Author Archives: Steve

Addendum on New Zealand contest

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Steve

I totally, totally spaced on a rather key member for my collage/contest. If you noticed, in the lower left corner I replaced one artist with another. Who got bumped is not really too critical, especially if you know the answer … Continue reading →

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1986: Final days in North Dakota Part II

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Steve

Somehow I managed to squeeze in more travel during my high-school tenure with North Dakota than the other four places combined. It’s probably more of a happy accident since everything over there is “distant.” This next journey was made possible … Continue reading →

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Time Bandits 30 years later

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Steve

Here is the conclusion to my recent Sick Day Theater run, a movie I couldn’t wait to see as a teenager and decided to revisit. Due to my feverish condition, it took several viewings because I fell asleep from the … Continue reading →

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May is New Zealand music month!

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Steve

April was a tough month to beat on the header (that’s the picture at the top of the site, I prefer to call it the banner but WordPress labelled it.) Somara catching Molly climbing into an empty bag of food … Continue reading →

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Moon

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Steve

This should be in another series I could call “Movies I let sit in my Netflix streaming queue and finally watched because it was going to expire!” I wanted to catch Moon while in (art house) theaters but we went with … Continue reading →

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1986: Acceptance letters to universities

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Steve

You could say this entry is a little spinoff from the Final Days in North Dakota series, like Razor was from the larger Battlestar Galactica show. I also didn’t bother to write about it five years ago. I did have … Continue reading →

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Somara is fine and recuperating

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Steve

They officially released her to me around 230 PM and I drove her home. There a couple things in the post-op care that made me chuckle, childish word but funny. Somara took a nap when we got back…me too, nothing … Continue reading →

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RIP: Elmer Hauldren, the Empire Carpet Guy

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Steve

Another piece of shared Chicago culture passed away this week. Even though I never lived in the Windy City, I watched plenty of WGN like millions of others through cable TV. The Empire Carpet commercials were prevalent on Sundays whenever … Continue reading →

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Algebraic!

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Steve

“It’s Adventure Wars, c’mon grab your friends, we’ll have fun that never ends. Chew the Wook and Han the Human…something, something, something.” I can never remember how the rest of theme song goes, I just know it’s one of the … Continue reading →

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I guess I will never be a ‘good’ Rock critic

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Steve

How did I miss this little graphical display back in January is beyond me! I stumbled upon it from the Onion while trying to see what their opinion was with the new Foo Fighters. (So far I figured it was … Continue reading →

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Stars lose to the Admirals in double overtime

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Steve

We managed to pick up the Milwaukee feed through Somara’s iPhone, she has some app that taps into the radio stations off of the AHL’s site or something. Unless last year, I wasn’t very optimistic on their chances because the … Continue reading →

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Happy They Might be Giants Awareness Day

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Steve

Their site doesn’t give much of an explanation on the reasons for the day: The group’s founding? When the Johns met? Nothing. I am excited about them releasing a new album this year called Join Us.

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Somara’s surgery is tentatively set on Friday

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Steve

This afternoon’s appointment was the last examination and other tests, I guess blood because Somara had a bandage on her arm afterwards. Unless we are told otherwise, we have to show up at 930 AM while the fun starts around … Continue reading →

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1986: Final days in North Dakota Part I

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Steve

There are times I often regret documenting my past very well through photos, datebooks or even a journal. I was a very prolific letter writer until I got swept up in the numerous distractions of college. The shoeboxes filled with … Continue reading →

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2001: Miette worms her way into the apartment

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Steve

Throughout cities there are colonies of feral cats, it’s such a shame too. Contrary to popular belief, their citizens (maybe catizens) aren’t all unfriendly. With the population living between Apple’s old 183 location and our last apartment, we met several. … Continue reading →

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