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louder than words update
The t-shirts just arrived and they look mah-velous! They will be available this Saturday for $15. Cheap! Don’t sleep. Met with Eric and Helen over lunch earlier today to hash out the format and came out with some great ideas as well as identifying some potential pitfalls to avoid. I’ve gone from nervous and excited
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What’s next?
Y-A-W-N!!! Monday night out and a 3-hour meeting starting at 8am don’t mix. Hit 13 for the first time in months (lost track but it’s at least six) and had an…ah, interesting night. Always good to see Maureen who kept my glass so full that I actually had to pace myself for once. Early morning
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Pumpkin Seeds: 3/22/2004
1. 3-day weekends that become 4-day weekends due to nasty viruses suck. 2. Crazy Wilson is my new [South] American Idol. 3. I don’t remember the circus being such a musical production. Other than the lions and horses (booooooorrrrrrring!), though, it was a pretty exciting show. Especially the daredevilly stuff. 4. Ringmaster Kevin Venardos quite
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What? You thought I wouldn’t come back hard? 😉 PS: No, that’s not me. It may be winter but I’m not that light! Or hairy.
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Puke-a-rama 2004: The Germans Strike Back!!! Ah yes, another sleepless night of random vomiting. The dark side of day care. India handed off the baton to Isaac around 2:30am and the fun continued til 6am. Isaac threw in an epilogue at 8am and it’s been pretty quiet since. He’s running a 101 fever, though. Limerick
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“This land is your land…” Tenn. county wants to charge homosexuals By Associated Press, Wednesday, March 17, 2004 DAYTON, Tenn. – The county that was the site of the Scopes “Monkey Trial” over the teaching of evolution is asking lawmakers to amend state law so the county can charge homosexuals with crimes against nature. The
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louder than words update: Got the go-ahead from Bob to proceed with Plan A. Also found out that I’ll be on the cover of their next calendar! Decided to hit Urbana for the Billy Collins/Limerick Slam show on Thursday to do some promo, even though the $20 cover really stings! louder than words is a
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No such thing as a just war
Another hopeful sign… Soldier who refused to return to Iraq to surrender in North Miami By Erik Schelzig, Associated Press NORTH MIAMI, Fla. (AP) Shaken by a gunfight in Iraq that killed innocent civilians, a 28-year-old U.S. soldier declared the invasion ”an oil-driven war” and said he won’t return to the Middle East and fight.
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A sense of naked helplessness
I rarely give a conscious thought to the possibility of being caught up in a terrorist attack, fully accepting the likelihood that NYC remains a target and at some point in the future, another attack will come. Other than crawling under a rock or moving to North Dakota, there’s really no other option and, to