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This took me back. This took me aback. Last post I wrote about how I've (somehow) started enjoying the process of mowing my lawn. Ye...

Aw man. It's always hard to go from vacation mode to work mode. Being a Midwesterner, it was a shock to my system to see so much sun ...

Kevin Mcallister must have been an anti-social nerd. I realize that this stance on Home Alone sounds harsh, but hear me out. As is the a...

Did you guys know Juliette Lewis was in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation ? That still weirds me out whenever I see that holiday...

So yesterday I extolled the virtues of the Futurama episode Xmas Story. Huge fan, I'm all about it. It was a game changer, for sure. Th...

Evening, kids. How about a trip down memory lane? After all, hasn't that become a de facto theme to this site? I breakdown something ...

Moving right through the week.   Just a short bit today, very full life and schedule. Lots of obligations. I've got many debts to k...

What's good? I'm heading out to what will be the first of a slew of holiday parties tonight. I mean, the first of the season. No ...

There it is.   There's no knowing if it will last for an extended duration, but the first legitimate snow of the season sneaked in last...

Man. Crazy day. Busy stuff. One of those days that sees you just trying to keep up with whatever comes down the pike, not just trying to ...

Evening, all.   These cold, dreary days that linger between the fall and winter, but existing completely in neither, get me to thinking abo...

What's up, gang? So tomorrow is the big day. We move out after four years in the same condo in Uptown. As crazy excited as I am for t...

Look, I'm not even going to beat around the bush on this one. You need to listen to Tricky's first release, Maxinquaye . It not o...

I suppose this could have been written a decade ago. Previous posts have explored the idea of the futility of discovering music in a so...

Sometimes these posts are just as much about taking something back from the ether as they are about spreading love. Allow me to clarify....

No bones about it. Fall is here and making way for that dreaded sequential terror. The W word. It's lurking just around the bend. The...