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everyone who knows me here probably knows that there have been a lot of songs written about me over the years by various troubadours such as carly simon. the miracle of indie radio bythos who is playing songs only tangentially related to the holiday (when related at all) just reminded of me of one that i had so completely forgotten that it's almost ( Read more... )

i hope yours was grand.
we spent ours with bill murray at heinz hall.
(if those of you in new england have the chance to see him at the orpheum later this week, i do recommend it ( Read more... )

tuned in this afternoon to the boston red sox through the local nesn broadcast through my mlb package because i wanted to watch a little of my old tiger favorite fister pitching. haven't done so since he came up and thus missed his complete game one hitter -- good to know he still has it some days. ended up seeing a commercial i otherwise wouldn't ( Read more... )

happy shakespeare's birthday!


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no matter how disciplined or determined you are today, you won't likely accomplish everything on your agenda. you're all too easily distracted because your curiosity is aroused by every new idea that floats your way. unfortunately, you may grow anxious when you realize these mental diversions aren't leading you to your desired destination. but the ( Read more... )

among all the wacky sport name things i like, i like that this month coco crisp, who is injured, has been replaced by billy burns, a rookie who has been given a sporting chance. if arthur ashe iv took over next i would not be surprised.

so the first song in our oft-mentioned but never revealed annual christmas mix album by c. and myself (the 2014 special magnum opus edition) is come to me by goo goo dolls, which i happened to hear by chance in 2014. it was a natural fit for the first song because it was framed both from the standpoint of a long-wed couple looking back on their ( Read more... )

color me as green as the dinosaur in my icon whom i'm the spitting image of. my mind is breaking ( Read more... )

i have my (eventual) brother-in-law, kaffeka (like kafka, but with coffee), for the christmas name-swap for c.'s family. yesterday i bought some used genesis vinyls for him from the local record store. i was looking the albums over before wrapping them, and out of one slipped a concert ticket stub from 1978. 1978! it was for the august 3rd show at ( Read more... )