A quick, amusing read

I recently finished a little book titled Free-Range Chickens by a guy named Simon Rich.  I’d never heard of it before it popped up as a free offering from Amazon for Kindle users.  I like free, so I nabbed it. 
The editorial reviews on Amazon say Rich is a writer for Saturday Night Live.  That [...]

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The season of giving.

I normally don’t make New Year’s resolutions.  But in the past few weeks I’ve already been working on a resolution of sorts:  get rid of lots of stuff.  Call it a spiritual quest or just an organizational one.  There’s a bit of each motivating me.
Either way, my wife and I decided long ago that we [...]

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If there were truth in advertising

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Monday tidbits

Check your local listings.  Radio and podcasting’s Spike Nesmith has recorded a Christmas special and it should be available for download at his site a few days before Christmas.  Those of you subscribed to his podcast have already received the trailer for the show.  If you aren’t subscribed, follow that link for a sample.
Spike let [...]

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Wii wish you a merry Christmas

A couple of months ago I mentioned in passing that I was losing interest in video games.  That brief comment elicited more reaction from readers than almost anything I’ve written since.  Odd.
But while lamenting my apparent declining passion for the hobby I’ve loved since I was a kid, I admitted that something might come along [...]

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Christmas songs that should never be played again. Ever.

I love Christmas.  I love Christmas music.  I’ve spent a lifetime collecting Christmas tunes of all types — crooners, reggae, jazz, blues, rock, big band, classical, and even heavy metal.  Back before the great iPod wipe of ‘08 I had hundreds of Christmas tunes on my iPod ready to be played whenever the mood struck [...]

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"Real Office Heroes" gets Spiked again.

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Thanks, Spike.

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