new best buy commercial

… with the singing employees, singing a awful version of “Jingle Bells” puts new speed to my “muting” abilities.
It’s not possible to listen to that more than 2 seconds.

Rodrigo y Gabriela

… I’m listening to their self-titled album right now and waiting for their newest album 11:11, which I requested the library to purchase. I hope they do because I totally love this music.
I wish I could play the guitar.

flycatcher

Problems with flys?
Forget your everyday flyswatters! What you need is a flycatcher!
She doesn’t just kill those pesky flies, she hunts them down! Snatches them from the air! And eats them.
All flies will fear her name!
… Aggie has become quite the fly hunter. It’s hilarious to watch her chase them down so eagerly. Sometimes she misjudges, [...]

packing

There is nothing like moving to help you want to thin out all the crap that you’ve accumulated over the years. Maybe that’s why I seem to do it every few years…
People that know me pretty well, would be amazed at how ruthless I’ve been in chucking through my book collection. I’ve been selling on [...]

nerds

There was a great program today on “To the Best of our Knowledge”, a radio program I like to listen to on NPR. “Nerds are an easy target for humor in movies and on TV… with their thick black glasses, hopelessly out-of-fashion clothes, and over-enunciated diction. But there’s a dark side to nerds. In this [...]

advancing techonology

… well, for me anyway.
I’ve finally got Internet access at my home. I think this is the first time in like, 7 years or so. I can’t really remember.
I hope that this will help me get my stuff together for grad school and enable me to take some classes from home, so that it won’t [...]

winnowing; chaff from grain

I’ve seen this coming too, but have not been able to say it as well as Michael Spencer in this essay.
Make sure you read the whole thing.
www.csmonitor.com/2009/0310/p09s01-coop.html

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