#Throwback Thursday: Toy Soldiers (2003)

November 19, 2003 So Joe's been playing Army Men on the Playstation. If you haven't seen this thing, it's this old school video game where you play as green plastic army men, and you wage war against the tan plastic army men on battlefields—the back yard, the kitchen table, and other parts of a house. While I was in Davis Square the other day, I went to Family Dollar for toothpaste and toilet paper (thank God for dollar stores) and I saw a bag...

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45 Things I Know

1. Don't pry open anything with your teeth. 2. Support NPR, independent musicians and public television. 3. Don't skimp on three things in life: your mattress, your shoes, and your food. In these areas, buy quality, however else you might economize. 4. Never work for an asshole. If you work for an asshole now, quit. 5. Every now and then, quiz yourself on the state and country capitals from 7th grade geography. There are apps for that now. 6....

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Now I Need A Punch Bowl

Mel Torme Born: Sept 13, 1925 Died: June 5, 1999 Joe has something of an infatuation with the late great Mel Torme, who would have been 90 this September. We've been talking about having a birthday party for the Velvet Fog, with music, drinks and dishes from the crooner's heyday. "We'll definitely make up a few pitchers of a Velvet Fog drink...oooh, maybe a punch bowl to fit the era!" You guys, I've been looking for an excuse to get a punch bowl...

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It's our birthday/anniversary

Photo: Mick Murray Great party. My face hurts from smiling. 💕 Thanks for coming over, everyone.  Those of you we didn't see, you were missed.  Next time.  We will have more. God willing and the creek don't rise...

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Before and After Science

Before + After Science = Cake...

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It's National Siblings Day? That Sounds Like a Made-up Facebook Thing

1998-ish?...

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