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Friday in brief

1) “Taught” — which meant listening to a sub-par presentation on the last World Cup. I showed some World Cup photos at the end. I also played some German pop music to supplement another sub-par presentation on Wednesday.

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Product of France …

Wine of the night: Pepperwood Grove pinot noir. It seems that it, like Smoking Loon (which produces a tasty, inexpensive syrah/shiraz), is owned/made/marketed by Don Sebastiani & Sons. From the “winemaker comments” on my bottle we have:

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Manic Monday — let’s keep it “short”

I got up early (3am) so I could grade. Instead of pulling an all-nighter I went to bed at midnight (early for me!) and decided to get a couple hours of rest and then work. I awoke, showered, checked email, … Continue reading

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Easter Bunny: chocolate? cream? or roasted … yum.

Last night I produced two quickly made concoctions, one to eat and one to drink, and now, this afternoon/evening, one is gone, and the other sits patiently in the fridge for further future consumption.

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Minding my Ps and Qs …

I finally made it through the rest of Pearl Jam this evening. That led me to a CD of Pet Shop Boys and then three Peter Gabriel songs, most of which were known to me already. The same with Peter … Continue reading

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Food and Movies on Good Friday: Dobhan, Archangel, and Slither

To go with Good Friday, which I don’t “celebrate” anyway, I decided to listen to the “Good Friday Spell” from Wagner’s Parsifal. It fits, at least, with my “P” theme — I finished Ten and moved on to Vitalogy today, … Continue reading

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Bread and Bludgers

Last night I had the joy of rewatching The Two Towers, which I almost like more as a movie than as a book, even though there are a few Sam and Frodo scenes, especially toward the end, that just seem … Continue reading

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It’s April — it was in the 20s today.

And it was colder in northern Wisconsin. On the news I just heard that parts of the northern Wisconsin got 20 inches. In April.

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It’s the Giant 47 Pound Rooster talking …

Links of the Day: Perhaps I should just write LotD, but that’s a bit like LotR, it is not? Speaking of which, I haven’t watched Gandalf, my favorite hobbits, and a those magnificent CGI characters in far too long. But … Continue reading

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Saturday: the end of March … it rains.

Today it’s raining off an on, but the best part is/was … thunder. I’m glad I shut my windows last night before I went to bed.

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