January 2012
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December 2011
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Hey everybody, I'm gonna be a dad this summer.
Merry Christmas.
Recipe for Artificial 24HR Flu:
I’m under the gun right now for meeting deadlines for work. I knew I’d have to stay up real late last night finishing projects, so I took an energy drink. All day today I’ve had flu-like symptoms. I seriously thought that I had come down with the Flu until I realized that the energy drink was actually reacting with other things that I had ingested in a span of like 12 hours. So...
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Don't bring me down, Bruce.
I was looking at NHL standings last night wondering how long it would be before the Ducks fired their coach. About 15 minutes after I went to bed, they announced that Bruce Boudreau was the new coach. I’m following Boudreau closely because I think he’s a bad coach with a very good record.
In my 2011-12 Playoff Predictions post on October 4th, I said that the Capitals will not win the...
November 2011
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via celiabeth
“We not only want others to see us, we like to see us. We are able to inspect and tweak what others are seeing about us. We become fascinated by the image we project. It’s like having a mirror on your desk or in your pocket. And every so often you pull it out to gaze upon your own image.
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This heavily edited and carefully controlled self easily hides certain parts of...
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No Shave November...
…Cookie Duster December.
October 2011
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WatchHAPPY HALLOWEEN
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Remember the day
when you felt like you lost a part of your dad when he shaved his mustache off? Just thinking on that today.
Records To Look For:
I always feel like as soon as I get to the record store, I forget what I want.
The Meters (1969) The Meters
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967) Pink Floyd
Let it Bleed (1969) Rolling Stones
Jumping Jack Flash (1968) Rolling Stones
Innervisions (1973) Stevie Wonder
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NHL PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS 2011-12
To all the non-hockey people that follow me, I’m sorry, but this has to be done.
SO…it seems like this summer was crazy for trades and signings and retirements. Several teams are totally rebuilt. I think my playoff predictions for this year could be the worst I’ve ever done, but I’m gonna give it a shot.
EASTERN CONFERENCE
1. Tampa Bay Lightning: Last year I left these...
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September 2011
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To say that Fleet Foxes didn't disappoint
last night is a total understatement. I was trying to explain the feel of their performance to a friend, but it is very difficult to put into words.
The tightness and quality of the band playing together was pretty much as good as a studio recording, but in no way does that mean they just went up there and played their songs exactly like the albums. Not at all. I was taken aback by how...
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Another Soccer Story
It seems like McDonalds keeps triggering funny incidents. The backstory here is that Richard Nguyen is a little freshmen. When I say little, I mean 4 foot 8 and 80lbs, little. He is very reserved, quiet, polite. The first time I ever put him on the pitch, he tip-toed out with his hands clasped on front of him. Then he scored a goal. I showed Suz a picture of him and the first thing she said was,...
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I coach a varsity soccer team.
They’re all pretty funny kids. 80 percent of them are from Central America, and the rest are Vietnamese. They’re having a pretty good season this year and last night they drew 2-2 against a team that was bigger and stronger than them.
It was an away game, so I told them we were going to stop at McDonalds before heading home. You’d think I told them that I was giving them each a...
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The Drummer's Drummer List:
Keith Moon, John Bonham, Mitch Mitchell, Neil Peart…and so on yeah yeah yeah. But check out the work of these underrated drummers:
Ziggy Modeliste- The Meters
Clyde Stubblefield- James Brown Band
Jim Eno- Spoon
*Glenn Kotche- Wilco
Kurt Barber- The Flowbs
Patrick Carney- The Black Keys
Honorable Mention:
Dave Grohl
Jack White
Spencer Tweedy
*I think Kotche is the best drummer on...
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August 2011
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“If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has...”
– C.S. Lewis (via so-move)
This Link is good if you like hockey and... →
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partyatproberts:
Joe Thornton “chopped” down by Johan Franzen
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July 2011
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“I heard John Boehner yesterday say ‘Let’s not play...”
– Fran Lebowitz on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, talking about how the difference between the NFL and Congress is that A: the NFL has fans, and B: sports fans demand superior, elite athletes. Politicians have no fans, and the American people hate it when they act like politicians.
And that’s...