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  • If I had an ideal job...I would surf Xanga all day and get paid for it...I would write and get paid for it...I would have the stereo on all day and get paid for it...I would have tickets to live shows that I want to see …

  • ".....Now/It's time/To say/Good night/Good night/Sleep tight....".....sung in Ringo-ish voice. More madness tomorrow!......

  • For those who like them....today's AWordADay... dramaturg (DRAM-uh-turj) noun, also dramaturge or dramaturgist...1. A playwright, especially one affiliated with a specific theater company...2. A member of a theater comp…

  • "The secret of joy is contained in one word-experience. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it."--Pearl S. Buck Hmmmm.....

  • G'day, all. Not as much site surfing anymore from here, I'm afraid. Internet access from work is a privilege, not a right (I've been reminded). Plus I have to do some Career Related Stuff. So I'll be visiting at nigh…

  • Hm, first entry of today after crusing through some other Xanga blogs (and of course, reading comments on mine as they get posted...)...over the weekend, we went to the Michigan Opera House to see The Vagina Monologues. …

  • This is a variation of the 100 list...regular readers know I have a huge record collection...so I'm going to list 100 of them, starting w/A and ending who knows where... 1. Aerosmith...2. Jan Akkernman/Live...3. Allman…

  • Does anybody read columns by syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts, Jr? If you have children (esp teens), or just want to see him blast James Dobson (Focus on the Family) about Dobson's response to Secretary of State Colin…

  • "A man is literally what he thinks."--James Lane Allen I have some thinking to change, then... Today's music has been Smithereens (Blow Up) and right now, 3 Doors Down (The Better Life)...

  • For anyone who was curious about #18 on the blog below...the record that started it all (that I still have) was 'Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In' by the 5th Dimension. I bought it at Rink's Bargain City in Findlay, Ohio, i…

  • You. Reading this blog. Get out of it and go to TheHorseYouRode 's page RIGHT now. READ his latest blog. Send e-props. Send money. Women, throw yourselves at him (no, don't. He's happily married...)... Here's a q…

  • 100 things, yada yada.... 1. I was born in Ohio...2. I grew up on a farm... 3. I'm the oldest of 10 kids...4. I hate asparagus... 5. I can't swim...6. I don't smoke...7. I didn't learn to ride a bike 'til I was…

  • Back on later....leaving work now.... And now that I'm back, there hasn't been one single comment left since before 5pm...amazing!...

  • I was reminded of something after I read Rainee 's blog...Tom Swifties. I encountered Tom back in the late 60's, when a 6th-grade teacher had some of the books in her classroom. The books were a series like the Hardy …

  • I don't feel like posting quotes, or online tests, or words of the day (I haven't done the story w/last week's words yet, either). As I sit here typing, I'll come up with something to type about. I keep mentioning this…

  • Aside to Sada ....I know this is NEXT week, but today's word is TOO good not to use........so use it! sockdolager (sok-DOL-uh-juhr) noun...1. A decisive blow or remark...2. Something exceptional or outstanding...[Of unk…

  • YELLOW You are very perceptive and smart. You are clear and to the point and have a great sense of humor. You are always learning and searching for understanding. Find out your color at Stvlive.com! …

  • This goes along with the blog below. Approximately Infinite Universe is a double-LP set that Yoko released in 1972. MUCH of it is beautiful; unlike her reputation for caterwauling, Yoko CAN sing when she chooses to do …

  • Lyrics by Yoko Ono, from her Approximately Infinite Universe LP... KITE SONGBy Yoko OnoI FLEW A KITE, I HELD ON TIGHT TO ITS STRING.EACH TIME I GO ANYWHERE, I HELD ON TIGHT.IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT I WOKE UP IN FRIGHT…

  • Does anyone REALLY believe Kenneth Lay had NO idea what was going on at Enron?!?

  • Why is it that a man who's older and has grey hair is distinguished, while a woman is considered to be old?!? I've been thinking about this all day today, based on a conversation with a friend last night. I can't speak…

  • Thanks to TheHorseYouRode for the reminder that Lyle Lovett is one of the most awesome musicians EVER (and seems like a very nice guy, to boot)! Julia, what WERE you thinking?!?......

  • haver (HAY-vuhr) verb intr...To vacillate...[Of uncertain origin.]...In Hebrew, "haver" is a friend or companion... In Scotland and Northern England, it means to talk nonsense..."British lag behind again in race to fill …

  • Synchronicity works in strange ways...I left a comment on Dija 's site after she complained about hot weather Down Under (I said I'd trade cold Northern Hemisphere weather for hers)...then found the following quote... "…

  • And speaking of Valentine's Day...I'd like to thank my wife for putting up with me in spite of my faults. How she manages to do this, I'll never understand...but I'm glad she does!....

  • Happy Vee Day to one and all....and it seems that my Xanga match, according to cynthia , is Fuego_de_Noche ....

  • nitid (NIT-id) adjective...Bright; shining; glossy...From Latin nitidus (shining), from nitere (to shine).]...Etymologically speaking, the word "neat" is a cousin of today's word..."The last rays of the sun linger, hangi…

  • Last night, while on my way home from work, I heard tracks from the new Pat Metheny CD. Pat is one of those rare phenomenons who's not only a HUGELY talented guitarist, but also writes stunningly beautiful material. He…

  • fetor (FEE-tuhr) noun, also foetor...A strong offensive odor; stench...[From Latin fetor, from fetere (to stink).]..."Just imagine yourself trying to pick out fresh fruit while your olfactory nerve is bombarded with the …

  • If you go to the main Xanga page and just start browsing the newly updated sites section...you start to realize how HUGE this blogging thing is! And how it's all one community overall, but contains a whole variety of su…

  • apodictic (ap-uh-DIK-tik) adjective, also apodeictic...Demonstrably true...[From Latin apodicticus, from Greek apodeiktikos, from apodeiknynai (to demonstrate), from apo- + deiknynai (to show).]..."The very best philosop…

  • Contrived-junk-email-name-du-jour......HUGH BETCHA...

  • If you (or I) were somehow able to get EVERY person you (or I) subscribe to on Xanga in one huge room...would it be a party?...fight?...orgy?...none or all of the above?...or something completely different?...

  • I wonder if I was my own 1,000th visitor?

  • I'm going to follow a suggestion that Sada made awhile back...I will post the AWordADay word, keep track of them, and then write a story around them......so without further ado... eximious (eg-ZIM-ee-uhs) adjective...Ex…

  • .....and Sunday was largely the same as Saturday this weekend!...well, I DID have to take the daughter unit's car for an oil change....and I volunteered to go get ice cream when that was called for at 9:30....but other t…

  • This was basically a lazy day, and I only did what I WANTED to do.......

  • Ben Sidran-Live At The Celebrity Lounge...Ry Cooder-Get Rhythm...Johnny Nicholas-Thrill On The Hill...Larry Carlton-Last Nite........all live recordings except #2....this afternoon's CD list.....

  • This post is dedicated to the guy on I-75 South at about 7:45am today in the brown Ford Explorer, Michigan plate number 3AT 9AV or something like that......driving RIGHT up behind me so it looks like your fucking grille …

  • CD's I played today so far: Gene Harris-Best of the Concord Years (CD #1)...Donald Harrison-Nouveau Swing...(yesterday I had The Very Best of Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Ronnie Earl, and CD #2 of Gene H...) C…

  • More utterly useless but fascinating trivia... The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married. A duck's quack doesn't e…

  • If a person's hired to do a job, and that person does the job WELL...why does it matter if it's a man or a woman DOING the job?!?

  • How often do you find that you add someone to your SIR list, take them off for whatever reason, and then add them to it again?...

  • Useful trivia???.... It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit. Between 1937 and 1945 Heinz produced a version of Alphabet Spaghetti especially for the Ge…

  • A kindergarten pupil told his teacher he'd found a cat. She asked him if it was dead or alive. "Dead.", she was informed. "How do you know?" she asked her pupil. "Because I pissed in its ear and it didn't move," ans…

  • Quotes about learning... "Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance." - Confucius"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts." - John Wooden"You can teach a student a lesson for a day;but if y…

  • Keyboards player Peter Bardens died in LA on January 22nd, 2002. Of cancer. He was a former member of one of my very favorite progressive-rock bands, Camel. I first heard them in 1973, when I was 17. I hung around an…

  • Just because I feel like posting them, lyrics to one of my favorite Marshall Crenshaw songs. (It's also very descriptive of my wife....) Cynical Girl Well I'm goin' out I'm goin' out lookin' f…

  • Alice Cooper is 54 years old today (Clint Black and Rosa Parks have birthdays today too). Let's get back to Alice. He's representative of the state of rock n'roll today. This is a guy who was HUGE when I was in my …

  • When I grow up, I want to be a music mogul of an independent CD/cassette label, recording and selling and promoting music I love. Either that, or a publisher/writer. These 2 statements should be telling me something...…

  • Those readers of this site in The Middle Years of Life *ahem*...go to Sada 's site and read her latest post.....

  • I haven't posted any quotes in awhile....the following are all about comedy... "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall down an open manhole cover and die." - Mel Brooks"In the end, everything …

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