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31 July 2006

If you had $60 million, what would you do with it?

Become a professional student. I would go get a Master’s degree and then another, and then another, and so on.
Buy a house Uptown.
Buy everyone a house Uptown.
Travel. Across South America, the U.S., Europe.
Give money to everyone who wanted to go to school, or start their own business.
Buy a house in Venice.
I’d buy a [...]

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31 July 2006

A Loud Color and Holdout

Brent Joseph has released his documentary A Loud Color online. Here’s the summary:
As New Orleans rebuilds, many people are trying to resolve the city’s history of crime and violence. Louis Harding was working on this problem [...]

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30 July 2006

We’re Number One!

Bush agrees to six-year deal with Saints
The New Orleans Saints and first-round draft choice Reggie Bush agreed to terms late Saturday night on a six-year contract, ESPN.com has learned.

Thank goodness

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26 July 2006

You can’t fight City Hall

…but you can clean it up. Very cool article on why Philadelphia wouldn’t clean up City Hall until almost a century after it was built.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/25/arts/design/25hall.html?_r=1&oref=sloginÂ

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25 July 2006

Happy Anniversary!

Today is Leslie and my third anniversary.
The leather anniversary.
Happy anniversary, Leslie.Â I love you.

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21 July 2006

Audioscrobbler

The discussion about music below reminded me of this site, where your listening can be logged and your top artists and tracks can be charted.
My page is here. You may laugh at my taste now.

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21 July 2006

I’m not sure I get it

Saints releasing veteran free safety Dwight Smith
The New Orleans Saints apprised agent Drew Rosenhaus on Thursday that they have abandoned their efforts to trade starting free safety Dwight Smith, one of their steadiest defenders during a dismal 2005 season, and instead will release the veteran defensive back after just one year with the franchise.
Dwight [...]

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20 July 2006

What they pulled out of my nose today.

These plastic things are what the doctor pulled out of my nose today. He affectionately refered to them as “hardware.” Doctors are funny.
The matchbook is there to give you an idea of their size. They are about two and a half inches long and an inch tall. They felt like they [...]

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18 July 2006

Brent’s 1/2 List of 2006 Music

Pleas add to these lists. A new CD is just a friend you haven’t made yet!
1) Beirut – Gulag Orkestrar – I am a fool for this type of music. It’s like Nick Cave got into a fight with Neutral Milk Hotel.
2) El Perro del Mar – El Perro del Mar – This [...]