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An Incomplete Guide To Kayaking: Part 6

This is a continuation of my series of blog entries on the albums of the Dutch progressive rock band Kayak. To see the previous entries, do a blog search (that little box on the top right) for the word “kayaking”.
Phase 3 (continued): Pop Prog (1978-1981)
Periscope Life
Kayak’s seventh album Periscope Life was their big time [...]

Trojan Lore

Back when I was on the Cancun vacation, I finally finished reading the novel Olympos by Dan Simmons, after a few false starts and a couple of years. Since I read very few books at all these day, that was a major accomplishment. It’s a large book. Olympos is the sequel (actually [...]

You Betta You Betta You Bet

Hello. Flasshe can’t come to the blog right now, so I’m doing a little guest blogging for him. Let me introduce myself. My name is Spike and I’m a Siamese Fighting Fish. (BTW, InfK and Fahey named their progeny after me.) I’m dead and in Pet Heaven, along with Flasshe’s [...]

An Incomplete Guide To Kayaking: Part 5

I know you’ve all been waiting for this with breathless anticipation. This is a continuation of my series of blog entries on the albums of the Dutch progressive rock band Kayak. To see the previous entries, do a blog search (that little box on the top right) for the word “kayaking”. The [...]

The Credulity Strain

I watched the A&E mini-series remake of The Andromeda Strain the other night. I remember liking the original movie a lot when I was a kid. Though I probably only saw it once or twice, it left an impression on me, as it was the first out-of-control virus epidemic movie I’d ever seen. [...]

Freedom Rider

Here’s an update on a couple of the traffic-related pet peeve things I’ve written about lately.
First: Red light cameras, which I last blogged about here. The city of Denver is definitely going through with installing the cameras and increasing the yellow light times. I’ve seen them installing the camera at 6th & Kalamath, [...]

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