December 2011
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One more reason to quit smoking
It’s getting increasingly harder to sneak off to have one without a family member noticing.
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“Several years ago, I was living in New York and working for an airline, so I...”
– Harper Lee: Christmas To Me
One reason why I always gain 15 lbs visiting home...
Grandmother: Are you hungry?
Me: Nah, I just had a sandwich
-- An hour and a half later --
Grandmother: Are you hungry? I know you're starving. I heated up some roast and mashed potatoes, plus made some potato soup and fresh cornbread, there's also rotel dip and chips if you want it...
Me: But I'm not....
Me thinking: Damnit, she went to all that trouble even though I said I wasn't hungry.. Well, I'll just be polite and have..
Me: A bowl of soup, I guess. Thanks grandmother.
-- After I have a bowl of soup and some cornbread AND some roast --
Grandmother: Get you some more! There's plenty there for you! Get you another bowl of soup, you didn't even try the rotel dip, there's a whole pound cake too if you want some dessert, why don't you get you a slice?
Me thinking: Are you kidding me? I wasn't even hungry to begin with! Then you guilted me into a bowl of soup and some other stuff I really didn't even want?!.... But you are my grandmother and I only see you every once in a while and this seems to make you so happy...
Me: I guess I could eat a small slice of the pound cake
-- 10 minutes later on the couch --
Me thinking: UGH SO FULL How did she trick me again???
-- 3 hours later --
Grandmother: You hungry?
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I kinda miss the Homeless Beard.
I mean, I like what I got now and don’t want to deal with having a 2+ inch beard, but.. BUT.. I sometimes see myself in the mirror and think wait, what happened to my chin?
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aquariumdrunkard:
(Welcome to the seventh installment of Clifton’s Corner. Every other week on the blog Clifton Weaver, aka DJ Soft Touch, shares some of his favorite spins, old and new, in the worlds of soul, r&b, funk, psych and beyond. – AD)
Usually I have a theme for these “Clifton’s Corner” installments but for this one I wanted to highlight some of my favorite songs of the moment...
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sweatonthelawn replied to your post: All of my grades were posted today and I passed all of them. After 7 & 1/2 years and two degree programs I’m finally graduating from college.
HEEYYYYYYY! Also, I hate it when I can’t pass my grades. Nothin’ works. Not Grape Nuts, not bran, I just can’t make it work. So I feel your relief on that one.
Haha, I realized the mistake right before you...
All of my grades were posted today and I passed...
I still don’t believe it.
Tonight is my last radio show of the semester... →
Against my better judgement (Chem final tomorrow), I will be having my last radio show of the semester tonight playing some of my favorite songs from this year.
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m-ci-git replied to your photo: OHMANOHMANOHMAN Stopped by the record store on…
Original pressing? How much did they run you?
Ok, from what I can tell after some investigation: The White Album is the second pressing and Magical Mystery Tour is the original pressing of the stereo version. Both aren’t really that rare of a find, but they are in near mint condition and two of my favorite...
Lost TV Episodes Return From Deep Space
rocketboom:
TV Signals don’t just reach TV sets, they keep right on going and going, way out into space. As noted in 2009, astronomers in Puerto Rico found actual signals from TV broadcasts sent almost 50 years ago.
Apparently the signals are bouncing off of objects in space and heading back to us. Amazingly, the group intercepting the signals has been able to piece together lost Dr. Who...
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Some records I've listened to in the past couple...
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang Clan (36 Chambers)
Nas - Illmatic (at least once a day for the past week)
Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full
CunninLynguists - Oneirology
The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die
Aesop Rock - Bazooka Tooth
Shabazz Palaces - Black Up (almost as much as Illmatic)
Death Grips - Exmilitary
G-Side - ISLAND
As an extremely square white person I’ve always felt a...
"What I love in music, more than anything, is the... →
marathonpacks:
Greil Marcus.
Amen.
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Skyrim or an eighth?
I got paid today and can really only afford one.