Archive for June, 2008
Rest in Peace, Bo Diddley.
Saturday, June 7th, 2008Bo Diddley died last week at the age of 79.
Diddley was an American music pioneer, and I mean that in a non-hyperbolic way; whenever a musician dies there is a tendency to call them “groundbreaking” or an “innovator,” and that irritates the heck out of me. In this case, though, it’s true. Bo […]
Obama secures nomination & I am the new Nostradamus
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008Barack Obama has secured the majority of delegates, pledged and super. More importantly, I have an excuse to trot out this picture of myself, taken on November 3rd, 2004.
Bear in mind that I made this T-Shirt in TWO THOUSAND FOUR. I am so prescient I should be a level 18 diviner.
Here’s […]
Spelling Bee Heros
Sunday, June 1st, 2008Ok, just one hero, but he’s awesome nevertheless.
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UPDATE: Apparently, this kid won the whole dang thing. Awesome.
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