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• 12.10.03
  What’s this? An ever so
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  What's this? An ever so slight lightening of the gloom? A slight stirring of the soul? No. But wait, yes, there's something there. I think I can almost see the end of this two-month spell of working like crazy people to get ready for Christmas. Almost. Nikki's task list is suddenly only two pages long, 6 point, double-sided, instead of 10 pages long. I'm getting ready to do some real painting in the basement (unlike the fake painting I have been doing so far), the Christmas decorations are done, Jordy's room is almost done to Nikki's ...
  
  
• 12.05.03
  A nice little postscript to
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  A nice little postscript to my post of a little while ago. This is from the liner notes on "Nashville Skyline", a Bob Dylan album of country songs, on which Johnny Cash was a guest artist. "Of Bob Dylan" There are those who do not imitate, Who cannot imitate But then there are those who emulate At times, to expand further the light Of an original glow. Knowing that to imitate the living Is mockery And to imitate the dead Is robbery There are those Who are beings complete unto themselves Whole, undaunted,-a source As leaves of grass, as stars As mountains, alike, alike, alike, Yet unalike Each is complete and contained And as each unalike star shines Each ray ...
  
  
• 12.03.03
  Ahh good times. Spent four
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  Ahh good times. Spent four hours painting the basement last night, so tired I slept in, made the whole house late, didn't get to work until 9:40 this morning. So, naturally I feel like a million bucks. It reminds me of Arlo Guthrie's lyric on Alice's Restaurant. "I went down to get my physical examination one day, and I walked in, I sat down, got good and drunk the night before, so I looked and felt my best when I went in that morning." Except that I didn't have a thing to drink. Somewhat depressing. Anyway, that's life. Having some infrastructure problems at home, ...
  
  
• 11.28.03
  Keen readers of this blog
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  Keen readers of this blog (which is sporting a new name today, both of you will notice) will know I have been on a reading binge lately that focusses on musical heroes of mine. I have been reading biographies of the normal and the auto variety. There were two different Dylan books, a Stompin' Tom book, and most recently I finished reading Johnny Cash's autobiography, I think it was just called "Cash". It was written and published sometime in 1997 I think. I'm a casual fan of his, I enjoy most of what I hear but I will ...
  
  
• 11.24.03
  My my, time flies when
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  My my, time flies when you're nuts. What's new folks? Well I'll tell you what's new. We put a major bee on this month to get the basement drywalled. I have Robbie and Kyle to thank for that, they did the heavy lifting for scrawny old me to run the drill. Much appreciated, and you guys know you banked a big favour there. As a matter of fact the mud/tape guy just started working in the basement today to finish it all off this week, with luck. Very exciting. Well, it is for me. Also, Nikki and ...
  
  
• 11.12.03
  This might not offer Ali
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  This might not offer Ali anything in the way of solace, but it is interesting. Here's something to make you gaze in wonder a little more at the depths of decay in advertising, and the interesting things that people will believe if told properly. In case you haven't caught it yet, Kentucky Fried Chicken is running a new set of ads that promote how healthy fried chicken is for you. They do this with a completely straight face, and the tag line includes some facts about fat content, or some other number to make it sound official. Slate has a ...
  
  

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