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Stars win the Lone Star Cup!
Along with clinching second place in the playoffs, this took the sting off of losing their last regular home game to the Rockford Icehogs…badly, 5-1. It wouldn’t concern me very much if we weren’t facing the Blackhawks’ proxy next week … Continue reading
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Malcolm McLaren passed away today
I learned later in life what exactly he contributed to contemporary music because the Sex Pistols had their heyday when I was 9 or 10. Music, let alone the short-lived Punk fad, wasn’t exactly on a kid’s RADAR with the … Continue reading
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Maybe this is why everyone here is tired.
This Winter the rain never seemed to stop. It was the wettest Fall-Winter I’ve recalled in my 15 years living around Austin ever. Now this Spring, Austin is being swamped with pollen. Normally it’s in the air, people with allergies … Continue reading
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The annoying, improper use of “fail” was old when it started
Before the Internet made so much ubiquitous, you knew a slang term was worn out when your parents or a Prime Time show used the term. Now this columnist from the Guardian proposes its retirement. That would be too good … Continue reading
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Austin Stars winning streak ends
The five-game run of wins was great while it lasted and it secured their spot in the playoffs. Unfortunately, clinching second in the division was done by the Rockford Icehogs (who they will face in the last regular home game) … Continue reading
Progress on this year’s heart-screening etc.
For three years running, I have participated in the Apple-Mayo Clinic Heart Screening something something. It always starts off with a blood draw to check my stats (cholesterol, glycerides and other jazz), my weight (always too high) and the plan. … Continue reading
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Somara’s dizziness, next phase
More than three days have passed and obviously the doctor’s suggestion failed. Now Somara has an appointment for another string of tests to investigate further. This one will involve wearing special goggles to track her eye-movement to see why her … Continue reading
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Somara’s dizziness = pregnant
The cat birthday story was scheduled so that’s why this news is later. The ENT doctor called this morning to tell Somara the diagnosis on her dizziness. She’s pregnant! Seems like my life is going to follow the pattern of … Continue reading
Happy 11th Birthday Miette & Molly
My two cats traditionally celebrate their birthdays on April Fool’s Day because the real dates are unknown. The animal shelter Molly came from stated her rough age. Miette’s is an estimate by the vet after examining her teeth. If they … Continue reading
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RIP Dick Giordano
This news came up during Somara’s surfing last night while I was taking in the latest from Nintendo Week. She prefaced the details with “two famous comic book people died.” As soon as she said Dick’s name, I was bummed … Continue reading
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Somara’s dizziness update
We saw an ENT specialist/doctor yesterday morning and his verdict was a bit more specific yet fuzzier overall. At this time, Somara may have BPV: Benign Positional Vertigo. This may go away on its own…eventually. He was confident that it … Continue reading
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Stars clinch a playoff berth
Not bad for a first-year team in the AHL. With them being members of a development league, I have a feeling they aren’t the first franchise to pull this off and the four former IHL teams having good fortunes don’t … Continue reading
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1985: North Dakota or when my life “ended.”
To this day, I still ponder what the hell my father was thinking when he accepted a position in Beulah, North Dakota. The dust had barely settled since the move to Indianoplace a year earlier. It was also a decision … Continue reading
2010 in 2010
An interesting little look back/contrast on what we thought the future would be like back in 1984 through this sequel to Kubrick-Clarke’s odd original 2001. It’s certainly an Eighties movie with its greater emphasis on action (relatively more compared to … Continue reading
Cool trick I learned from Waterloo Records
When I went to the Rosanne Cash signing, the ever helpful staff at Waterloo Records prepped my CD to be autographed by doing what I demonstrate in the movie below. I remember gawking afterwards thinking, “Why didn’t I figure that … Continue reading