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My Own Hell to Raise
Bettye Lavette’s I’ve Got My Own Hell to Raise came out back in 2005, but it’s been stuck on repeat mode in my home office for the last few days. (Not literally stuck, of course – it’s all digital now, and I could change it if I want, but can’t bring myself to). Bettye’s been…
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Permapuppy
From a promo for Michael Crichton’s Next comes this ad, featuring a cavalier king charles spaniel (we have two at our house just like this one): You can find this and related products at the NextGenCode website.
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Wish I could have been there
A long time ago I had a client in New Haven, and spent a fair amount of time there – walking by the New Haven Colliseum on the way from the train into town. I wish I could have been there for this:
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Austin, via Houston, via Memphis, via Boston . . .
I’m visiting the new Optaros office in Austin this week. Who knew it could be so challenging to get between two major US cities? There was really no direct flight that was going to make this easy.
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Terminal A, Logan Airport, Thursday Night, 9:45pm
Testing out the “Sepia” function in the camera phone in my Samsung i607 (Cingular Blackjack).
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Manna Vegetarian Cafe, Cincinnati
Had a great lunch at Manna Vegetarian Deli in downtown Cincinnati. (map)
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Eating Vegan at the Westin Cincinnati
So I’m in Cincinnati, Ohio, this week for work. (map) I flew in Tuesday night. After the “Northern Kentucky Regional Airport” and their no cabs without first getting a taxi request slip from the desk inside the airport – which took me a few minutes to figure out, and a $25 cab ride into Cincinnati,…
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Podcast Favorites – Coverville
It’s not exactly an obscure podcast, and it won’t win me any Indie cred, but it was one of the first I subscribed to and actually listened to on a regular basis: Brian Ibbott’s Coverville.
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This time with feeling
Alright, let’s try this one again. I started tried to start two blogs at once back in May of 2006 – this one, and Open Parenthesis. I did pretty well on Open Parenthesis – not trying to do multiple posts-per-day or anything, but at least it is a real live blog. This one’s been dead…
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Nouvelle Vague on World Cafe
B(oot)log posted Mp3’s this weekend of a session Nouvelle Vague did on World Cafe last November. If you haven’t heard Nouvelle Vague you should definitely check it out. Their latest album, Bande à Part, is due out June 12th. On that album, they cover (among others) New Order’s “Blue Monday.” While I like all of…