Oct

Buh Bye Bye.com

Posted by craig Published in A day in the life

Here’s the text of a note I sent to buy.com. I don’t expect much from it, but maybe if there’s a physical impact to their bottom line, they’ll quit acting infantile. One can hope.

I’d like to cancel my account with buy.com, as I will no longer be ordering from a company that sabre-rattles over using [...]

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Oct

The Curse of the Bambino is broken

Posted by craig Published in A day in the life

Congratulations, Red Sox. Baseball loses one of it’s most enduring tales, but the Sox finally make it to World Series. (Wait… I don’t care about sports. :) )

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Oct

What’s in your wallet?

Posted by craig Published in A day in the life

Why use any ordinary card when you can use the card that pays you back in Disney merchandise? Strange times.

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Oct

Swinging State

Posted by craig Published in A day in the life

Ah, the joys of living in a swing state. Constant visits from the candidates (one of which will severely screw up my drive home on Wednesday), calls from machines shilling the candidates (“Hi, I’m Michael W. Smith…”). It’s only going to get worse until after the second. (And we hope it stops after the second, [...]

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Oct

The great sessions in the sky

Posted by craig Published in A day in the life

John Peel (Radio One, The Peel Sessions) passed away just recently. I have a few Peel Session discs in my collection, and they’re some of the more treasured recordings I have of some very good bands. Radio One got the last little ounce of all of the acts that performed there. Jon, you’ll be missed.

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Oct

Something to discuss at the next family reunion

Posted by craig Published in A day in the life

I think the web address speaks for itself: http://www.bushrelativesforkerry.com

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Oct

Phone Koan

Posted by craig Published in A day in the life

When caller calls, and does not leave a message, do I call back? Meditate on this truth.

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Oct

Must…Resist…

Posted by craig Published in A day in the life

Must…resist…this.

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Oct

Quiz Night

Posted by craig Published in A day in the life

Well, JoDee, my parents, and I went to Quiz Night this past weekend at St. Paul and didn’t fare too well. We came in 6th place out of 6 teams, but the scores were really close. It’s amazing, though because early on we were in first place, but lost it after several categories. Ahh well. [...]

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Oct

Bet the construction workers want one of these on-site

Posted by craig Published in A day in the life

Saw one of these trailers going down the road a few weeks ago, and finally thought to look it up. Apparently Blacktie Services is an upscale version of your standard porta-commode. It’s a bit trippy to see a rather large trailer heading down the road with several doors on it (one labeled “Men”, the other [...]

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