March 2011
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February 2011
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Friday Limerick
Surveying his foundered career Gazing out at the weather a’drear Combatting the dread By looking ahead: Going home to a fridge fulla beer.
Is that a book you got there?
fridayreads:
Well you KNOW we want to hear about it! Reblog this post with a line about what you’re reading this week, and you’ll be automatically entered to win wonderful books and prizes.
This week’s giveaways include 20 book cover t-shirts from Out of Print clothing!
The last time I read a book cover to cover was 2004, coincidentally, the year my oldest child was born.
I anticipate...
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Memorandum
To: children of the 1400-1500 blocks of Franklin Ave. From: the crazy old man in the house with the ivy by the school Re: snow removal for the duration of the 2010/2011 winter season
Sorry, kids, I just don’t have it in me anymore. I just can’t bear to face my shovel, or my snowblower, or my 50lb bags of magnesium chloride again this season. I’m through. I give up. Surrender....
Farch
bananacasts:
A colleague suggested that, as far as Chicagoland is concerned, there is no February or March. Instead, we have Farch: eight weeks of cabin fever and misery coupled with anticipation of the forgotten warmth of late spring and summer. (Spring barely qualifies as a season here.)
This means right now is the ides of Farch.
Farch.
Sometimes you see an idea so beautiful, so right, and...
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House Votes to Continue Spending Millions in... →
NPR & PBS: BAD
NASCAR: GOOD
USA! USA! USA!
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BTW
I have a google voice number: (312) 945-6287
Surprise and enthrall me…
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Me, the teacher →
allisonunsupervised:
I am not the problem.
I am a public school teacher, and I am not the problem.
Wholly endorsed. Click thru for more.
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Forget about how cheesy anyone finds it. Reblog...
thejohnblog:
“As you wish.” - The Princess Bride
In your eyes — the light, the heat Your eyes — I am complete
(I know, not really a line, he’s just standing there with the boom box…)
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Tests
When Danny was really small, maybe 12 months, he was in the car one day while I was driving and some fuckhead did something stupid that threatened both of our lives. I don’t remember what. But I do remember letting loose a stream of profanity so primal and violent that it reduced the little boy in the back seat to a puddle of tears. Shuddering, heaving sobs.
What a dumb thing to do. I felt...
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I've unlocked the secret!
There’s a point where the soul-crushing stress of your days leaves you physically exhausted and your immune system totally compromised. So you get really sick! And then that exhaustion and the illness override the stress-induced insomnia, and you finally get an OK night’s sleep.
I wish I would have figured it out years ago. The answer was always more stress. <facepalm>
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Truthful Tuesday
Not a big fan of tumblr crush posts.
The butthertz they make are loud and resonant.
Post Mortem
So, the gig on Saturday was great! We pulled a fantastic and enthusiastic crowd, especially considering the weather. It seemed pretty clear that a good time was had by all. One woman was wearing a lovingly preserved t-shirt that we sold her in 1994. We have some hard core, old school fans who come out of the woodwork once a year. It’s very gratifying.
We also get a few new ones every year....
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