Month: November 2015
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loaned
I found my student loan paperwork today. I went to college back when you could get a college education for the price of a pretty average, new car, if that helps you figure out how long ago that was. The promissory notes show that I borrowed $250 to cover the balance of tuition for the… Read.
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boob tube
We binge-watched all thirteen episodes of Jessica Jones last week, if you consider it binge-watching when we only watched two shows on most nights. We started with three episodes on the Friday before last when the whole season was up for grabs on Netflix; I think that’s as many episodes of any series as we’ve… Read.
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slings and arrows
Donald Trump, the billionaire real estate mogul from New York, is still running at the head of the pack of candidates seeking the Republican nomination for the presidency. His message from the time he announced his candidacy has been one of anger and hate, yet somehow a significant number of people have lapped it up.… Read.
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rollout
Woke up this morning, curled up into a warm ball and waited for the alarm to go bleep. Nothing. Waited a little longer, still nothing. My need to pee overwhelmed my desire to keep on waiting, so I got out of bed and, just to satisfy my curiosity, checked my clock. Quarter to five. After… Read.
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me and bobby mcgee
Me And Bobby McGee has got to be the earworm to end all earworms. Once it’s in my head, not only can’t I get it out of there, I can’t stop singing it out loud. Mostly I sing just the end part where Janis yells “Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah me me… Read.
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too much info number one
I’m not sure if I’ve got this “TMI Tuesday” thing right, but here goes: I love toast. I mean, a LOT. But not just any toast. Most people are oddly casual about how toast should be prepared. Whatever the total opposite of casual is, I’ve gone in that direction. For a start, there’s no toaster… Read.
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sprained
There’s a certain kind of funny that doesn’t seem to register on my funnybone. Maybe I sprained it? The other night I was listening to a podcast called Pop Culture Happy Hour. Three people were talking about how much they loved the television show Brooklyn 99. They thought it was one of the funniest shows… Read.
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bakelite
As I was flipping through Facebook posts the other day and drooling into my lap (I assume that’s what everyone does as they flip through Facebook posts, right? RIGHT?), I ran across a post from the Smithsonian Institution asking for help transcribing the cargo manifests that described every last item, from socks to sextants, food… Read.
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Estrellon
“I think we finally have found a new Fri 13 restaurant to replace the beloved Peppino’s,” My Darling B posted on Facebook while we were having dinner at Estrellon, Tory Miller’s new restaurant on Johnson Street in downtown Madison. I believe she may be right, although I would quibble with her use of the word… Read.
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puzzlement
Here’s your riddle of the day: Where’s Barry Manilow on all those “Saturday at the Seventies” radio programs and playlists on Amazon? I grew up in the Seventies and I can tell you that barely an hour went by when you didn’t hear Barry Manilow on the radio or hear somebody singing a Barry Manilow… Read.
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