scratching where the sun don’t shine

So DJ Shadow was ok. We actually went home before he finished his set. The show left me underwhelmed. At one point I realized that we had paid $22/ea to stand there and watch a guy play records of himself scratching. Plus he was always going for the cheap applause. [...]

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more bull-oney

Treasury moves to reduce and/or eliminate Corporate Tax Burden

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somebody please tell me!

The White House pooh-poohs reporter questions as being a nonsensical comparison with the billions manipulated at Enron and WorldCom, but to Bush, the Harken sale may have been on of the most crucial of his business career, clearing debts so he could invest in the Texas Rangers baseball team which led, in turn, to the [...]

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exciting & unusual

Among other things that shall happen this week:
I shall take the bus to work for the first time in 14 years
I shall see DJ Shadow at the Belly Up in Solana Beach (where we saw Stereolab back in December)
I shall go to my very first ever boxing match to see women punch each other in [...]

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irritated soviets

As I read this my brain automatically translated it to dialogue in my head that had a bad Eastern European Accent, an EEA, if you will, that read the list as I read thru. Making “Eliminate laws governing obscenity by calling them ‘censorship’ and violation of free speech and free press.” sound like it [...]

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thank you note

Reeshard,
I enjoyed your company so much this weekend. Thank you for visiting us. I apologise for my long absence from the ‘duologue’. I enjoyed your updates muchisimo! I plan on making my presence known again.
Give Moula a kiss for me.
And an eveile man in power a kick in the [...]

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