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January 20, 2008 - January 26, 2008


links for 2008-01-26
January 26, 2008 | Comments: 0 | Categories: Daily Links
ABC News: More Than Gossip, Britney Brings in Bucks But what about the cost of my pain and suffering, huh? How is THAT accounted for? MORE>>

Zinntastic!
January 25, 2008 | Comments: 0 |
This is the only bumper sticker I've ever had as an adult, because on principle I kind of cringe at the idea of the, umm, genre. When I was a teenager I had a The Smiths “Meat Is Murder” bumper sticker on my K-Car, which endeared me greatly to residents of the Mid-Michigan farm community we lived in. As you... MORE>>

Mishy-mashy-meltdowny (updated)
January 25, 2008 | Comments: 18 | Categories: daily , entertainment , family , friends , idiot box , internet , the truman show
1. I think I have the blogger's version of ADD right now. Are there any drugs yet available for that? BESIDES COKE, I MEAN. jeez! 2. Today marks 80 days since I quit smoking. (wee hurrah!) That's 1,920 hours worth of pure, unadulterated lung sacs, people. Not that I'm, err, obsessive-compulsively counting or anything. cough. 3. My friend Angela was... MORE>>

"The Wire": Four Seasons in Four Minutes
January 24, 2008 | Comments: 0 | Categories: video
This makes me unbelievably happy. If y'all aren't watching this show, you need to be. MORE>>

Self Portrait: New Hat
January 24, 2008 | Comments: 0 |
So RIDICULOUSLY warm. Plus the little braids that dangle from the ear flaps make me feel all Pippy Longstocking-spritely. MORE>>

Letters, I get letters
January 23, 2008 | Comments: 0 | Categories: daily , internet , random bits
EDIT: The CBC Radio podcast is up! You can download it here. . . . . . . . . . . Though slightly better than hate mail proclaiming “I hope you die in a fire, bitch!!1!!!” (<-- actual quote from an actual email received by me just this month!), some recent unsolicited contributions to my burgeoning inbox include the... MORE>>

Cat Power, The Greatest
January 23, 2008 | Comments: 0 | Categories: Song Of The Week
From the album The Greatest One of my all-time favorite sad songs. Never fails to make me weepy, almost instantaneously. Oh you'll see... [Track only] MORE>>

Truman & Lise: A Love Story
January 23, 2008 | Comments: 0 |
Our friend Lise, being wooed by Truman Monday evening: That dog has good taste in the ladies, that's for sure. MORE>>

links for 2008-01-22
January 22, 2008 | Comments: 0 | Categories: Daily Links
Razzies© 2007 Nominees Poor Li Lo. Snort. Flickr: The Mah Fridge: Let Me Show It To You Pool It's blowin' up! You should JOIN US! 10 Incredible Old Computer Ads Wow, 80mbs for under $12K? Where do I sign? MORE>>

The Most Secret Baby
January 22, 2008 | Comments: 0 |
Our friend Marc -- once a rock star, and currently an actor -- is now a Dad. I think it might be his best role yet. MORE>>

What's the point of having kids if you can't publicly embarrass them?
January 22, 2008 | Comments: 20 | Categories: family , M_ , motherhood , music , parenting
I mean, isn't that one of life's greatest joys -- the humiliation of one's own children? They are, after all, simply human-shaped repositories of comedy gold. For example: For better or worse, she's just picked up on Hanna Montana being, like, THE BEST FREAKIN' THING ON PLANET EARTH, so I'm guessing this might be the first in a series of... MORE>>

Happy Fight The Power day, everybody!
January 21, 2008 | Comments: 0 | Categories: video
In honor, in memoriam, with deep respect, let us remember why: MORE>>