June 2008
38 posts
Wife doesn’t want to watch hockey or baseball, so we’ll watch The Wire instead. Tivoing the Cup to watch later.
Stupid weather is preventing me from watching the Stanley Cup.
At the Sun Ray shopping center, watching the storm come in. What happened to our perfect day?
May 2008
87 posts
Back from an awesome brunch of Blueberry Waffles at the Longfellow Grill. Should mow the lawn, but want to sleep.
Wearing a suit, off to St. Paul for a Gala my wife has been planning for a year. Looking forward to six hours from now.
At the Twins game in KC. I love outdoor baseball.
You know you’re in the south when they play Garth Brooks at the baseball game. ugh.
Listening to KEXP and working from the Panera in Independence, MO. Raining outside, but should be another hot and muggy day. I miss Mpls.
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Atmosphere
Elbow
The Mountain Goats
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Death Cab for Cutie
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Listening to Kitchen Confidential while driving through northern Missouri. Bourdain makes me so happy.
Stupid DVR cut out before today’s Champions League final ended. Wish i could watch the damn thing online.
Bought an Apple TV yesterday, now I just need an HDTV and we’ll be set to cancel cable.
Holy crap, Bon Iver on last night’s season ending House. And at the most emotional part of the episode.
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Welcome to The Four Firkins!: Minnesota’s very first specialty beer store opens this weekend in Saint Louis Park! (via)
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SNL Digital Short: Japanese Office
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Culture Bully: Why Jason Lewis is Wrong About Hip Hop Arts Programs in Schools: Lewis claimed that Lee’s work with sixth graders at Lake Junior High, which included helping them write…
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Fist Bumping Rules: 5. No fist bumping between the hours of 7am and 10am. And if you’re watching sports at this time, it’s probably soccer or NASCAR, and then you should really not be fist…
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Flickr: Barack Obama visits Waterfront Park - Wow, that’s a whole lot of people
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This American Life Ep 355: The Giant Pool of Money: A special program about the housing crisis produced in a special collaboration with NPR news.
Listened to this episode of This American Life…
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Krugman: Stranded in Suburbia: If Europe’s example is any guide, here are the two secrets of coping with expensive oil: own fuel-efficient cars, and don’t drive them too much.
I hate driving through Iowa, but at least we have Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me and This American Life to entertain us.
My car hit 100,000 miles just as we pulled into our Des Moines hotel.
This new Atmosphere album is really growing on me
Sweet, got my tickets for My Morning Jacket. Can’t wait to finally see them live.
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Google Maps now integrates with Wikipedia - This is way cool.
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Reveille Mag: Warp + Weft: A Death Cab for Cutie Retrospective: The release of a new album by a band is always a good excuse for a look back on their catalog. Narrow Stairs seems destined for a…
Decided to take on one task at a time today at work, instead of multitasking three or four. So much more relaxing this way.
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Minnesota Thunder: Manny Lagos speaks about the move: The Minnesota Thunder are leaving James Griffin Stadium in St. Paul immediately and going back to Blaine for their home games. This is all…
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USA political election logos 2008 - 1960 (via)
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Ira and Abby (2007): This was one of my favorite movies that I’ve seen in recent years. Written by Jennifer Westfeldt, who also played the leading role of Abby, a free spirited woman who meets…
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Bon Iver is featured on Pitchfork.tv today. It’s from a live show at Glasslands Gallery in Brooklyn, and worth watching, especially if you haven’t seen him live.
