Monthly Archives: April 2005

Tying Up Loose Ends

A lot of things fall by the wayside when you force yourself to post enormous timewastes like this. This post is dedicated to clearing those loose issues up so that we can move forward as a Blog. One big thing … Continue reading

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The Concretes

About 4 months ago I downloaded some noteworthy songs from this one band, but then deleted them and forgot what the name of the band was. The reason the songs are noteworthy is the lead singer’s hypnotically crappy voice. Really, … Continue reading

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Welcome to the NBA Playoffs

We’ve arrived at the only time in the NBA that is enjoyable to watch. There will be no more superstars taking plays off, and no more matador defense on drives to the hoop. There will be no more 4-games-in-5-nights tiredness-fests, … Continue reading

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That Google AdBar

I am officially on my way to being a sell-out. Look at those ads at the top of this page. Just look at them. What the heck am I doing? Not only are they ugly, but this is the same … Continue reading

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Needlessly Political Post: Bush’s Social Security Plan

I’m reading all sorts of interesting things about the President’s windmill attack, er, Social Security reform package. First off, I want to say that I believe it’s a bad plan — it’s way too expensive to set up and has … Continue reading

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I’m Not Actually Poor, and My Life is Good.

My wife told me to tell you all that we’re not really poor. The truth is, we live better than the vast majority of people in the world. I totally know this. The issues I discussed yesterday had just built … Continue reading

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Epth News: Wednesday, April 20 — and you know what that means…

…The anniversary of Columbine, Hitler, and weed. The conclave only took two days to elect Cliff Clavin as Pope, and he promptly named himself after the popular squirt-on antibacterial substance “Bactine”. This Pope is clearly not going to stand for … Continue reading

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Two Words:

Boubacar Aw. (pronounced Boob-uh-car Ow. I saw him on ESPN Classic the other day playing for Georgetown in 1996. Easily the best sports name ever, surpassing God Shammgod and the others.)

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Esquire

Esquire is a magazine. You can tell, because it’s in italics. What does Esquire mean and how does that relate to what the magazine is about? The only time you hear the world esquire is when some pretentious guy tells … Continue reading

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Things I’ve Pretty Much Had My Fill Of (and yes I know that ends with a preposition — it’s 2005 for crap’s sake)

Living in the world often bothers me, I won’t deny it. If that makes me weak, I don’t care, because weakness doesn’t matter. Weakness is often good. But sometimes the sheer weight of living in the world for days and … Continue reading

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