Month: September 2011
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choo-choo
The Maple Mountain Sunburst Triolian Orchestra takes a ride on the Canadian Pacific Read.
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yum
I had to run out to the store before bedtime and get a quart of Ben & Jerry’s. All evening I had that weird restlessness that comes from craving a certain something but not quite knowing what it was. The light bulb went on at around eight thirty and I grabbed the car keys, kissed… Read.
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high
During a long drive to my mother’s house to pick up some furniture, Tim asked me something about how easy or hard it was to learn to fly an airplane. It’s not hard at all, I told him, speaking from only a little bit of experience. I used to fly, way back when I was… Read.
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bug
I snorfled up a great big bug on the bike ride home today. At least he felt really big. I guess any bug would feel really big when it’s jerking spasmodically, trying to get untangled from the hairs just inside the opening of your left nostril. Naturally it happened while I was crossing the street,… Read.
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song
I’ve been working on the raaaaaaaail-road, allllllll the live-long day. Does anybody even learn that song as a kid any more? I sure hope so. It was one of the first songs I can remember my Mom singing to me, besides “You Are My Sunshine.” And by the way, did you know that the part… Read.
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nerdgasm
Jonny Quest fans, prepare to have your minds blown: Jonny Quest Opening Titles from Roger D. Evans on Vimeo. That is five kinds of awesome. I thought I was a nerd for Jonny Quest because I have the complete series, but any guy who will build and animate action figures based on the opening sequence… Read.
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taste
My Darling B and I went to Taste of Madison this year even though we hadn’t planned to. We ended up going anyway because this was the first time that the weather was so nice we wouldn’t sweat off ten pounds while we were walking around the square. Every year before this, the temps were… Read.
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gif
I just found the most amazing time-sucking web site on the internet called “If We Don’t, Remember Me,” a collection of animated scenes from classic movies. (The title of the web site is apparently a quote from a movie I’m not familiar with but will almost certainly have to find and watch now.) I linked… Read.
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fitch
Drivel has been getting spammed quite a lot lately, which isn’t all that weird, but what is weird, or at least seems so to me, is that about half the comments are from spambots posting comments about Ed Lauter, a character actor you’ve probably seen a half-dozen times if you’ve watched any television at all… Read.
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contrasts
Here’s a first-world problem if ever there was one: I come home to Our Humble O’Bode and before I get to do what I really want, namely recline in a comfy chair with a glass of cold beer in one hand and a laptop connected to the internet in the other, ready to spend countless… Read.
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