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Wow, that cloud looks like a dragon! There’s its head, bent toward me on a narrow neck, and there’s its body, and there’s the wings, and there’s the tail slinking around. 🙂 Also, Elbow has 30 to 40 songs they’ll work on for their fifth album. Okay, okay, the BBC’s headline overstates it — theyContinue reading “On Clouds Outside the Window”

The good thing about writing out to-do lists at work? It’s when you get done with the day, and there’s still a lot of time left to goof off. 🙂 My last hour was spent following the Cubs’ slaughter of the Pirates at Wrigley, which reached a point where it simply wasn’t fun anymore. So,Continue reading “On Dreams and Memes”

It’s awesome the things you can find on the ‘net. I’ve found a recording of Elbow’s show in DC on Tuesday night. And it sounds fantastic. It was recorded from the balcony, about twenty feet behind and fifteen feet up from where I was. The only quibble I have thus far is that “Mirrorball” cutsContinue reading “On Lucky ‘Net Finds”

My Kenyan birth certificate… Get your own Kenyan Birth Certificate. 🙂

Some meme-age, stolen from Keith, because I quite honestly have nothing better to do at the moment. I’m not trying for witty or informative. Just the facts. Like Dragnet. 1. What bill do you hate paying the most? Any. All. I accept them. I don’t like them. 2. Where was the last place you hadContinue reading “On Mid-Afternoon Meme-age”

Went to DC last night. Saw Elbow in concert. Survived. Fantastic show. Very, very tired. Will write more later.

Some days, I just can’t find the right music to listen to while writing at the office. I tried My Latest Novel. Nope, not right. I needed to get the blood flowing. Jay-Z? Nope, that didn’t work either. Bagpipes! I put in Clandestine. Alas, not. Apparently, I’m in a George Harrison mode today. All ThingsContinue reading “On Finding the Right Music”

Bought at Wal-Mart today: From the Earth to the Moon, for thirteen dollars. I’ve been wanting this series for years, but I couldn’t justify the rectal violation prices that it went for. I actually had to ask the guy, “Is this really thirteen dollars? I could go to Best Buy and pay seventy or eighty.”Continue reading “On a Lucky Find”

Baseball. It looks like Mark Prior’s career is probably done. Once, I was on the Prior bandwagon. He was going to pitch us into the promised land. It didn’t happen. His pitching mechanics were destructive to his elbow and shoulder, and Dusty Baker’s over-reliance on, overuse of Prior exacerbated his problems and hastened his breakdown.Continue reading “On Mark Prior’s Baseball Career”