Outgoing Signals

The Rain, the Park & Other Things

2008-07-05T18:27:12Z

I spent the early part of the Fourth of July over at Ault Park. I went for a run around the trails. It had rained all the night before and was still raining, so the trails were muddy and slippery. I had to walk them in places. It was fun, thou...

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Stuff I've Been Reading: A Monthly Column (6/08)

2008-07-03T02:14:09Z

BOOKS BOUGHT: McSweeney's #27--Dave Eggers (editor) The Bostonians--Henry James The Baron in the Trees--Italo Calvino Invisible Cities--Italo Calvino Civilwarland in Bad Decline--George Saunders When You Are Engulfed in Flames--David Sedaris Sw...

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Lucie de Lammermoor @ Music Hall (6/28/08)

2008-06-29T05:49:32Z

I saw Gaetano Donizetti's Lucie de Lammermoor at the Cincinnati Opera on Saturday night. Lucie is the 1839 French version of Donizetti's original Lucia di Lammermoor which came out four years earlier in Italian. I'm not sure why they made two ve...

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My Magic 8 Ball tells me just what I should do.

2008-06-25T01:17:53Z

After much debate, I finally bought a new computer today. I got an iMac (2.8GHz/24" display/320GB). The first one I bought had a defective ethernet port, so I took it back and got a second one. I've had it for about two hours now. The mouse is...

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I made a computer from 1988.

2008-06-22T15:40:56Z

Using only a Swiss Army knife, two 8lb dumbbells, and some spare computer parts, I have (kind of) made a computer that (sort of) works. It features an impressive 16 color display and absolutely no musical capabilities. It does, however, feature...

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I went to the Reds game...and boy is my throat sore.

2008-06-16T20:30:16Z

My family went downtown to see the Reds play the Red Sox yesterday. The Reds were murdered by a score of 9-0. I would normally be upset if I went down to see a game and the Reds lost by that kind of score. Fortunately for me, I went to the gam...

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Gene Clark (aka "thursday ear candy #2")

2008-06-12T22:22:55Z

I've been looking for an excuse to post about Gene Clark for a couple months now. I wanted to write about how he was a founding member of the Byrds and how he wrote "Eight Miles High" and how he left the group because he was afraid to fly (and b...

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James Taylor @ Riverbend (6/11/08)

2008-06-12T19:23:43Z

Although I can only find eleven ticket stubs, I'm pretty sure that last night's James Taylor concert was my 17th. I haven't missed any of his local appearances since 1992. If James Taylor's in Cincinnati, I go see him; it's just something I do....

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QotD: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow...

2008-06-11T17:12:25Z

Every new "Today" seems more anxious than ever. Do you find more solace in "Yesterday" or "Tomorrow"? Why? Submitted by Bee Whisperer. Hey, don't go projecting your personal anxieties on me. I've got my own issues and they've got nothing to do w...

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After all these years, 5C 062-96918 is finally mine!

2008-06-08T23:51:26Z

My uncle recently decided it was time to part with his collection of vinyl. It saddened me to hear this, as there's nothing I hate more than seeing a collection scattered to the wind...especially a collection that I'd long admired. (It also sad...

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