In an attempt to give myself a much needed kick in the pants (how? I dont know), I decided to engage in the solipsistic exercise of WRITING BLURBS ABOUT MY UNFINISHED THESIS. These reviews suggest that my thesis is trenchant,...
Last Friday at this time I was at some bar in the Marigny watching a band play with my cousin and one of her friends. We’d spent most of the day at Jazzfest (thanks to our uncle – THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU) in...
I’m going to drown a puppy. I don’t care who is endorsed by Obama. I don’t care who had an SUV that was paid for by the office. I particularely don’t care about anything that happens in Mississippi. Stop it....
All right! All right! For those of you who keep bothering me about my thoughts regarding the upcoming Indiana Jones movie, here it is! Now stop bombarding my email: you made me miss an important message from Zooey Deschanel asking...
Fellow Terrabloggers, our long sojourn in the blogging desert of MT 2.6x is coming to a close. On the weekend of the 6-8th of June we will be upgrading the Terrablogs domains to Moveable Type Open Source version 4.
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So yeah, finally all done with computer upgrade stuff. I updated my 3-4 year old BIOS to the newest version (From A02 to A06), formatted my hard drive, and replaced the original XP Home install with an XP Pro install...
My father and I visited the Memphis Botanic Garden last week, and were delighted to find the iris garden in full bloom. The Iris Garden is quite large, and centered around a fountain with a gorgeous statue in the middle....
So, I’ve been kinda MIA because I made the mistake of deciding to update my old desktop with a fresh XP install. I wrestled with BIOS versions, USB keyboard issues, and a million other things, but I finally got it...
When I posted recently about the nesting Canadian Geese in this post, several of you asked for me to please update you when the babies arrived. Well, this weekend we spied this lovely goose family enjoying a family outing on...
Def Leppard has a new album out. I listened to two tracks. It sounds horrible. This arises in me a number of questions: do they still have the guy with one arm (or something?), are they all still alive, do...
What's wrong with Memphis? Why is it in the shape it's in? How did it get this way? I'm glad you asked. If you didn't ask I'll tell you anyway. Let me give a few observations I have had through...
The reputation of American Indian people in TN depends on the individual you ask. And lets face it ladies and gentlemen, it's not exactly flawless. If you ask many of the non-Indian residents of the state of TN they may...
Cherokee. What do you think of when you hear the word? If you are a member of any other tribal nation you may laugh upon hearing the word. It may make you think of blonde-haired, blue-eyed wannabe Indians wearing turkey feathers...
Slate has a really interesting article about wine-and-cheese liberals. That the author accuses Obama, and not Hilary, of elitism, seems kind of ridiculous. Obama may be a really rich dude, but Hilary and her husband are loaded. This type of populist...
Not much posting activity lately because I’m trying to salvage my old Dell desktop, do a fresh XP install, and add a partition to dual boot linux. I’ll update with pretty screenshots and hows to’s and links too cool stuff...
I’ve spent the last day and a half wondering why my Microsoft USB keyboard wouldn’t work properly in BIOS. Yes, legacy support was enabled. It would work to enter bios, then it would work for one more keypress, then it...
David Mamet's new film REDBELT Just to play catch-up, Mamet is one the top living playwrights. He wrote GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, one of the best pieces of literature produced in the last 30 years. As a filmmaker, he attracts a niche...
We stopped by the annual Collierville festival, "Fair on the Square", for some traditional spring fun with lots of food, talent acts, arts and crafts, and of course, lots of animals.When we stopped to take a photo of this mule...
This is Spring Creek, for which Spring Creek Ranch Golf Club is named. This Jack Nicklaus-designed course opened in 1999, and is rumored to be the possible future home course for the annual Stanford-St Jude golf tournament.This course is also...
FIVE THOUGHTS 1. The Raconteurs are the new Big Star. HANDS is the best song Alex Chilton never sang, but should have. Its got all the rising beats, love of pop music, love of women, that the best songs off NO. 1...
Overall I’m pretty happy, setup was simple, and everything actually freakin’ worked, right out of the box, unlike every single Comcast cable install I’ve ever had to endure.
I didn’t like they fact they try to force you to use their...
I finally got around to trying Flying Fish last night after living within blocks for the entire year or so it’s been open. Since I’ve never eaten there, I decided to just go with their “specialty” and got the fried...
This is the Oaklawn Garden residence, built in 1854. In this area, homes of this vintage are often painted white or cream. I think that green suits this residence, allowing it to remain in harmony with the gardens which...
Josh at the Cove always always plays really good tunes on the stereo when he’s working. One night Brian and I were there (I think Justin was there too) and this band came on that I was really digging. I...
They don't make 'em like this anymore (as the railroad caboose is now found in very limited numbers)...but you can find this Norfolk and Western Caboose (1944) anytime in Harry Cloyes' collection of Germantown artifacts at his home, Oaklawn Garden....
I mean, that must be the case if we have the time, money, and resources to devote to legislation as to which parts of titties are allowed to be seen in strip clubs. Pending legislation would change the rules for...
So much shit to talk about, so little time and so much laziness
I’ll keep it brief and hit a big range of local and national stories, as most are so goddamn simple they really don’t require me to...
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