Monthly Archives: February 2007

Glory Days No More

2/28/2007 – 1:30 pm

I just got an email from REI telling me my dividend is in the mail. The amount? A measly $25.13. (For those of you who don’t know, you can join REI as a lifetime member for a nominal fee and you earn a dividend on all your purchases that you get refunded [...]

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Papa Hemingway and Billy Gibson

2/27/2007 – 9:31 pm

I finished The Sun Also Rises and began Neuromancer this afternoon, which explains a potential head-scratching post title.
I didn’t realize that the majority of The Sun Also Rises takes place in Pamplona, Spain; had I known this, I would have read it sooner. I’ve discovered that I find Hemingway a highly enjoyable read. [...]

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Restoring My Faith in the Internet

2/26/2007 – 11:03 am

Quality entertainment, this.

Please stop snowing. Please.

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The Day in Football

2/25/2007 – 6:49 pm

I would be totally remiss if I failed to mention Spurs’ comprehensive 4-1 thumping of Bolton today. I can’t stand Bolton, I think they play crappy long-ball footie, and they’ve got the most annoying manager outside Man Ure, Chelski, and the Arse. 3-0 up inside the first twenty-some minutes? Playing with only [...]

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Dumped On

2/25/2007 – 3:16 pm

On Friday our snow was almost gone. It snowed yesterday about 8″ and overnight we got at least another 6″ of wet, heavy snow mixed with rain. You need to be junior weightlifting champion to throw the stuff hip-high, and it’s still snowing to beat the band right now.
Here’s a spring vs. winter [...]

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Sleep and Other Obsessions

2/23/2007 – 10:23 am

I learned the other day that Will Rogers was one of those people who only needed 4 or 5 five hours of sleep a night to be fully functional. I wish.
I require an average of 8 hours and my body keeps this schedule whether I want it to or not. If I run [...]

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Dickless

2/22/2007 – 10:30 am

I went from too much Dick to none overnight. Yesterday in class we finished discussing Philip k Dick’s VALIS, The Divine Invasion and The Transmigration of Timothy Archer. We had read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? before the trilogy as well. I also finished up Moby Dick on audio during the [...]

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The Bean Turns Three Today!

2/20/2007 – 10:30 am

Can you believe it? Our darling little puppy turns three years old today. 85 lbs. of pure love. She’s a big girl.
We give Athena a special treat for her birthday. Last year it was some steak on top of her food. This year, turkey with a little gravy.
 
The birthday [...]

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What the Hell Am I Talking About? & Ow

2/19/2007 – 3:52 pm

I finished both Phil Dick’s The Divine Invasion and The Transmigration of Timothy Archer over the weekend and wrote a brief, somewhat rambling 3-page paper on them as a launching point for Wednesday’s discussion. I tried to compare alternate universes to Tolkien’s fairy realm. And I don’t think I did it very [...]

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Progress

2/18/2007 – 1:55 pm

Spurs nailed Fulham 4-0 today in the FA Cup to make it through to the quarterfinals. Huzzah! For some reason the game was only on Fox Soccer Canada with a one-day delay in the US. Nice to see Tottenham back to winning ways.
Spurs have traditionally been a cup team and are staying [...]

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