...there was a Chicago place for teen freaks to call home: Medusa’s. I went to Medusa’s once, when I was 15. I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that was a life-course-altering trip to Chicago ( Read more... )

The Reptile House - Revisited.

+ the photo montage that played that night:

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Someone awesome wrote this. Check it out. (Shhhh… ;) )

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Went to see Toad The Wet Sprocket tonight for the 1st time since the 90s. Fun, and I dig a lot of their music, but they didn't play my favorites. So I'm posting them here.

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This seems to happen with more and more frequency as I get older. I find out that someone to whom I used to be somewhat close, someone with whom I've lost touch, has passed on. And I feel this sort of gentle, yet building, wave of regret that I didn't find a way to stay close, or get back in touch ( Read more... )

My weekend was mostly uneventful, due to the head cold that has finally caught up to me, after I held it at bay all week. But there was one big thing I did this weekend that I've not done in far too long ( Read more... )

Today an old friend and I were chatting online, and he mentioned recently seeing someone we knew from high school. Part of the conversation went like this ( Read more... )