Outgoing Signals

The Rain, the Park & Other Things

nobody@vox.com(M-----l) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:27:12 -0400

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)

nobody@vox.com(M-----l) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:14:09 -0400

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)

nobody@vox.com(M-----l) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:49:32 -0400

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.

nobody@vox.com(M-----l) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:17:53 -0400

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.

nobody@vox.com(M-----l) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:40:56 -0400

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.

nobody@vox.com(M-----l) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:30:16 -0400

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")

nobody@vox.com(M-----l) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:22:55 -0400

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)

nobody@vox.com(M-----l) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:23:43 -0400

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...

nobody@vox.com(M-----l) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:12:25 -0400

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!

nobody@vox.com(M-----l) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:51:26 -0400

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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