’m going into it with my skeptic glasses on so I’m not disappointed. (Star Wars Episode I, I’m looking in your direction!)