This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on June 1, 2006). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.
- The Ick has been beaten into submission, and I once again feel normal…or at least as normal as I tend to get.
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I just saw the Simpsons episode (“Deep Space Homer“) responsible for coining the “…and I, for one, welcome our new (FILL IN THE BLANK) overlords,” catchphrase.
- Aside from the occasional random episode while at friends’ houses, I’ve never actually seen The Simpsons. Therefore, Prairie and I have been picking up the season sets on DVD from time to time. We’re up to season five, and all these episodes have been brand new to me. It’s been a lot of fun discovering the source of various catchwords and phrases that I’ve known for years after they seeped into the general public consciousness.
- I now own a white dress shirt, black bow tie, and black suit jacket. These will be worn tonight along with my mocker kilt and 14-eye Doc Marten boots while I’m photographing NSCC’s Career Link Academy Prom. I only wish the long-lost Tuxedo Utilikilt (seen here being worn by Dick Clark) would re-appear, as has been rumored for quite some time now. Still, the black Mocker will work for tonight.
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Prairie will be heading down to see her sister graduate with her Master’s Degree from college this weekend. My work schedule, unfortunately, prevented me from going along. However, both Prairie and I will be at Jason Webley‘s Eleven Saints release party on Friday night, and I’ll be at Camp Tomato on Saturday.
- A couple weeks ago, fellow Tomato Scout Laura Mulinski was kind enough to send me a package of bootleg Webley recordings to be added to my Jason Webley Bootlegs page. What I didn’t realize when she first asked me if I wanted these was how many she had to send, so I was quite surprised (though very happily so) to open the envelope to find 22 CDs that encompassed eleven shows recorded during 2005. I will eventually get all of these shows encoded to .mp3, tagged, and posted on the bootlegs page, but I haven’t even had a chance to get started on them yet…this will probably be a summertime project.
“Brandenburg Concerto #6 in B flat – Allegro” by I Musici from the album Bach for Book Lovers (1997, 6:01).