Monthly Archives: September 2008

Disaster

Posted on September 30, 2008 by epthnation

No, I’m not talking about this: Or even this: Or especially even this: What I’m talking about is me missing The Hills last night.  I wonder: Can I ever catch up?  Will MTV ever replay that episode?  Is in fact … Continue reading →

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National Hug-a-Brewer Day

Posted on September 29, 2008 by epthnation

I’m happy to admit I was wrong. The Brewers finally met a team they couldn’t out-collapse, and therefore, they made the playoffs. The Yankees didn’t. Dang it.  Now I gotta get back into baseball.  So, America’s Pastime, long time no … Continue reading →

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Movie 21: There Will Be Overacting, er, Blood

Posted on September 27, 2008 by epthnation

“I drink your milkshake, see?  And your mom’s milkshake, and that milkshake that brought all the whatever to the yard!  My straw is a super-straw, see?  It reaches across the room to your milkshake, and I drink it.  I drink … Continue reading →

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How Many Bands Have to Fail Before This Stops?

Posted on September 24, 2008 by epthnation

(nothing inappropriate about what’s being sold here.  no sir.) Just now I woke up to the fact that everything MTV tells its audience is a lie.  There’s not a thing on MTV, textual or subtextual, that is true.  For example, … Continue reading →

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“That’s a Fact, Jack.”

Posted on September 23, 2008 by epthnation

First, the good news: Somebody in beer distribution woke the heck up and got a good Leinie’s seasonal beer down to Dallas.  Finally, we can have a real Oktoberfest.  I was getting tired of Honey Weiss and Doppel Bock.  Because, … Continue reading →

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A Throwback Everyone Can Get Behind

Posted on September 18, 2008 by epthnation

As a general rule, I would never be so ironically sports cool as to wear throwback jerseys.  Somehow those really ugly old things became trendy for a while as a way for sports fans to remember the teams of their … Continue reading →

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David Foster Wallace, 1962-2008

Posted on September 16, 2008 by epthnation

Apparently I’m not the only one with strong feelings about Mr. Wallace.  A sample of the sentiments in comments and blog posts: “David Foster Wallace was my hero.” “He influenced the very way I think.” “No words can even come … Continue reading →

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Wow.

Posted on September 16, 2008 by epthnation

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/books/14wallace.html?fta=y David Foster Wallace is dead, of an apparent suicide.  How very very sad.

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Justin Bobby is a Cowboy

Posted on September 15, 2008 by epthnation

After a very short battle with cancer, Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright passed away today.  He was 65.  People are commemorating him by saying he “shaped their sound,” which really means that Floyd wouldn’t have been Floyd without the freaky … Continue reading →

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Live Report from Hurricane Ike

Posted on September 13, 2008 by epthnation

Hey everyone, Since the hurricane is currently pounding (ok, maybe tickling) the Dallas/Fort Worth area, I thought I would give you a live report.  There are violent winds of up to 15mph here right now, which I think makes it … Continue reading →

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