Monthly Archives: July 2003

Music of my mind (apologies to Stevie Wonder)

Men­tal track­backs are an impos­si­bil­ity, so I guess I’ll have to enter the songs going through my head the old fash­ioned way… Pre­fab Sprout — Nightin­gales The Choir — The Ocean Bare­naked Ladies — Baby Seat PM Dawn –Set Adrift on … Con­tinue read­ing

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Of Blue Dogs and Former Children’s Show hosts…

I have to admit, I com­pletely missed Blue’s Clues. It started when I was too old to appre­ci­ate it, and I’ve never actu­ally seen the show, but I have adult friends who fol­low it with a cult-like enthu­si­asm. One of … Con­tinue read­ing

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The Big Lebowski, vol. 2

Appar­ently, my friends and I are not the only ones who are fanat­i­cal about the Coen broth­ers’ magn­num opus The Big Lebowski. Accord­ing to an arti­cle from yesterday’s Wall Street Jour­nal (prime copo­rate bath­room read­ing, that), this is the year … Con­tinue read­ing

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Stupid Weblog Tricks, vol. 2

I fol­lowed some links from my round-trip trans­lated Babelfish­ery and ended up at a severely changed Amazon.com, adver­tis­ing such CDs for sale as Coldplay’s “Jolts of Spirit to the Head” or “The Thing bet­ter than Cher.” Rod Stewart’s “It Had to … Con­tinue read­ing

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The Big Lebowski

I haven’t seen this movie in months, but it’s my own per­sonal bible of bowl­ing, Nihilism, ‘Nam, and Ray­mond Chandler-esque dou­ble crosses. The Coen Broth­ers rock my world. If you haven’t seen it yet, you owe your­self. …and you haven’t … Con­tinue read­ing

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