Tag Archives: music

It’s fish-fry-Friday, but I did not get any fish today.

Posted on February 2, 2007 by Steve

I stayed in the department rather late, even though after a short day of teaching I wanted to get out early … alas! Julie visited my class today to hand out some surveys; it seems Melissa was a student of … Continue reading →

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Stranded at Sam Waltons’s place

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Steve

Music: Edie Brickell (from Volcano); other “E” singers and bands on the list include ELO, Elis Regina, Sir Elton, Elvis, Eminem, Enrique Iglesias, Enya, Eric Clapton, the Eurythmics, Eva Trout, and Evanescence. The Clapton and Eurythmics are the things I … Continue reading →

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Amputation Jubilee: or, “The Day the Music died …”

Posted on January 31, 2007 by Steve

Dirty Vegas & Dixie Chicks — that is and was this evening, with a little Don McLean thereafter. The rest of “D” consists of Dream Theater, Dungen, Dunja Knebl, and Duran Duran. Dunja Knebl is the only obscure name there; … Continue reading →

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I hate foodies

Posted on January 29, 2007 by Steve

Eagle lugging a deer head causes outage: “JUNEAU, Alaska – About 10,000 Juneau residents briefly lost power after a bald eagle lugging a deer head crashed into transmission lines.” I am not fond of foodies. That is a generous and … Continue reading →

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It’s 15 degrees and dropping

Posted on January 28, 2007 by Steve

When I was in high school Jeremy Gress dressed in black, had painted his bedroom black, and listened to Depeche Mode. He wasn’t really that goth or such. This was all pre-Japanese-Lolita and such, the right time for Sandman but … Continue reading →

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Saturday, “Scientist Studies,” so many books …

Posted on January 27, 2007 by Steve

Saturday Let’s keep it short. It’s Saturday. I have better things to do than waste time online writing little missives for myself. I had planned on Saturday being a productive day … do some shopping, some cleaning, you name it. … Continue reading →

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I was raffle number 13; I didn’t win.

Posted on January 26, 2007 by Steve

1. Got up early, before my alarm went off, which, on a weekday, rarely happens anymore. It was about 7am, and the alarm was set for 7:15. I just lay there in bed, not wanting to get up, but unable … Continue reading →

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Today was a day for completions, not for starts

Posted on January 25, 2007 by Steve

Yesterday after burritos and bus passes I stopped by the library to get Kelly Link’s Magic for Beginners, a short story collection. Along the way I picked up several other books, most of which remain unread so far, though I … Continue reading →

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Hallo Spaceboy

Posted on January 23, 2007 by Steve

The laundromat raised prices 25 cents on their front-load washers. So now the rates are: * top load: $1.25 * double-load front load: $2.25 * triple-load front load: $3.00 * quad-load front load: $4.00 * $0.25/10-minutes for the dryers I … Continue reading →

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I should read Ten Monkeys, Ten Minutes

Posted on January 22, 2007 by Steve

Sundays I “get together” with friends — since I am in Madison and most of them are in Boston, they get together, I tele-commute so to speak — and we spend about an hour doing “prompts.” There are three prompts … Continue reading →

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