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Monthly Archives: February 2007

Ear worms must be burned out

You understand that, right? When a song is in your ear, and it burrows deep inside then you can’t use a scalpel to extract it. You need fire. The best kind of fire is repetition: burn, listen, sing.

Superbowl homework

I have the play-by-play website up that shows a representation of the field, the statistics on the current drive as well, the time and scoreboard. It’s a really neat tool, and it allows me to work (or play) while the game is going on. My wife is in the next room watching the Superbowl (ursine [...]

Which cowboy are you?

My wife and I watched Brokeback Mountain the other day. No, she didn’t twist my arm to watch. No, I wasn’t silently signaling something secret about my relationship with her. The movie won awards and had Anne Hathaway and Linda Cardellini. I don’t think I needed more of a reason to watch it, and those [...]

Tomorrow’s the Big Day

I guess. I watched the last Bears Superbowl when I was little, before I fully understood the game. 21 years later, I understand the game a great deal more but am probably going to watch less of it than I did then. Thinking can murder passion. I wish I could get excited about sports. Then [...]

Book debt

I’m building up a pile of books on my desk that would have rescued the levies.