Cosmo*burp*
There’s an interesting article in Next American City about the changing face of the suburbs. It’s particularly relevant to me as it uses my town Lakewood as an example of a new type of city coined a “Cosmoburb”, which means “wealthy suburbs that are also diverse and that increasingly contain non-traditional households”. The [...]
Feeling Blu
Random Pet Peeves Of The Day that may eventually gel into some kind of theme:
NetFlix is talking about charging extra for HiDef movies. Though I suppose it’s inevitable, I’m not happy about it. I came really close to canceling my NetFlix subscription awhile back because I wasn’t watching DVDs fast enough and so [...]
The Deep Cuts Are The Firstest
Forgive me if I’m treading on already-covered ground here, but this is something I’ve only just heard about, and it really intrigues me.
Paul Westerberg, a notoriously Internet/computer-shy musician, has released a new album that is only available as a single file MP3 download. It’s bizarrely called 49:00, even though it’s 44 minutes long. It [...]
Black Mountain
Some days I wonder if I’m going to have anything to write about. This was going to be one of those days, but then it all changed around 1pm. Some days I wish I didn’t have anything to write about…
Green Mountain, the foothill that my neighborhood is named after, suffered a scary, fast-moving [...]
Ramblings 2008
Movie Review Sunday!
I haven’t seen any movies this week.
I guess I should write about the 30th High School Reunion, which concluded last night with the dinner/dance. But there isn’t much to report. Even fewer people showed up for that than the mixer on Friday night. We had almost 500 people in our [...]
Treasures, Memories, Banquets
The first part of my 30th High School Reunion was last night – the “mixer” at the local golf course. It was certainly interesting. Great to catch up with old friends, and to find out what people I barely remember (or don’t remember at all) are doing. There were some… behaviors [...]
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