I’ve got a song in my heart. Or something.
On Friday night, I watched the movie adaptation of the musical Cats. A great deal of the Internet has already made fun of this psychedelic oddity of a film adaptation, but I actually kind of loved it....
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On Friday, I tripped on a curb and wiped out pretty hard. I am ok; I am scraped and sore, but not permanently injured. I didn’t see that there was a curb there, and by the time I realized something was...
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Memories of Chris, ten years later.
I realized while going through the remnants of my old blog that it’s been ten years since Chris passed away. I’ve outlived a great many friends and loved ones, and some people leave more of a mark on...
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Unanswered Questions, or an amnesty on polite-but-late inquiries.
During a recent group conversation on social media, a group of my friends decided to exchange non-Internet contact info in case of emergencies. After phone numbers and other details were swapped...
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Music History: Firsts
I love music. This may be the most understated thing I will say all year. Long-time readers of this blog probably figured out a long time ago that most of my non-work trips start with me going, “Ooh,...
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There’s No Place Like “Home”
Last week, I found round trip airfare from Orlando to Atlanta for this year’s Dragon Con for only $136. I posted it to BookFace, saying something like, “The moment when you spot an INSANELY good rate...
View ArticleThat German Thing
Two years ago, in February of 2018, I went to a family wedding in Naples, Florida. My family is large and friendly, and any time a lot of us are in one place, we talk up a storm. At one point during...
View ArticleMusic History*: Notes (both Major and Minor) from my childhood
As far back as I can remember, I’ve always liked comic books. When I was growing up, there were always comics around- old tales of the Green Lantern Corps, silver-age Superman stories with Jimmy Olsen,...
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Willie Dixon's Blues Heaven Foundation
Last April, I was in Chicago for a few days and I had a chance to swing by one of the holy places of music: Chess Records. To be more accurate, I visited Willie Dixon’s Blues Heaven Foundation, which...
View ArticleMy favorite tech news story of all time.
Given how terrible the news has been lately, I thought it would be fun to circle back to my favorite tech news story of all time. (04/09/01, 4:28 p.m. ET) – The University of North Carolina has...
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That Ten Albums Meme
For a while now, I’ve been seeing a meme popping up on BookFace and other social media: List 10 albums that made a lasting impression on you as a TEENAGER, but only one per band/artist. This came up...
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61.
I was thinking about a party my parents had when I was a tiny, tiny person, in the house we lived in until I was seventeen. The second house I have any memories of was in a neighborhood called Florida...
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On being alone.
Over the last two weeks, my social calendar has thinned out a lot. Everyone is trying to stop the rapid spread of Covid-19, and social distancing is super important for that. In my area, there’s a...
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All this data will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
Last night, about an hour after I finished working a longer than average Monday shift, I opened up Plex to finish watching an episode of Night Court that I had started the day before, and I waited. I...
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The sixth stage is lunacy.
Happy Rex Manning Day, everyone! I was supposed to be in Washington DC right now. I had the hotel and airfare booked. I was going to work from DC for the week, and hang out in various neighborhoods to...
View ArticleAncient Ruminations on London
I have been slowly going through the old posts on my ancient LiveJournal, deleting most and saving some as pdf. There are a few, the rarest of posts, that are worth preserving, so I’ve been adapting...
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The London Film Museum
My previous post about London led to a conversation with a friend about London, and I wanted to look at the pictures I posted in my blog post about the London Film Museum. When I went to look for the...
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State of the Steven
I did it again. I mentioned my upcoming move in an offhanded comment on Heather’s blog, and she said, “And does this mean you’ve made a decision?? Spill!” One again, I was absolutely certain that I...
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This weekend, in Titusville.
Despite living in South Florida for most of my life, I never managed to drive up to Cape Canaveral for a shuttle launch. When I saw that SpaceX and NASA were launching astronauts into space from...
View ArticleAir Travel Lessons from the Pandemic
When it comes to my trips, I’m a planner. I’ve gone on at length in other posts about the way that I approach new cities and the way I plan out my trips. The experiences of the last three months have...
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