Month: November 2007
No Podcast
I won’t have a podcast this week because I have had trouble lining up a guest. I had one kind of lined up, but the e-mail exchange seems to have died. I’ll keep trying. I am working on another one…
ITEOTWAWKI: Three Years and Counting
Last week marked three years since I have seen R.E.M. play live. On the “Around the Sun” tour, I headed up to New Jersey and caught them at The Borgata because the D.C. date two days later just wasn’t that…
You Reap What You Sow
When the news about “Kid Nation” started to come out around its September premiere, one of the items always mentioned was a complaint filed by Janis Miles, a Georgia mother, alleging child abuse on the set of the reality show….
Peanut Butter Jelly Time
I came home the other day to an empty house. Maria had not yet returned from dropping Bridget off at her Brownie meeting so I had some time to relax before I ate. Two nights a week, I have to…
I Accept the Challenge
I remember going out to breakfast at like 3 in the morning once in college. One place had a huge breakfast special that I hadn’t seen anyone ever finish. I mentioned this, and my one friend Edge – who was…