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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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 [...]

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

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

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

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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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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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Must…resist…this.

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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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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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