Category: Opinions/Editorials
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Wait … Fifty Books For Three Weeks At No Cost? That’s Crazy Awesome!
So now that we have a baby girl arriving in a few days, Kristen and I are looking for new and innovative ways to save money. One of the best ways for me to personally save us a few dollars is to cut down on my book buying. Apparently there’s this facility in most towns…
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Goodbye, Old Friend – Pictures
I wanted to post a few pictures to supplement my original post, Goodbye, Old Friend. This is the day I bought the car back in 2000. I bought it from Gentry Motor Company in Macomb, IL. Me, sitting with my car for the last time. The interior. Not too bad after ten years of heavy…
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Goodbye, Old Friend
Tomorrow I say goodbye to a steadfast friend who has been with me for almost eight years to the day-my car. I know this will seem silly to some. Heck, even I’m surprised at how emotional I’ve become at the prospect of losing my 1998 cherry red Ford Mustang. There’s nothing particularly special about it…
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Original Art for the Baby
Talented and award-winning artist Dixie Petticrew (and my aunt) created the below picture as a gift to our little girl. Kristen and I absolutely adore it! We have several pieces of art by Aunt Dixie throughout our house, but this one is by far our favorite for obvious reasons. If you enlarge the picture by clicking…
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Feeling Satisfied After LOST
Last night the fourth season of LOST wrapped up and it left me feeling intensely satisfied. It is inarguably clear that the writers now have an end-goal in sight and are steadily working towards it. I’ll admit, in earlier seasons, they played it pretty fast and loose with previous plot elements and characters. That didn’t…
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Chabon Writes about Superhero Unitards
Being a regular kind of dude, I have to admit I’m not a frequent (or even infrequent) consumer of The New Yorker. However, last week I read several notices and received a few emails informing me that The New Yorker had published an article focusing on two of my favorite literary subjects: Michael Chabon and…
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the prefex is Back!
After a brief hiatus, the prefex is back! These guys have a unique sound and I urge you to give them a listen. I’m fairly uneducated when it comes to music; I don’t really know the difference between melody, tone, pitch, and so on. But, I do know what I like, and it’s the sound of the prefex. Lend them your…
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Did I Write About This Already … Like Twenty Years Ago?
I know I just turned 31, but it’s a little too soon to be losing my mind, isn’t it? I mean, time travel is pure theory at this point, yeah? Because some weird things are going on which make me wonder if I’ve been thrown back into the eighties and nineties. I flip on…
