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“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” —Oscar Wilde
“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” —Oscar Wilde
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There has been some talk in recent weeks about blogging--whether it's still relevant, who is doing it, and what is the best platform. We... -
This stupid AI trend is going around that presents these idiots with an image of "what you would have looked like in the 80s." Tho... -
OMG. This week's #ThrowbackThursday was just a screenshot of an entry in the blog from October 2002. I remember, I lol'd and jotted... -
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” ― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time ... -
No, I Do Not Feel Bad About UnFriending Okay, I've been sitting on this one for years, partially due to the PTSD, troubling lack... -
One of my buddies confided that he can't stand it when his other single friends goad him into going "tom-catting around" on ... -
I miss the library. Just before I stopped leaving the house altogether, I went for a walk and ran into an older neighbor who told... -
I hadn't seen The Thing in years. And all these years later, so many of my favorite creators call John Carpenter a big huge major in... -
Self-Portrait The first time I went into the mental hospital was in early 2014. I'd been fired from my job at the end of Nove...
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There has been some talk in recent weeks about blogging--whether it's still relevant, who is doing it, and what is the best platform. We... -
Jaws is my favorite movie, but to be frank, I hated the book. I don't like Peter Benchley's writing at all, may he rest in peace. Th... -
Long ago in a galaxy we 40-somethings refer to as "childhood," we built a cherry Kool-Aid world with rad high tech toys like ... -
Well. The Olympics are on TV again. It's Day One. That means it's the 12th anniversary of my wholly unexpected, life-altering and re... -
A Short Primer for the Spiritually Conflicted If your thousands-of-years-old religion's definition of "dec... -
Self-Portrait The first time I went into the mental hospital was in early 2014. I'd been fired from my job at the end of Nove... -
One of my buddies confided that he can't stand it when his other single friends goad him into going "tom-catting around" on ... -
When I typed "Acosta..." into Google, the auto-fill came up with "...family." That means I'm not the only one who we... -
You guys. I accidentally found a really cool radio station. Google "Big 103 Boston" to stream it (or click the link at the bottom)... -
Google, why hast thou forsaken us? So it's pretty well known that Google has not been devoting that much dev time to Blogger in recent y...
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The Suns of Scorpio (Dray Prescot #2; Delian Cycle #2) (1973) - by Alan Burt Akers (AKA Kenneth Bulmer) Dray Prescot is called to the planet Kregen once again for unknown purposes by the mysterious Star Lords. ...
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Paul McCartney - BBC Sessions, Volume 6: In Concert, Liverpool Sound, Anfield, Liverpool, Britain, 6-1-2008 - I've posted a bunch of BBC concerts by Paul McCartney. However, I had missed this one until recently. I've posted another one that takes place after this...
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Midnight Vendetta aka Poison (2001) - October Challenge Day 3 This film starts out with a husband pimping out his wife to a business executive, in the hopes of a new position at the office. ...
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The Exbats - My Dinner With Crumar - If you put on the new Exbats album without any advance knowledge of what the band had been cooking up the last couple years, you were probably shocked o...
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Chip City Closes All Locations, Including Four Shops in Boston, Cambridge, and Watertown - A cookie chain that got its start in New York City has ceased operations, closing all stores including those in the Greater Boston area. According to a s...2 days ago
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Accelerator Energies - [image: Fans at Daytona always get extra excited when officials decide to introduce some antimatter cars circling the track in the opposite direction.]2 days ago
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I Sing of Vireos - Glam birding season is here! Oh my gosh, sitting on the deck on a crisp September morning with my two best friends (Shila, who took this portrait) and Tato...
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My Journey Through 1970s TV: Thursday Nights, 1978 - Thursdays in 1978 did not come to mind when I thought back on standout nights of television from my youth. But when I looked back at the schedule it was s...3 days ago
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Kym Sims - Too Blind To See It - "*Too Blind to See It*" is a song by American singer *Kym Sims*, written and produced by Steve "Silk" Hurley. It was released in 1991 by ATCO and EastWes...
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Terror in the Sky - *No doubt that when we all get aboard a passenger jet...we are in the hands of TRUST...some call it FAITH.*..that the pilots are well trained...and will...
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PUT YOUR POOPOO IN YOUR POCKET. - Here’s a bunch of stuff: I was just checking the mail and I heard a woman yell, “PUT YOUR POOPOO IN YOUR POCKET” and I kind of just froze because I don’t e...4 days ago
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Basement Techno Crud - Basement Techno Crud Crinkling sideways into a waste of paper basket of wire discards boards of circuits as you grow board of circuits circuitry and th...6 days ago
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Alms For The Poor?
This is in case you appreciate any of this. $10 is all, don't go nuts with it.
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