Month: March 2014
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April is National Poetry Month
We missed National Ice Cream Month, and International Pancake Day (but only by a day, so we were close), but I’m damn certain we’re not going to blow National Poetry Month, even if I’m pretty sure I’ll live to regret that vow. I’m still debating how to celebrate this exquisite holiday which begins, appropriately enough, […]
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Best Damn Quotes: Edward Abbey on Stupidity
“One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bonafide stupidity, nothing beats teamwork”. -Ed Abbey *I’ve stopped numbering these. Why bother to keep track?
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Random Photo Found Via Google #13: Rockin’ Family
Random photos from the internet to you, via me. About these posts and the photos in ’em: http://wp.me/p3AOvB-FN
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Jimmy Stewart & His Poetry on Shprockets : Best SNL Sketch Ever
Quite possibly the most gut-wrenchingest, funniest SNL skit of all time. If anyone has a copy of this video–which I’ve been unable to find–send me a link, drop me a line, let me know and I’ll be eternally grateful. Sprockets Announcer…..Phil Hartman Dieter…..Mike Myers Jimmy Stewart…..Dana Carvey [FADE IN on the “Sprockets” opening, with the […]
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Friday Morning Rock & Roll Idol: Violent Femmes
Like a lot of these videos, this is more brillance from the eighties, which weren’t at all like cheese-eating high schools kids who watch cable replays of “Pretty In Pink” think they were like. The Violent Femmes were a taut little Indie band from Wisconsin who wrote short, sweet, sometimes angry, sometimes sad, sly little […]
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I (heart) Neko Case
I just re-read an old magazine interview with my very favorite singer, Neko Case, and felt the need to express to all of you the incredible depth and revelry of my love for her. Don’t sweat it, my wife knows. In fact, she’s pretty damned bemused by the whole thing, and thinks it’s “cute.” I’m […]
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Random Photo Found Via Google #12: Vanity Vanity
Random photos from the internet to you, via me. About these posts and the photos in ’em: http://wp.me/p3AOvB-FN
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Best Damn Quotes #12: Henry David Thoreau on Materialism
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone. –Henry David Thoreau
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Random Photo Found Via Google #11: Splash
Random photos from the internet to you, via me. About these posts and the photos in ’em: http://wp.me/p3AOvB-FN
Old Road Apples 