sometimes they come in groups. fall is actually here. i can feel it now. time to keep the coat handy and anticipate the cooler mornings that will turn into colder mornings. time to go home for a weekend, just to see the leaves change a week before they turn here. time for apples from ellijay …
that whole iraq thing? yes, i know about the u.n. resolutions, about the threat of nuclear and chemical and biological warfare, about the over ten years of defiance to the free world at-large. these are all viable reasons, and enough evidence will get the coalition support needed to do what needs to be done. but …
okay, so i don’t know about buddha, but according to today’s bbc article, miss spears is taking issue with online file sharing in a series of public service announcements. seeing that the day is foggy and my mind is a bit restless, i tried to imagine just how this commercial shoot might’ve went down: Brittney: …
September 26, 2002 – 10:49 am
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By Thomas
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Posted in Rants
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1. saviors of rock and roll every week brings a new one. the white stripes. the strokes. the vines. the hives. whatever. we all know that rock is in a sorry state right about now. the landscape is now strewn with slinky girl-divas, choreographed boy bands, carbon copy rap stars and screaming nu-metal bands, so …
September 23, 2002 – 3:57 pm
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By Thomas
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Posted in Rants
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“your head’s like mine; like all our heads.big enough to contain every god and devil there ever was.big enough to hold the weight of oceans and the turning stars.whole universes fit in there!but what do we choose to keep in this miraculous cabinet?little broken things, sad trinkets that we play with over and over.the world …
or swag, if you will. the gimmes. the freebies. the loot. even, perhaps, the booty, in that good ol’ pirate’s treasure sense. this is comdex. and the schwag is why i go. sure, i can learn about some new technology and possibly make a contact or two, but the honest truth is that the dot-com …
overcome. prevail. not in some national sense of “we shall prevail over [fill-in-the-blank].” no. this is you. this is about you.you woke up this morning. you are sitting there, coffee perhaps in hand, and you are alive. so live. go.is there somewhere you want to go? somewhere you’d rather be? then go.tie your shoe laces. …
the weekend’s road-tripping took me to asheville for some rest, some relaxation, some roaming through the largest home in the united states and some wandering along the fairways of a mountain state fair. here are the photos i took, from the sublime to the ridiculous. and yes, the sky really was that blue.
two arrived today, were waiting for me when i got home. another arrived over the weekend. all products of postcardx. so here’s the new three, plus a welcome bonus.
really, i can. my office is very close to dobbins air reserve base. just two miles away, if even that much. this building is on the top of a high hill that overlooks the interstate and my desk is on the top floor. so when the jets go away, they pass closely. and when the …