There is a possibility that I am becoming obsessed about food. My guest post for The Greenists is about food. Again. Still, I think it is pretty good so you should go and check it out.
The research for this one freaked me out a little bit. I try to trudge through life looking pretty much right [...]
Archive for 2009
I bide my time kicking up the sand
Who mistook the steak for chicken?
A couple of weeks ago I was cooking dinner, as I do most nights. We were having some sort of chicken dish and the recipe called for 250g (~1/2 lb) of chicken breast. I wandered over to the refrigerator, pulled out the twin pack of chicken breasts that Dr. O’C had picked up at the [...]
I’m no philosopher. I am no poet.
Nor much of a writer either. I’ve spent a couple of days trying, and failing, to figure out the best way to write about what was a wonderful weekend. I’ve given up. And decided to let my handy little point and shoot, which spent the weekend in my pocket, tell you instead.
Friday:
Boy Z came to ‘work’ with [...]
I see sickness again, coming in floods
I haven’t talked much about the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party this year. Especially when one considers that, as October wound down last year, I dedicated an entire week to a diatribe of loathing against the University of Florida. I invited the enemy into my bosom to speak in favor of his loathsome, repitilian team. [...]
I was always told that you have to have the balls to break down, now I’m older I’m not too sure
29 Oct 2009 at 22:20
A Free Man
A Life In Music, Australia, British Artists, Dr. O'C, Music, parenting
This week has been a grueling battle over sleep. On one side, two exhausted parents. On the other, two young boys to whom going to bed is tantamount to defeat. More than once during the hostilities, both Dr. O’C and I have daydreamed about the halcyon days before we had kids. The quiet, the leisurely [...]
Gomez "78 Stone Wobble" [4:22m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Gomez "Little Pieces" [3:24m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadCongratulations to me, many happy returns
I’m finally starting to get the odd smile from this young fellow. And vice versa. I feel like we’re starting to make friends.
Time is tight as the semester comes roaring to an end and I’ve used up all my blogging time talking shit over at The Greenists. Quite literally. Enjoy.
I hope to be back toward [...]
He’s usually really wired on that cheap trucker speed
Back in my late teens and early twenties I had a particular fondness for White Crosses, the little bronchodilater pills that one could by legally at gas stations all over the country. They were ephedrine tablets, designed for folks with asthma but used with great gusto by dieters and for recreational purposed. And also by long [...]
They tell me that you are going away, what makes you want to leave?
I’m here only tentatively. Peeking shyly from around the corner. Trying to build up the courage to join the crowd in the center of the dance floor doing the Soulja Boy or whatever the kids are doing in the center of the dance floor these days.
Reminds me of Junior High School dances.
I’m not being coy. [...]
Del McCoury, Doc Watson and Mac Wiseman "Live and Let Live" [3:13m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadColors inside your head go spinning around like a ferris wheel
Quiet. It is going to be fairly quiet around these parts for a while. I’m under water at work. Learning new subjects, new course delivery methods, new software. Exam time approaches rapidly…
Actually, that is all kind of crap. I am busy, that’s true. But I’ve always been able to find time at the end of [...]
Game Day: Goodbye you suckers and steady bad luckers
I think I was far too gentlemanly the other day. In the time since Here in Franklin’s guest post went up, I’ve had some time to reflect on the Tennessee Volunteers and their fans. I said that it had been a long time since the bad old 90’s when the Georgia Bulldogs played the role [...]
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