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scooter nation: December 2006

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Tuesday, December 26, 2006. Talking Loud and Saying Nothing. What kind of a Christmas morning is it when James Brown doesn't Get Up? Thanks to those classy Aussie's over at triple j, we can all put a little Funky Drummer into our New Years. For those of you who, like me, are spending Boxing Day at your desks instead of at the malls, plug your headphones into your PC and check out this James Brown Mix Tape. Don't let the few seconds of distracting garble at the beginning throw you). Make It Funky, y'all.

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scooter nation: November 2006

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Thursday, November 09, 2006. It’s No Fun to be The Man (The One Where Sparky Talks about Corporate America). Anyone who says that a job in Corporate America isn’t very interesting clearly doesn’t work for my employer. It’s not just interesting, it’s downright fascinating from perhaps an anthropological standpoint exciting, even, in a creepy Very Corporate/Enron/. Days of Our Lives. And a little bit of. Just to round things out. Not a hedge fund! Occasionally, the BWs send someone out from the main office...

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scooter nation: June 2007

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Sunday, June 10, 2007. Zoot Suit Debacles: Step Away from the Thesaurus. The following post is brought to you by the Society of English Majors Against Wanton Thesaurus Use (SEMAWTU). A tumultuous breakup of ice in a river;. A violent disruption;. A great disaster,. I love the word. I do not think that, regardless of the multiple definitions Webster's affords us, I would have chosen to use. In the following context:. I ask you, dear reader: whatever happened to connotation and denotation? Now, before all ...

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The State of Upheaval: June 2007

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The State of Upheaval. Things I notice, books I read, inanities I spew. Repeat ad nauseum. June 1, 2007. Two new techs from China were hired today, bringing the ratio of Chinese to American workers in this lab to 4:3. Definitely more disturbing, the ratio of women to men is now 6:1. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Birmingham, AL, United States. View my complete profile. Friends of the State. David at the Movies. The Joe Cribbs Car Wash. Books Listened To/ Read (2008). 15) Born Standing Up. 37) The Risk Pool.

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The State of Upheaval: Get busy living, or get busy dying.

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The State of Upheaval. Things I notice, books I read, inanities I spew. Repeat ad nauseum. February 19, 2008. Get busy living, or get busy dying. He finally gets out of jail and is miserable working at the grocery store. She has also taken to scratching on our sofa. Probably something like "Queenie was here" in LOLCAT. I hope we don't come home one day to find her hanging from the rafters. But hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane. February 19, 2008 at 1:20 PM. We closed on the house and...

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The State of Upheaval: November 2007

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The State of Upheaval. Things I notice, books I read, inanities I spew. Repeat ad nauseum. November 28, 2007. Questions From My Wife X: Cravings, fish, and mosquito bites. What? Should there always be a common theme? Here's a longer post to get caught up. I may take a break from writing, but it doesn't mean the wife stops asking questions. Why do women as a group seem to enjoy chocolate more than men do? Why do people crave particular foods when they are lacking in nutrients those foods are rich in?

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The State of Upheaval: July 2007

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The State of Upheaval. Things I notice, books I read, inanities I spew. Repeat ad nauseum. July 18, 2007. Questions From My Wife VII: Not My Wife, Though She Also Asks Me About Poop. Taking another grant writing break to answer a reader's question. Stacy T. writes:. What does whale poop look like? For the explicit purpose of detecting whale excrement for research. July 17, 2007. Questions From My Wife VI: Myths, Legends, and Other Means of Trickin' Folk. Where did the idea of the unicorn come from? A lar...

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scooter nation: March 2007

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Friday, March 30, 2007. Twin High Maintenance Machines. So my kid sister, Weathergirl (referred to in previous posts. You are my Picassos! I deserve to hang you on the wall if I want to. You see, perhaps, where her moniker comes from. But we are, nonetheless, Rather Excited. As a matter of fact, this year I’m. Excited because my friend Big (of Big and Little fame. I asked if he could give me bigger boobs, too. He asked, How big? Picasso, here we come. Posted by Sparky at 1:38 PM. Saturday, March 10, 2007.

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The State of Upheaval: For all those UAB alums out there....

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The State of Upheaval. Things I notice, books I read, inanities I spew. Repeat ad nauseum. May 30, 2008. For all those UAB alums out there. A few weeks ago, I was walking from my office to my parking lot (approximately 0.7 miles for those keeping track) and noticed something that had seemed to have sprung up seemingly overnight in front of the basketball arena. So I got closer. The next day was the big reveal. It truly is something for everyone in the local community to be proud of. Friends of the State.

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Windy City Redneck: 11/18/07 - 11/25/07

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A Southern boy in the Windy City. SIX IN A ROW. Wow That was an incredibly ugly game. So ugly I'm not even going to save it from the DVR onto DVD. But it was enough. Six in a row! Fucking hell yeah. AND I got the Adlac Trivia Question correct. So here's to you, Tubs, Brandon (so long, thanks for the wins, but its time you best got on up outta here), and the magnificent beasts of the Auburn defense (Blackmon, you are BEAST OF THE WEEK). I salute you. SIX IN A ROW! Too Bad, So Sad. By halftime last night, ...