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9 hours ago
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You guys, I found the prettiest desk chair on Facebook Marketplace. It was a 3-minute Uber ride away. We picked it up last night. It's p... -
...I embrace new tech. It's just that I can sniff out the SHADY or SOON TO BE OBSOLETE new tech. My whole career was in cutting edge tec... -
“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 ... -
Joe just came into the bedroom where I was sitting in front of my laptop. He said “What’s wrong?” Nuthin’. Just watched Stevie Wonder play ... -
Oh for fuck's sake. I just asked Google a simple question about hanging a birdbath from the porch. I got the most useless and bizarre ... -
There has been some talk on Facebook and Reddit in recent weeks about blogging--whether it's still relevant, who is doing it, and what ... -
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... -
Don't forget this. Charlottesville. This happened in 2017. It was horrifying. Look at these faces. They literally want to kill my friend... -
I share the playlist "Hot Horny Amateurs" every summer. It's a great one for listening to when it's hot out. Because I mad... -
Funny story. When I was in maybe 7th grade I was a member of Rick Springfield’s fan club. I got a letter “from Rick.” The penmanship of the ...
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There has been some talk on Facebook and Reddit in recent weeks about blogging--whether it's still relevant, who is doing it, and what ... -
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 ... -
When I typed "Acosta..." into Google, the auto-fill came up with "...family." That means I'm not the only one who we... -
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 was 24 years old, I found it necessary to retract and re-submit my * theory about musicians and just what the hell is their deal a... -
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... -
No matter how much I try to stop ruminating, there come the thoughts again. Why didn't I do this, why did I pick that, why have I mad... -
A Short Primer for the Spiritually Conflicted If your thousands-of-years-old religion's definition of "dec... -
Sarah or Mercedes? "This actress shows up in so many shows I like!" I said, watching re-runs of The Finder and Person of In... -
Fifteen years and a whole bunch of copycats later, I still say that it's a miracle we ever heard of The Blair Witch Project . ...
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Tom Waits - Ebbets Field, Denver, CO, 2-19-1975 - Here's yet another Ebbets Field radio broadcast. This one stars Tom Waits. I believe that, out of all of the sixty plus Ebbets Field recordings that I've...
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The jump-break feed is best for engagement - [image: Children jumping] You've got five *feed options* in Settings: [image: A dialog box titled "Allow blog feed." "Use Jump Break" is selected.] ...
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Blue Square Pizza Opens in Natick - Earlier this year, it was reported that a pair of pizza spots west of Boston that feature four different types of pizza would be expanding to a third loc...1 day ago
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Baryon Asymmetry - [image: Wait, what do you mean, 'dark matter'? It's not dark, it interacts with high-energy gamma rays ... right? Oh jeez, did I forget to make it interact?]1 day ago
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If you got an email from me asking you for money, no you didn’t. - Argh. There are a ton of scams going around in the literary world right now (and I know because I get at least 10 a week myself) but one of the latest scam...2 days ago
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Charlie Continental - "Snow & Rain" - Sometimes you hear a record, and all you can really say is "wow." Clearly I exaggerate since I've managed to write 286 words about Charlie Continental's ...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter #2) (1998) - by J.K. Rowling Harry returns to Hogwarts for his second year and finds the school under threat when a mysterious force begins attacking students and su...
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Remember? Specialty Acts of the Comfort TV Era - Last week's review of 1978 programs on Sunday nights included Mary Tyler Moore’s return to television in a variety show that was canceled after just three...1 week ago
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THE KID’S STILL IN THE PICTURE - When I yanked myself out of Hollywood … both the place and the career … I was 58 years old. I migrated quickly to Florida … Miami Beach, to be specific …...1 week ago
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Back? Where? - It seems to be fairly easy for me to say that I'm "back", but where? I'm back... home? Where is home? Because it feels wrong to say that home is the yell...1 week ago
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'Jackass: Best and Last' Review - Those lovable idiots are back, thank goodness. For *Screen International*, I reviewed *Jackass: Best and Last*.
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"Slow Horses," Years Four and Five - I like that I never know what I'm going to get with each season of "Slow Horses." Season four is the first one that really digs into the background of a...
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Milly Alcock isn't enough to salvage the dreary and derivative Supergirl - Kara Zor-El/Supergirl is a bizarre comics creation. Technically, her origins date back to a 1958 comic where she first appears as a product of supernatur...
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twisted shadows - this collage is a mess, but so is the book... i feel like if you've read it, you get it, and if you haven't, well then, you don't. i think making a c...
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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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