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Justifying Your Citizenship in the Red Sox Nation
Why am I rooting for the Red Sox in the World Series? Because I grew up in New England. That should be all there is to it, right? I could spin tales about spending
Read More »A moment of silence, please.
Julie and I were getting ready for work when her mother called from Cleveland. “Turn on the news” she said in a worried tone that immediately sent chills down my spine. There on the
Read More »Non-Music Post Alert!
It’s been awhile since I wrote anything in-depth on politics, for the same reason Captain Video! has taken his sweet-ass time coming back from the 1980th Dimension — those posts are really time-consuming. (There’s
Read More »how i learned that song
I’m a little late on this, but better now than never — go read this moving entry at one of my favorite blogs, the always thoughtful and intelligent slacktivist. Print
Read More »chuck e.’s pissed off and voting democrat
I don’t think she’s made a decent album in quite some time, but I was intrigued enough to check out “Have You Had Enough,” the new collaboration between Rickie Lee Jones and a pair
Read More »killing the internets
Via the always dependable Atrios: This is important. Too many people imagine that the internet was an inevitable development which can’t be killed, but that just isn’t the case. The power of the internet
Read More »just a little
Like pretty much everybody else, I’ve had New Orleans on my mind lately. Haven’t said much, because I’m not as eloquent as folks elsewhere, like Atrios and Billmon. Basically I’m sad and pissed and
Read More »squirrel wrangler
Haven’t been able to write this morning because a squirrel fell down the vent above our stove — the last couple hours have been spent trying to get the little bugger out. He’s gone
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