December 2009
6 posts
He Expanded Our Nation By Two-Thirds
Dec 30th, 2009 7:43am
I went on a road trip this fall, hitting up Chicago, Nashville and, lastly, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. My old college roommate, Dan, was living in Chapel Hill, studying at UNC for his graduate degree.
During freshman year of undergrad, the song “James K. Polk” by They Might Be Giants was a favorite in our room. JKP graduated from UNC in 1818, and...
Cooking
Dec 29th, 2009 2:48pm
Here’s an example of how I’m wired:
I hate cooking for the same reason I hate sports and games. That is, I don’t get satisfaction out of putting any effort into something that doesn’t last. Work hard to write a song or make a video and you can revisit your handiwork as much as you want. Not only is that productive, but it’s satisfying...
Greeting cards...
December 28th, 2009 12:55pm
…are getting amazingly specific in their categories.
I should have browsed the “Our Family Has Changed” section more thoroughly, though, because I’m not sure if it’s a good or bad change (perhaps they include both? You can now find pre-packaged sentiments for such scenarios as “Sorry your mom and I got divorced” and...
Jason DeRulo Lists His Top 10 Songs →
Dec 28th, 2009 7:30am
Please look at what made #2 and #1. There seems to be no sense of irony in this list. Glad to know that Jason DeRulo had a really big influence on…Jason DeRulo.
Reminds me of one of the gags in this.
Trying to outsmart myself
Dec 27th, 2009 6:58pm
I’m trying to get myself back into blogging. I recently came across the backup of a website I wrote on for four and a half years, and as I read through some of those old entries I realized A) How glad I was that I had a record of what was going on in my life, and B) That I wanted to give it another go. After an unsuccessful attempt at writing in a Livejournal, I...