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Entries from December 2007

Tarheels ASSEMBLE!

December 27th, 2007 · 2 Comments

I’m pretty excited about my first (and perhaps only) chance to see the Tarheels in action at the Dean Dome tonight. The opponent du jour (Nevada) is beside the point–they’ll get crushed into oblivion, cheerleaders will cheer, girls will swoon, Roy will cut a debonair figure despite another disturbing choice in necktie (not [...]

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Tags: Sports

Single-malt Glen Livet, Glen Garry perhaps…any Glen will do

December 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

I didn’t really understand what Mike McD was talking about when I first saw Swingers at age 18 (I pine for those salad days of yore). Back then, my taste in alcohol didn’t get much more sophisticated than the occasional Milwaukee’s Best (”don’t mess around with that Ice crap, Beast is the original and best”). [...]

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Tags: Culture Commentary

When brothers compete, the public wins

December 14th, 2007 · 3 Comments

The brothers Gill now have separate versions of Song of the Day. Grant’s feature-rich (not to mention regularly updated) implementation goes toe to toe with John’s minimalist design in a battle royale of musical and stylistic taste. Darwin would be proud.

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Tags: Music

I’ll draw their fire!

December 14th, 2007 · No Comments

One of my favorite movies of all time is “Back to the Future”. Robert Zemeckis’s masterpiece has everything you could want in a movie:
Suspense

Great music

Great soundtrack

International Intrigue

Triumph over the bully

Innocent Seductress

All this plus the never ending supply of great quotes. I would wager (on the conservative side) that I use at least two Back to [...]

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Tags: Movies

Playing with fire

December 7th, 2007 · No Comments

I’ve been out of college for a little over two years now. For about half a year just after college I worked at Chili’s, which sucked. This was due mostly to the fact that I wasn’t a good waiter. I have a terrible short term memory and a complete lack of desire to sell [...]

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Tags: Finance