elbuzzard.com Archives: January 2008
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31 January 2008
Ok this tax rebate thing. WTF?
What the hell is it? I can’t figure it out.
Remember several years back when everybody got a check to “stimulate the economy”? I do, and I also remember do my taxes the next year and having to subtract that money from my refund. So I wasn’t getting more money from the government, I was getting [...]
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30 January 2008
What is this thing?
I just spent about a half an hour explaining this mysterious object to one of my students, a college junior or senior:
They were a completely foreign object to him. He was amazed that they had two sides. He was appalled at the notion of fast-forwarding to get to the next song. Rightfully so. The re-usability [...]
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27 January 2008
Callin all recipes
Hi,
So my soon-to-be-mother-in-law had a good idea that I thought I would continue. She asked all the women at my wedding shower to write down their best recipes to give to me. Being in Ohio, there was alot of hamburger surprise and cheez-whiz casserole recipes (not that there is anything wrong with that). Now she [...]
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24 January 2008
2008 JazzFest 2008x Better than 2007
 Enough politics, let’s move on to something really important: The 2008 JazzFest lineup is so much better than last year.
Some notable non-New Orleans acts:
Stevie Wonder
Billy Joel
Stevie Wonder
Santana
Stevie Wonder
Al Green
Stevie Wonder
Robert Plant & Allision Kraus
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Randy Newman
Stevie Wonder
John Prine
Richard Thompson
Bobby McFerrin!
Stevie Wonder
Bela Fleck
Stevie Wonder
Dave, I’m sorry that there’s no Dave Matthews Band for you. [...]
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23 January 2008
Democratic Candidates Review
Ok, I felt like I wasn’t giving our potential presidential candidates a fair shake, and was using my limited NPR listening (15 minutes in the shower in the morning) to judge their stand on Gulf Coast rebuilding. So I did some research on the big three Democrats’ positions, using their websites:
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23 January 2008
Who is a dork?
I am, because this is awesome:
That’s just plain impressive.
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15 January 2008
I guess it will always be this way
I read this bullshit today and now I can’t function. Every so often I get crushed by someone else’s opinion of my hometown. Why should I care? I should let it go, realize that there are a lot of ignorant assholes in the world, and ignore them, right?
But I can’t help thinking that the more [...]
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11 January 2008
2007 Year-End Stats
Here’s a list of the most popular posts in 2007.
10 Most Commented Post
Big fan of Mardi Gras by Dave – 43 comments – The draft of the greatest team in the history of the Bacchus Bowl.
Sports Question of the Half-Year by Brent – 39 comments – Some kind of thing about collective bargaining agreements
Look [...]
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7 January 2008
Gross
My mom broke her thumb, and sent in cool pictures!
The nastiest ones are after the jump:
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3 January 2008
Brent’s brother posts 2007 books read list; accidentally reveals the reason he will likely die alone
Here is every book I read last year, pretty much in the order in which they were read. Why would I keep track of such a thing? I’m not quite sure.
Amalgamation Polka- Stephen Wright
Every Visible Thing- Lisa Carey
Case Histories- Kate Atkinson
The Magician and the Cardsharp- Karl Johnson
What is the What?- Dave Eggers
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