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Life, Minutiae, Toys, Irrational Phobias, Peeves, Fiber

Please Stop Telling Me How Great Costco Is

Pet Peeve of the Day: Proselytizing about Costco.
Enough, already. I believe you! Costco is obviously the greatest store in the world! They have everything under the sun for fantastic prices. Their food is to die for. Yes, yes, I know. I don’t think I’ve ever set foot in one, [...]

Abasement

Movie Review Sunday!
Last week, the girlfriend and I finally had a chance to watch Atonement, another of the 2007 Best Picture-nominated movies. After this, the only one I still need to see is There Will Be Blood. Atonement is a frisky little flick about a raccoon, a turtle, and a squirrel-like thing who [...]

Political Pastries

As Denver prepares for the Democratic National Convention, anything goes. Everyone’s getting into the act! The erotic bakery near work is offering some confections promoting the candidate. I didn’t actually go into the bakery to check out the sweets. I was too afraid of what I might find there. Very afraid. [...]

iBlogging

This here post is being composed on my phone using the iPhone WordPress app. So, out of necessity, it’s going to be short. Though I’m definitely getting better at using the virtual keyboard, I’m still not very fast at it. I long for an outboard bluetooth keyboard attachment, but I don’t see that as being [...]

Late To The Merge

Regular readers of this blog know that I like to talk about traffic a lot. Driving and roads and traffic and drivers and pedestrians and bicyclists fascinate, and infuriate, me. In last Thursday’s Rocky Mountain News, there was a review of a book called Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and [...]

20 Tips For Daily Blogging

So, you’ve decided to try your hand at Blogging Every Day! Congratulations! You are officially insane! As someone who’s been doing the daily thing for quite a long time now, I have some tips for you. Most of these assume you are putting a lot of importance on not missing a [...]

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