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Entries from March 2005

Heaven Can Wait

March 31st, 2005 · 8 Comments

Last night’s new episode of South Park was the funniest one in a long time. I laughed myself sick. Any episode that combines a Kenny-centric story, the Sony PSP, the plot of Ender’s Game (or maybe Last Starfighter), the Terri Schiavo debate, the war between Heaven and Hell, Lord of the Rings, “Best [...]

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Tags: Television

Local Award Season

March 30th, 2005 · Comments Off

Our local alternative weekly Westword came out with its annual Best of Denver issue last week. A CD by one of the bands my brother-in-law Glen plays bass with, Wanker, got the award for Best Audio Alternative to a Handful of Vaseline. I wish the webpage showed the accompanying cartoon, which took up [...]

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Tags: Music · Personal · Television

Awds and Ehnds

March 27th, 2005 · Comments Off

Synchronicity: As soon as I write an entry about a Bed & Breakfast Inn in an urban area of Denver, the Denver Post goes ahead and publishes an article about Denver B&Bs. Among other things, it says that only 18% of B&Bs are in urban areas, and that the urban ones have mostly business [...]

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Tags: Comic Books & Strips · General · Movies · Video Games

Midnight Madness

March 24th, 2005 · 4 Comments

I was out tonight at midnight, just so I could be one of the first to pick one of these up. It’s very cool. Can’t play with it though - must sleep so I can go to work tomorrow. Darn work!
Latre.

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Tags: Video Games

Romantic Getaways in Hell

March 22nd, 2005 · 3 Comments

One way that keeping this blog has changed my life is that it has taught me to be more observant. I’m constantly in need of fodder to write about, so I’m always on the lookout for strange events, odd people, and unusual juxtapositions. Whereas I always used to look down and keep to [...]

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Tags: General

…The Trouble I’ve Seen

March 20th, 2005 · Comments Off

I’m giving Nobody Knows a one on the Nod-O-Meter, but I think that says more about my ability to concentrate on a movie these days than it does about how sleep-inducing this somewhat flawed movie is or is not.

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Tags: Movies