From the monthly archives:

December 2003

Rude Oaf, the Red-Nosed Wino

12.30.2003

okay, I might have arranged this just a little You know how you’ll go for a month with nothing going on, and then three good bands all play on the same night? It’s the same thing with end-of-the-year parties. We need to spread them out a bit more, people. I’m going to have my holiday [...]

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It’s All About the Mash

12.26.2003

When I bought my house five years ago I was overcome with a wave of domesticity that manifested itself in the purchase of design magazines and painting the rooms a variety of colors with silly names (“Spring Sprout” and “Madder Carmine”), most of which I do not regret. One issue of House & Garden had [...]

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The Pride of Wensleydale

12.24.2003

photo lovingly yoinked from and © 2001 Red Snapper Photography I spent the Christmas of 1984 and 1986 with my parents in Bainbridge, North Yorkshire at the Rose & Crown, a 500-year old hotel with lots of history, lots of drafts, and nary a plumb line in the place (and it totally wigs me out [...]

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The Loneliness of the Karaoke DJ

12.23.2003

Gotta keep the crowd happy. Gotta get ‘em up on their feet. I am a professional entertainer. I am a professional entertainer. I am a professional entertainer. And all this equipment ain’t gonna pay for itself. What the hell is wrong with these people? I have never seen a crowd that didn’t react to “Who [...]

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Peevish

12.22.2003

I don’t think I need to say anything clever here to establish that lots of little things tick me off, do I? Good. Here’s one that really frosts my oatmeal, or whatever. People don’t pay attention. Several months ago, after my car had been hit-and-ran from, I was spending a lot of time on the [...]

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What’s On in Belper

12.21.2003

the Strutt Memorial on the Market Place, Belper The holiday season is truly upon us, and the residents of Belper are getting ready to enjoy a traditional Derbyshire Christmas. Let’s check in and see What’s On in Belper. On December 12th, the Concert for Yuletide drew a festive crowd to St. Peter’s Church to hear [...]

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Zen and Powerlessness

12.18.2003

Phil Marsupialtuxedo has a blog now, which is nice, since he had started to blogjack other people’s via their comments, and something was going to have to be done about it. In a previous entry he mentioned he would be writing his one-year reminiscences of the big ice storm that shut down the Triangle, most [...]

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I Guess I’m Just a Perfectionist Workaholic Who Doesn’t Know the Meaning of the Word “Can’t”

12.17.2003

maybe I should have worn the plain blouse I was feeling normal enough today to go out for more unguents and elixirs of the cough-suppression variety, although I’m sure I looked pretty rough, judging by the number of people who let me have an aisle to myself in Harris Teeter. However it didn’t deter one [...]

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I’m Hot Blooded, Check It and See

12.16.2003

I’ve got a fever of 103. Well, I did Sunday night. Twelve hours later my temperature was 96, and I don’t know which is worse. But don’t worry, it’s just bronchitis, and it’ll go away in a few days. How do I know? Because I’ve had it every year for the last ten. And no, [...]

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This Post Cost $20.18

12.15.2003

hot pilgrim’s chick Friday I had lunch with an old friend and colleague at a restaurant in Lake Boone Shopping Center in Raleigh. Lake Boone is one of those strip malls that isn’t sure if it’s on the way up or on the way down. An argument for the latter would be the presence of [...]

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