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The Only Blog Post On The Internet Today Not About Sarah Palin

I’m tired. And I’ve violated one of my primary 20 Tips For Daily Blogging: This post is being written during the last hour in which I can post it and still keep my record. I got off track this weekend and didn’t have time to compose my posts the night before. So now I’m [...]

Hungry For Love With A Side Of Cake

Movie Review Sunday Monday.
Last night, the girlfriend and I saw another flick in the increasingly crowded “Narrated by Morgan Freeman” genre, Feast of Love. (BTW, my favorite Morgan Freeman-related joke is here.) The movie has some intertwined stories, centering around an unlucky-in-love coffee shop owner played by Greg Kinnear. Although I think [...]

Jordan Vs Romania

Movie Review Sunday! I haven’t watched any movies yet this week, so I don’t have one. Maybe there will be a Movie Review Monday tomorrow. So onto another topic.
Pet Peeve of the Day: Why can’t I find a decent PC backup solution?
I’m pretty paranoid about data loss. That’s why I have [...]

DNC Report: The Aftermath

Lessons learned from the Democratic National Convention being hosted in my town in the year 2008:

Protesters are kind of a sorry lot these days. Where were all the riots?
The commute was actually better during the convention, probably because a lot of people were staying off the roads in anticipation of closures and such. [...]

DNC Report: Day 4

Well, whadoyaknow, I actually have something to report today. I walked over to the 16 Street Mall during lunch yesterday and snapped a few pix. They’re in my Flickr set here. When I got up to the Hard Rock Cafe, I found I couldn’t go any further. There was a crush of [...]

DNC Report: Day 3

I still don’t have anything to report on the Democratic National Convention. I was going to walk downtown with my camera during lunch yesterday, but I didn’t have time. Maybe today. I still haven’t caught Jon Stewart or John Oliver wandering aimlessly around town, or Oprah eating at Benny’s. And I really [...]

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