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VJ

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My Interests

Music:

DoF, Beth Minnery, Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, Newsboys, Buddy Holly, Jack Johnson, Johhny Cash, Neil Diamond, Paul Simon, Tom Waits, Warren Zevon, Mozart, Leonard Cohen

Movies:

The King of Comedy, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Christmas Vacation, Citizen Kane

Television:

Lost, The Office, Survivor, Dancing with the Stars, Who Wants to be a Superhero?

Books:

Mere Christianity, The Great Gatsby, Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy, The Tragic Sense of Life

Heroes:

Russ Parker, Mark Rubenstein

My Blog

Oops! Which one did it again?

So, I was on CNN.com yesterday, when I saw a picture which gave me pause.Turns out there's a Britney Spears lookalike on the loose that has committed heinous crimes. His name is Nathan Moore, and thi...
Posted by VJ on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:23:00 PST

Paternity

I knew that Youngstown was suffering a population (loss) crisis of sorts, but I never expected the city to go to such unusual lengths to remedy the problem.Yesterday, we drove to Youngstown, and, as w...
Posted by VJ on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 07:30:00 PST

***Yahtzee Deluxe Update***

For context, please see the 9/27/06 and 2/7/07 entries on my blogsite.This morning, I rolled a 491 on cell phone Yahtzee Deluxe. It was my second highest score of all time. Needless to say I was thr...
Posted by VJ on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:43:00 PST

Addiction

My name is VJ, and I'm addicted to cell phone Yahtzee Deluxe.(Response: Hi, VJ.)You may recall my recent discovery of cell phone Yahtzee Deluxe as an alternative and superior means of entertainment/oc...
Posted by VJ on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:21:00 PST

Obsession

Warning: This blog comes at the risk of being (perhaps extremely) distasteful to some readers...Cultural critics in America are quick to place the blame for the violence in our society on the ever-pre...
Posted by VJ on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:06:00 PST

Fate of the Union

Clearly they (who?) weren't kidding when they declared the Blogosphere to be the media of the future, rendering the more traditional outlets (print, tv, radio) obsolete.As an update, I have heard Skea...
Posted by VJ on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:26:00 PST

The State of the Union is Strong

Tonight, we watched our Commander-in-Chief deliver his penultimate State of the Union address. It's one of my top thirty (or so) things to watch in the second half of January. Some observations...Wh...
Posted by VJ on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:26:00 PST

64

Last night, I did it again.I was number 64 at the grand opening of a Chick Fil A restaurant an hour from my house. Which means, of course, a year's supply of Chick Fil A! 52 coupons that can be used...
Posted by VJ on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:35:00 PST

No Rules, Just Right

Everywhere I go, there are rules... regulations I have to abide by... at work, on the road, at home... Some people want to go where everyone knows their name; they go to Cheers. I, on the other hand...
Posted by VJ on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:20:00 PST

Keeping us safe

As my folks were preparing for a recent flight to Charlotte, they walked through the airport metal detector. My parents noticed on the x-ray screen that they had accidentally left a large pair of sci...
Posted by VJ on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:41:00 PST