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Shagger Dave

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..Father. Former husband. College graduate. Vegetarian. American history buff. Music obsessive. Orphan. Cat owner. Comic book collector. Avid reader. Outsider. Politically aware individual. Worker bee. Philadelphia Flyers fan. Bowling shirt advocate. Rank amateur musician. Flea market browser. Occasional loner. Movie lover. Creature of habit...
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Cyborgs. And monkeys. And cyborg monkeys.

My Blog

Dead PCs, surgery with too much anesthesia and movin out

OK, so some of you may have noticed that I was AWOL for a period of time. Still even more may have not noticed or cared. So be it. I'm here again, at least for the time being. here's what's ben happen...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:53:00 GMT

Paul Westerberg

So I've been reading Jim Walsh's new oral history of the Replacements, and as a result I've been listening to them a lot lately (more than usual), and pondering the songwriting greatness of Paul Weste...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:23:00 GMT

Half the worlds starving and half the world bloats, half the world sits on the other and gloats

Interesting op-ed piece by Jared Diamond in this mornings New York Times. He addresses what I feel is the 800 pound gorilla in the global climate change debate room, which is consumption. It's no...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:35:00 GMT

Hilly Kristal, RIP

Now this some sad news. I know that their booking went down the tubes for the last 15 years. I know the t-shirt became a fashion accessory for a lot of trendy losers who don't know "Sonic Reducer" fro...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:37:00 GMT

How many Bush administration officials does it take to change a light bulb?

 The answer is seven: * One to deny that a light bulb needs to be replaced. * One to attack and question the patriotism of anyone who has questions about the light bulb. * One to blame the prev...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:17:00 GMT

Keith Olbermann on the Libby pardon

He's dead on right. And you know it.
Posted by on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:56:00 GMT

God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut first entered my orbit sometime around 1984. My oldest brother Stewart was transferring some things from SUNY Buffalo back home, including several boxes of books. I looked through the bo...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:34:00 GMT

Presents from my pet

So I come home after work tonight to discover that my cat Mingus decided to take out some sort of kitty vendetta against me by taking a shit in my bathtub. This is the thanks I get for taking in ...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:31:00 GMT

Autumn leaves

It's a wonderful Fall night here in the CT, if you ignore the rain. This week was a hectic one professionally and I still need to head there over the weekend to finish up some things (it's amazing wha...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:59:00 GMT

Some reading material for the Mothership

I'm not sure how many of my peeps are aware of this but the new issue (Aug/Sept) of Waxpoetics is essentially an all P-Funk special issue, starting with the Parliaments and moving on from th...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:41:00 GMT