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36-point Georgia on my mind

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

EDIT: NPR’s Andy Carvin commented to gently remind me that most of their videos are also posted on their YouTube channel. So I will be embedding after all. Starting next Monday, July 27, NPR.org will have a brand new look – a very familiar, blog-like look with some classy, but Web-friendly typography (as referenced in [...]

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We’ve created a monster.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

This afternoon, I was on the phone with my mother, discussing plans for a wedding reception in Indiana, while letting Henry, our puppy run around downstairs. Kerry and I leave a radio on for Henry when we’re out, and it’s rare that we ever turn it off immediately upon returning home. Being the people we [...]

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Better start swimming, or you’ll sink like a stone.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

You’ve heard the news by now. If you’ve got any sense in you, you’ve jumped up and down a couple times with some sense of excitement or frustration. No one, it seems had it in them to stand still last night. And yes, I’m as relieved as anyone else to just know that Bob Garfield [...]

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Purgatory by the Dashboard Lights

Monday, October 20, 2008

What you see above may not seem like it, but it is among the longest drives you can make. Psychologically, anyway. Were it longer, it could take more than one day – which would be preferable, as you would be able to sleep. Instead, it takes eight hours to get from Memphis to my parents’ [...]

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