11 Dec
An executive order from the President turned Christmas Eve into a paid holiday for federal employees this year. This is usually the case in years when Christmas falls on a Tuesday. I’ve no qualms with an extra paid holiday. This little bit of generosity from the White House, however, has absolutely no chance of influencing […]
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11 Dec
That’s it, a complete literal reading of the headline. No deep dark secrets, no intrigue, no symbolism, nor Eminem. Just a whole bunch of clothes that I no longer care to wear, or don’t fit any longer, getting put into bags and hauled off to the Goodwill Industries donation center. That, my dear readers, was […]
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10 Dec
You really ought to watch this. I’m not going to say why you ought to watch this, but… (that keyboard player’s pretty good, though, isn’t he?)
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07 Dec
…and I’m not happy about it. How’s your Friday shaping up? “32 Flavors” – Ani Difranco “I’m Not Sleeping” – Tiffany “Fightin’ on the Same Side” – The Hooters “Elena on the Wall” – Pete Palladino “Commando” – The Ramones “Heaven Tonight” – Yngwie J. Malmsteen “Iowa” – Dar Williams “She’s On Time” – Barenaked […]
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05 Dec
Once again, greetings from the lobby of the Richmond Ballet building! While the kid’s in class, I’m hopped up on 24oz of free (after 4pm!) Kenya AA from Wa Wa, killing time by taking care of some Christmas shopping. I love the freakin’ internet! The big news for today, of course, was the first snow […]
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05 Dec
There’s a certain danger to meeting the wife and baby for lunch in the middle of a big steaming pile of a work week. That danger is the pressing temptation to just simply not go back to the office and hang out with these two pleasing individuals for the rest of the afternoon. Today, I […]
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03 Dec
Sue me….I can’t get enough of these damned LOLcats…
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03 Dec
…that’s what just about any sound in my house felt like most of this weekend. Migraines really suck. Hard. Kirby Hard. Twenty-four hours after the worst of it has passed, I still feel terribly hung over (without, sadly, the benefit of consuming copious amounts of alcohol), and generally unmotivated. That said, the weekend was mostly […]
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