Monthly Archives: July 2006

Weekend of Excess

7/31/2006 – 3:30 am

This weekend was a lot of fun but featured too much of everything. Too much sun, too much water, too much food, too much drink. We stayed out on Amy’s folks new pontoon boat from around 11:00 to 5:00 and soaked in the lake. Athena chased her floating frisbee for much of [...]

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The First of What Will Be Many Footie Posts in the Coming Months

7/28/2006 – 9:42 am

It’s all but a done deal, Michael Carrick from Tottenham to Man Ure for £18 million. I’m of two minds about this as Carrick was a revelation last season, but £18 million? That’s quite a bit of wonga that can be spent buying up the rest of the young players in England. [...]

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Um…

7/27/2006 – 4:35 pm

Exxon reported a profit of $10.36 billion for the second three months of the year, or $1.72 per share, up from $7.64 billion, or $1.20 per share, a year ago…
Putting it into perspective, Exxon earned $114 million per day in the second quarter. That’s $79,000 per minute or $1,300 per second.
Thank God no American cities [...]

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The Don & Spain(ish)

7/27/2006 – 3:18 pm

I’m well into Part Two of Don Quixote, chapter 11 to be precise, and it’s hilarious. Cervantes plays with the idea of authenticity of authorship of Don Quixote and Part Two opens with a scholar from Salamanca coming to meet Don Quixote and Sancho, as they’ve become famous after their adventures from Part One [...]

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Five Questions Meme

7/26/2006 – 12:24 pm

I was rescued from impending productivity by stumbling across Bill Shunn’s blog and Five Questions Meme currently doing the rounds in the blogosphere.
Here’s the five questions meme. Here’s how it works:
1. Leave me a comment saying, “Interview me.”
2. I will respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. You will update [...]

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Because I Can

7/25/2006 – 11:07 pm

From www.thedog-club.com.

Hee hee. German Shepherds are the best.

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Pure Fantasy

7/25/2006 – 10:34 am

So I issued a challenge to a number of e-mates regarding an English Premier League fantasy team. I don’t have a lot of time to put into this but the game’s fairly straight forward and the first eleven will likely make you or break you. Here’s my initial team, picked in about eleven [...]

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Stoke, Stoke, Stoke!

7/24/2006 – 1:33 pm

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So the creative forge of last week has cooled somewhat but I’m trying to stoke, stoke, stoke it to keep things malleable.
A few weeks back Dave Schwartz elicited comments on the differences between the short story form and the novel with interesting results. This means a great deal more to me today since I’ve [...]

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All Right, All Right, I’ll Blabber Already…

7/21/2006 – 3:04 pm

This is more for me than you, but I put down 7000 words this week, which is quite an output for me. Here are the specifics:

Mon, July 17, 2006 - 2500 words on “Sleeping Weather” (short story)
Tues, July 18, 2006 – 2800 words on “Unwelcome Guest” (1st chapter of novel-ish thingy)
Thurs, July 20, 2006 – [...]

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More Random Pictures

7/21/2006 – 10:58 am

I don’t need to blab today either. Instead, I’ll distract you with more pictures. A set of outdoorsy ones this time.
     

 
     

Current Mood: Okay | Currently Listening To – Liz Phair – “Whip-Smart”

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