November 2011
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“I hit the switch, lowering the windows, and saw mountains reared near Mexico,...”
– Don DeLillo, Underworld
Nov 30th
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Nov 30th
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“Sometimes I see something so moving I know I’m not supposed to linger. ...”
– Don DeLillo, Underworld
Nov 30th
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Hospital Ships on NPR. 
Nov 30th
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Paste's 50 Best Albums of 2011 →
Nov 29th
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Nov 29th
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Nov 29th
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Gabriel Kahane on NPR. 
Nov 29th
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Nov 28th
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Wall E. is the harbinger of everything
There was this headline on BBC News today: “Toilet gaming technology targets urinal boredom”.  They are putting games on the backs of urinals so that we can be occupied while we pee.  This doesn’t need much commentary, does it?  But I just noticed that before my housemate alerted me to this tag on the internet, I had done three things: 1. Closed my laptop. 2. Set an alarm on...
Nov 28th
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Nov 28th
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Guardian's Best Books of 2011 →
Nov 28th
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Nov 28th
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Nov 28th
organization
I added a tab over to the left of this page called “Writings”. This is a way for me and whoever else that might care to find written words of mine a little easier.  Possible other tabs to follow such as “Photos that are not stolen off the web” and “Music videos of bands that I hope will impress you”. Maybe even “Assorted Sundries”. 
Nov 27th
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Nov 27th
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A short Thanksgiving video to family and friends. 
Nov 24th
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giving thanks
Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action. ~W.J. Cameron   We would take off our helmets in the hot August sun and watch the steam rise off our heads.  Georgia summers would persist to a height in August when we did our two-a-day practices back in the late 90’s. It was high school and we thought we knew the world and ourselves because we had newly minted driver’s licenses and hand-me-down...
Nov 24th
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Maybe my favorite.  Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile. 
Nov 23rd
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Nov 23rd
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Nov 23rd
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Nov 23rd
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Nov 22nd
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Nov 22nd
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Nov 21st
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“O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness.”
– William Shakespeare
Nov 21st
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Nov 21st
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Nov 20th
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Jens Lekman on NPR.  I really like this guy’s sound. And he’s Swedish. Love those Swedes. 
Nov 20th
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Nov 19th
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Nov 18th
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Nov 18th
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“People will show you who they are, but we ignore it because we want them to be...”
– Don Draper
Nov 18th
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Nov 18th
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Nov 18th
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Nov 18th
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A documented journey through the Pyrenees, by Guillermo Acín. 
Nov 18th
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Nov 17th
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Nov 17th
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Weekend Away Wrap-Up: “This is in no way an abomination”. 
Nov 17th
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