August 2005

Begun, the iPod war has…

August 31, 2005

I got this idea from . It sounds like fun. Or, at least, it sounds like a way to be elitist and snobby, and we love that! Here’s how this will work: you hit shuffle on your iPod, write down the first 10 songs you come up with, and submit them here as a comment [...]

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This amused me

August 30, 2005

A message in my Flickr inbox:

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Real worlding at the real work

August 30, 2005

Phillip: – dial into the meeting Matt: – yes, I am here Phillip: – ahso Matt: – who you calling an “ahso”?

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Dreams…

August 29, 2005

So I had a dream on Thursday night night that Brian posted a blog update from their honeymoon. It included a video of Tracy on a motorcycle, which was playing while I was reading the blog – the motorcycle was a “demo” one that was stationary, and Tracy was just going side to side on [...]

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Whiny swing dancers, revisited

August 29, 2005

Swing dancers are a lot like slashdotters sometimes. They keep forgetting that what is important to 1% of them doesn’t matter to fifty gajillion other people

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Cubs notes

August 28, 2005

I’m really tired, so I’m not going to post much about this – full recap and thoughts later. But for now, some quick notes (mostly for myself for later) on the Cubs game/Ryne Sandberg jersey retirement ceremony. Fans chanting “Santo! Santo!’ when the President of the Hall of Fame was speaking about Cubs in the [...]

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Retiring Ryno

August 28, 2005

A Picture Share! Originally uploaded by mugsy1274. Here at Wrigley Field for the retiring of Ryne Sandberg’s number, #23. If you look carefully, you can see the huge sign in the bleachers for him. The Cubs went on to beat the Marlins 14-3, with a huge 8-run 7th inning immediately after Ryno led the seventh [...]

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