Author Archives: Mark
August 3, 2013 Ranking Running With Scissors
This is the tenth in a series of transplanted articles from my other blog. The transplants will run on Saturdays until they’re all over here. They are copied and pasted, but might get slight edits here and there. Some of these albums I have not had to re-listen to in order to rank them This […]
Tags: Weird Al
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August 2, 2013 TMNT: Coming Out of Their Shells
A couple of months ago a friend gave me a cassette tape of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Coming Out of Their Shells concert/musical. He found it at a rummage sale and I don’t know how much he paid for it, but it was clearly too much/not enough, depending on your point of view. I […]
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August 1, 2013 Better Off Ted S02E07: Change We Can’t Believe In
For many of us, talking to people is the best part of a job. If you’re lucky enough to work with people you like, talking to them throughout the day is like a bonus breaktime. I mean, pretty much anything at work that isn’t work-related is the best, right? You might not like going to […]
Tags: Better Off Ted, LWST
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July 31, 2013 42
As a middle-aged Midwestern white guy, I don’t really feel like I have a voice in the race discussion. I mean, I think it’s ridiculous for someone to look down on someone else because of the color of their skin, and if you’re around me doing that I hope to high heavens I will correct […]
July 30, 2013 Tuesday 10: Actors Born in 1972
Last week’s post was on one of my favorite movie years and it prompted this entry. 1972 was the year I was born, so I’m roughly the same age as these people. Rather than put them in “favorite order,” I’m going to leave them in birth order, because I don’t want Mr. Johnson to feel […]
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