Archive for January, 2009
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Like many people, I spent much of January 20th, 2009 watching coverage of the inauguration of Aretha Franklin’s hat as the 44th president of the United States.
Looks like somebody got a Beadazzler for Christmas!
I know it’s naive to assume that all world political crises are going to suddenly become sunshine and roses under Obama, but it [...]
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Sunday, January 18th, 2009
Take one of each and call me in the morning
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
Hard landing
Kitchen time is CBC radio time. Most days I ride my bike home from work and make myself a snack just in time to hear the five o’clock traffic rpeort and chuckle quietly at everyone trying to drive home.
Last night, while prpearing a post-dinner snack of cold cereal, the CBC rpeorted on the story of a passenger plane that managed a [...]
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Monday, January 12th, 2009
Sure-why-not?
A couple months ago I helped my friend Steph set up a blog for her comics. She got into it pretty quickly and soon was updating far more regularly than I was. Then she installed a site tracker so she could see who, in a general sense, was looking at her stuff. That’s when the [...]
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Monday, January 5th, 2009
Names have been changed to protect those who don’t deserve it
What is it with people using vague rhetorical questions for openers? It’s a pretty lousy way to introduce a subject while giving the illusion that everybody’s talking about it if you ask me.
Anyway, speaking of roommates, I’ve had a new one move in this month. This’ll be the first time in a few years that [...]
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Thursday, January 1st, 2009
Happy New Year and Boy, You’re Cute
Just so we’re all on the same page, no one is allowed to use the phrase “shore up the economy” in 2009.
I spent the earlier part of my New Year’s Eve recording this with Maggie just in time for the Bushman World Ukulele Contest, which has a ton of entries, which is exciting, but also [...]