February 2011
46 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-30) →
ABBA (30) Camera Obscura (21) Destroyer (15) Blitzen Trapper (12) Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy (11) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Feb 1st
January 2011
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randomhector asked: Totally understandable, the content of most blogs here is extremely lacking. However as one of 15 people I follow, I do enjoy your posts, even if they are less frequent.
Jan 31st
Hey, Republicans redefining "Rape" in the House of...
themattsmith: numnumsbylaura: “With this legislation, which was introduced last week by Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), Republicans propose that the rape exemption be limited to “forcible rape.” forcible rape sounds like an oxymoron. Isn’t rape already forced? What are you trying to say, like “super rape?” “or “extra rape”? So basically, this legislation would allow the “hey, she was asking for...
Jan 31st
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I'm considering saying goodbye to the Tumblr world
Just throwing that out there.
Jan 31st
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I'm glad I went and bought that salt the other day
And for the record, I am not excited about this snow. I’m quite content with the foot of snow already on the ground. Let the relentless news coverage of the snow that hasn’t even started falling yet begin!
Jan 31st
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-23) →
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros (20) The 1900s (15) Mumford & Sons (12) Wilco (7) Beach House (5) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jan 28th
Alternative workout
Shovel the snow, even the parking slab I don’t use. Walk the two blocks to the gas station and buy 2 bags of salt. Walk the two blocks back with a bag of salt in each hand. Some how make it up the three steps to the front of the house That was the longest two blocks of my life.
Jan 28th
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We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver My rating: 4 of 5 stars We Need to Talk About Kevin is a touching tale. While Lionel Shriver’s language is sometimes obtuse and distracting, it is fitting for the character of Eva and helps define her. I found it difficult to really get into the book for the first 100 pages, but as the story begins to develop it is hard to put down. I never...
Jan 27th
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“Sean wants to know what the name of the train station is by you and the thinks...”
– Mom asking questions for my 4-year-old nephew
Jan 27th
"I'm using the term "Minnesota mother" loosely. I... →
If it’s not too much trouble and you have a minute, here are some things my daughters, Jenny and Cristi, were never allowed to do: • Skip doing their homework • Put their elbows on the table while eating supper • Miss church (except for the day after prom, during deer hunting season, and on Super Bowl Sunday) • Go to school in April without a jacket • Get into a van with a strange...
Jan 27th
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Writing and listening to Abba
All work days should be like this.
Jan 27th
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Jan 27th
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YMCA Update
So far we have only gone twice, but I think it’s something we’ll stick with. Tonight we are trying out the South Shore Y to see if it is slightly less crowded than the Downtown Y during the post work hours, known to be peak hours at any gym. I think the fact that we are doing it together, and thus holding each other accountable, will help us to stick with it. It’s a lot easier to...
Jan 25th
“Family Name” are winners. Not wieners.”
– Mike, on how winning trivia is more important than drinking since you can’t drink for free if you don’t win.
Jan 25th
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Negev Rock City: Hey Journalists! Let's Talk About... →
negevrockcity: One surprising thing that you find out as a journalist is that most people in your profession come from an upper-middle class background. That journalism is viewed as either a low-paying but civic service-type job (see: politician, professor) or as a hazy, unfathomable dream job that’s… This is really very interesting and really very true. I myself fall into the category...
Jan 25th
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Jan 24th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-16) →
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros (23) Ray LaMontagne (14) Mumford & Sons (12) Broken Bells (10) The Dodos (5) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jan 23rd
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Man, is orange soda good or what?
Jan 21st
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“I think everybody should just like everybody”
– Zach’s mom imitating young Zach….and how I’m starting to feel about this weekend’s football game.
Jan 21st
“And Lot’s wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and...”
– Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five (via synecdoche)
Jan 20th
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WatchWatch
pitchfork: Matt & Kim turn off the thousand-watt smiles and proceed to kick the ever-loving shit out of each other in their “Cameras” video. Pretty awesome fight scene. Oh, and the song is good too.
Jan 20th
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I Don't Get Runner's High: Bears and Packers →
idontgetrunnershigh: I will agree that it is one of the best sports rivalries given it’s history. And part of me really loves this all. But having a significant number of friends from the Chicagoland area and Wisconsin makes this a difficult time. Mostly because I’m tired of seeing the same jokes on fb just with the… Cosigned
Jan 20th
I think it's a working from the couch sort of day
Jan 20th
I have to cancel my gym membership today
It’s like breaking up with someone. I’m all sorts of nervous about it and stuff.
Jan 19th
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Jan 18th
Flashback to grade school
idontgetrunnershigh: isworeidneverliveinwisconsin: My lunch today: Peanut butter and jelly sandwich pretzels apple milk  I would always unfold my napkin and put my lunch down. each thing in one of the squares. I had the same basic lunch from 1st grade to about jr year of high school. 4 things. sandwich, fruit, snack, beverage (usually milk.) I did however lose the napkin folding habit...
Jan 18th
Flashback to grade school
My lunch today: Peanut butter and jelly sandwich pretzels apple milk
Jan 18th
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Hey, This Link Applies To Journalists Too! →
This is a fascinating article about the importance of news and how it is the life blood of Washington D.C. Very interesting if you find stuff like this fascinating like me.
Jan 18th
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Jan 17th
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Jan 17th
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“If you guys can make it through this, you’ll make it through anything.”
– My brother-in-law regarding Zach and me and next week’s NFC Championship game between the Bears and the Packers.
Jan 17th
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Things that frustrate me as an editor:
Two spaces after a period Serial/Oxford comas Using insure when you mean ensure Using their when you should be using it Misuse of then and than Misuse of further and farther The list goes on…
Jan 14th
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Thats Racist (lame joke Friday)
malty: Why were the Native Americans here first? Because they had a Reservation! Some old man told me this joke on Monday when I was working at the Bradley Center. Made my night.
Jan 14th
Signing up for the YMCA
Z: Ok, I will sign up then.
K: Cool. You have to go too then
Z: So do you
K: Ok then.
Jan 14th
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“If the bears play the packers in the NFC Championship, will you and Zach still...”
– George….and for the record I have already informed Zach I will not be watching that potential game with his friends.
Jan 14th
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Re: Wisconsin's view of Chicago drivers
You’d drive like an asshole too if you lived in a city with 3 million other people.
Jan 14th
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Retarded things: Honeymoons that take place months...
I just saw a post on facebook by a friend of mine from high school about how their honeymoon is booked and she’ll be on the beach in 77 days! 77 days, that’s roughly 2 and half months. They got married Oct. 10, three months ago. So they will be honeymooning nearly 6 months after their wedding. Now before you start yelling and saying they were saving their money so they could afford it...
Jan 13th
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Jan 13th
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Lesson learned
I should not wait for my downstairs neighbor to do the shoveling. He doesn’t understand the need to salt. I’ve nearly wiped out multiple times by the garage…although he only shovels around his car not in front of the garage where his girlfriend and my cars are. Now I just slipped on the ice on the side walkway…slipped like feet from out from under me slipped. My left arm...
Jan 12th
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Product Endorsement: Carmex Moisture Plus
Zach’s uncle works for Carmex and always has various samples of Carmex products at their house. When we were there on Christmas Eve, his uncle gave me some great hand lotion but also Carmex Moisture Plus. I tried it that day, but not really needing it I didn’t think much of it at all. Yesterday, my lips were horribly chapped and dry. I dug into my purse and there was the Carmex...
Jan 12th
Sorry Guys
idontgetrunnershigh: I promised in 4th grade that if I was elected to student council I would do something that I’m sure I didn’t come through on since it was a popularity contest. I have since gotten 4 new followers today. It was wrong. Oh and hey new followers! thanks for the follow. It’s true I was there. But everyone knows the 4th graders don’t actually have any say in what...
Jan 12th
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Jan 12th
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And now...
I will enjoy some tunes, a cup of tea and my book. Good night world.
Jan 10th
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Things accomplished today:
3 days of dishes cleaned the kitchen (including mopping the floor) took down the Christmas decorations Cleaned the living room moved keyboard from the living room to the office took the broken micorwave that has been sitting in my living room for at least a month out to the ally…come on garbage pickers put the floor mats that had been sitting by the back door since summer back in my...
Jan 9th
Jan 8th
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Good like Mikey! Kick some GRE ass!
I know you are already at the test and have been for an hour, but it was a slow morning getting started. I hope it went well!
Jan 7th
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Jan 6th