March 2012
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Awesome things about the RRHoF
So, we just got back (a couple of days ago) from an awesome trip to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. I absolutely love it, but more so, I love using it as a conduit to teach my kids not just about this music, but the making of this music, and how it came about in the first place.
In the course of exploring the place with my family, a few interesting things came up.
In showing my oldest daughter,...
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Musicology 101
So, I’ve been gearing up for our spring break, including a trip to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (our second trip for most of the fam). Been pretty stoked about it, especially since this time we’re actually going shortly before the induction ceremony. Anyway, in order to sort of hype up this portion of the trip, I decided to dig in and do a little research, to see if I...
Just remember...
While it may be easy to accuse politicians of saying one thing and doing another, or continually flip-flopping on issues, only a government run by the world’s third-largest land mammal can be said to be a hippocracy.
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On plot elements
One of the things I love about the art of writing (particularly fiction) is how certain items can creep up as a matter of necessity. I love sitting down, and creating an entire universe, and just sort of coming up with a scenario, and watching how all of these unique personalities you’ve created react to the scenario.
Non-writers probably don’t realize that’s how it works (and...
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More on communication (do not read as "moron...
[Actual conversation from work last night]
Co-worker: Is there anywhere I could cook a piece of chicken?
Me (as I’m cleaning the grill): Yeah. The grill.
Co-worker: I know. I meant….
[pause, while I look at her]
Co-worker: What I meant was, could I get a fresh piece of grilled chicken?
Me: Sure.
This is what frustrates me, and ultimately what frustrates other people about...
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About work...
I work evenings. Typically, that means I spend the whole day dreading going to work, before finally (about a half-hour before going in) convincing myself that it will all be ok, and tonight will be better than last night was.
Things will be different tonight.
I continue to tell myself that for probably an hour or so after I get to work. (Sometimes it’s longer, sometimes it’s not.)...
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Venting....
People seem to wonder (rather frequently) why I don’t talk much. Aside from the fact that I hate my voice, and I’m much more comfortable writing than talking, it’s usually one of a few different reasons:
1) I don’t know you, so why would I talk to you?
2) I don’t approve of what you’re talking about, so I’ll just ignore you.
3) You have thoroughly...
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Some people...
There are some people who are so different from you, that they seem like a perfect compliment.
There are some people who are so much like yourself, that it’s cool.
Then there are some people who are so much like yourself, that it’s annoying.
There are some people who are so much like yourself, that you can’t help but hate them.
….and then there are people who do...
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Maybe it really is ironic....
An old man turned ninety-eight / He won the lottery and died the next day
[He hadn’t updated his will, and rather than his estate getting any of the money, it went back to the state, who buried him in an unmarked, pauper’s grave]
It’s a black fly in your Chardonnay
[Poured directly from the bottle, which your spouse insisted on, when you would have rather gotten the Boone’s...
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The Author and....?
So, I went to a church service last night at a church with which I’m not at all familiar. During the service, one phrase that kept coming up was that God is “the author and finisher of our faith”.
This phrase comes from the book of Hebrews, but I find the phrase far more interesting than a theological discussion. Whether that phrase was God-inspired or just simply an attempted...
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Assorted thoughts on pop-culture ephemera
[Please note that these may be expanded upon at a later date…]
Is the narrator at the beginning of Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ a separate character, or Genie taking a human form?
How, exactly, did Anakin bring balance to the Force, if he destroyed the Sith? Wouldn’t “balance” indicate some amount of light and dark?
Is it fair to hate Jar Jar for being so...
