Why I don’t like the Duke players
I recognize that, as a casual-but-dedicated Carolina fan, I don’t have real solid footing when I say that the players on Duke teams really bug me. It’s one of those dumb things in sports: people don’t...
View ArticleThis is why I love LCD Soundsystem
““I can succeed at making music that works as dumb body music, but that can also meet someone in the middle if they want to investigate our songs in a deeper way.”” - James Murphy Continue reading →
View ArticleDog days
The short of it: We got a dog and named him Murray (nee Noodle). Sweet guy, shelter dog, about five years old, “beagle mix” (though there’s almost certainly some spaniel in there), about 30 pounds. We...
View ArticleA plate that was once the site of blueberry pancakes
A plate that was once the site of blueberry pancakes (Taken with Instagram at Town Hall) Continue reading →
View ArticleDog people
No one questions that there’s “dog people”. That is, people who love dogs, not half-dog, half-people mutants that are secretly massing in caves in New Mexico ready for a strike on West Texas sometime...
View ArticleA brief problem with the pigs of Angry Birds
Unlike my wife, who angrily questions the hardware stores who will sell pigs hard hats without questioning what they might be using them for, I believe that the pigs should be able to conduct business...
View ArticleFinally, my long nightmare of having to watch the Harry Potter movies is over
Who’s this David Yates guy? I think he might be the worst director that has ever been allowed at a movie, and these last few Harry Potter movies go to show how much a director can mangle good actors,...
View ArticleOn music and midlife
Ivan shared an article about a woman who had just turned 44 and was reflecting on midlife. As someone approaching 40, I obviously have a lot of thoughts on a lot of parts of this article. The part that...
View ArticleAn analogy
Metrorail : Capitalism :: Metrobus : Socialism When Metrorail fails, it fails spectacularly. All it takes is one person forcing the doors open on one train, resulting in everyone having to get off and...
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