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Verve's Corner: January 2010
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A public space to be me. Tuesday, January 26, 2010. Tinsel E - Update. Went to the orthodontist yesterday hoping that they'd tell me it was time to make my final appointment. I was sorely disappointed. To boot, my teeth are now sore, too. I've had a rubber band on my right upper incisor for the last 6 weeks to "pull it out" to fix my bite. Apparently, it didn't move enough for the orthodontist's happiness. Thursday, January 7, 2010. Another one bites the dust. Apparently, our bay window overlooking our b...
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Verve's Corner: June 2010
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A public space to be me. Tuesday, June 22, 2010. Unicorns - The New White Meat. On April Fool's Day, the website ThinkGeek. Put up an ad for Canned Unicorn Meat. The ad pretty well thought through, including a recipe for Savory Unicorn & Heirloom Tomatoe Bruschetta, and an anatomy diagram of a unicorn, including parts like Sunshine, Dreams, Wishes, Giggles, Rainbows, Stars, etc. Figure it gets taken down on April 2, and the gag is over. I haven't been able to stop laughing. and yet it got better! Techdir...
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Verve's Corner: Sportsmanship
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A public space to be me. Thursday, March 11, 2010. I was reading ESPN.com when I came across Rick Reilly's post condemning a coach in Texas that continually runs up the score against clearly inferior teams. Here is the text of the post:. I am not generally a spiteful man. I pat toddlers' haircuts, donate to the glee club and mostly greet the world with open arms. But when I think of coach Greg Wise of Houston's Yates High School, I become darker than Johnny Cash's closet. I'd like to clock him. These are...
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Verve's Corner: October 2009
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A public space to be me. Saturday, October 17, 2009. Follow up to "The Band That Wouldn't Die". Last week, I had written about the ESPN Films special "The Band That Wouldn't Die". Steve and I watched it on Wednesday (DVR for the win! I also give kudos to the Modell family for. 1 Embracing the Colts Marching Band immediately. 2 Allowing the Colts Marching Band to finish their history in Memorial Stadium. 3 Letting them become the Marching Ravens in the new stadium. I truly had no idea how much the Baltimo...
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Verve's Corner: September 2009
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A public space to be me. Monday, September 28, 2009. You have to have brains to be a Cowboys cheerleader! I read an article by Rick Reilly, an ESPN columnist, about the Dallas Cowboys cheerleading squad must take a written test in order to make the team. The purpose, according to the Cowboys head cheerleader is because:. We want our cheerleaders to be knowledgeable and well-spoken in interviews. If they're not, it's a deal breaker. Now add brains along with beautiful and athletic? But no matter. The ...
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Verve's Corner: I'm FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
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A public space to be me. Tuesday, May 25, 2010. My braces were removed today. What an ordeal that was. First, the pop the brackets off. This literally took no more than 10 minutes. When she popped the brackets off of my very back molars and my bottom front teeth, she had to really yank. It didn't hurt, but it wasn't comfortable. The technician then took an impression of my top palette/teeth which would be used to make my top retainer. Rinse. Lots of rinsing, actually. My permanent bottom retainer only pl...
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Verve's Corner: July 2009
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A public space to be me. Monday, July 20, 2009. Yard Maintenance - Part 3. As this past weekend was the weekend before Elektra's baptism, it was effectively my last weekend to get big projects done. I had all sorts of delusions of gradeur in terms of the types of projects I'd get accomplished and how beautiful and clean looking the outside of the house would be. Delusions of Grandeur. Yep. Key words right there. Meanwhile, my parents helped shape bushes, trim the ridiculous hosta (I'm so going to dig up ...
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Verve's Corner: June 2009
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A public space to be me. Friday, June 26, 2009. I got a Twitter yesterday on my way home from picking up the kids that said, "R.I.P. Michael Jackson.". I thought, now that's weird. As I don't know the person who "tweeted" this message personally (I only follow), I can only imagine that she meant THE Michael Jackson, but I didn't know for sure. I found out later that, in fact, she meant THE Michael Jackson since he passed away yesterday afternoon. The man is a world icon. I asked friends in Australia ...
