Archive for January, 2005

Public observations of a less incindiary nature

Sugar-Free Jones Black Cherry Soda, available at Target – good stuff

Belk winter clearance sale, with stuff 75% off original price, include my new $35 coat that doesn’t quite fit right but I like it anyway – good stuff

Sam Snead’s Tavern (on Glenwood Ave) – last night, thought it was just a standard bar & grill, like the Houlihans it replaced, but it turned out to be swanky; I can’t afford swanky right now and didn’t appreciate the colorful European waiter

Saved! is a great movie. Saw it for the second time tonight.

$45 is $30 more than I care to spend on cable right now, so I’m on the basic local-channels-only plan now.

I’ve been told I need to listen to Josh Grouse. OK….who the hell is Josh Grouse. I’ll find out…

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Hospital Bills

An ER visit for someone uninsured can be between $1000 and $3000. Even being insured, my bill came to $600. Makes perfect sense that people without expendable income who might require urgent care avoid it. I’m thinking there’s got to be a few million kids in the heartland whose parents couldn’t afford an ER visit. A few of those parents probably don’t take their kids to the ER. That’s not right, right? But it’s more immoral for two people of the same gender who love each other to exchange vows or lovingly raise children. It’s much more in our interest to keep our kids “safe” by spending $200 f’in billion to…something or other; we’re in Iraq to keep our kids safe, that’s all I know. Didn’t want a mushroom cloud to happen. F’in idiots. $200 billion could have fixed healthcare, or part of it.

Oh, wait, maybe you think the Iraq war wasn’t a great idea and you think it’s okay that gay people have rights. But you think you know how to spend your money better than the government, so you voted for the asshole we have now. Well, your taxes ain’t being raised. Hope you’re happy, asshole.

Yeah, I’m still pissed about the election. I still think that people who voted for Bush, even friends of mine who did so, even my stepmother, who voted for him only because of the abortion issue, are…well, shit, they’re not bad people, but they’re not people I want a whole lot to do with.

United we stand, Divided we fall…we be falling like a motherf’er right now, because there ain’t no way I’m going to find any good reason to ever support our President, and those who voted for him could watch him rape and murder children, and they’d still vote for him.

Oh, yeah, Bush-voter, hope you don’t lose your insurance or have shitty insurance and you or a loved one have any major health issues. Because you can say goodbye to that early retirement or your vacation to Portugal. But you can take care of your family. You’d never need any help from your country.

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Remedy vs. FileMaker

Nationwide query of monster.com for Remedy developer: 62
In North Carolina: 0

Nationwide query for FileMaker developer: 17
In North Carolina: 0

So, jobs requiring FileMaker pay half of what Remedy jobs do, and FileMaker experience leads you down a dead-end.

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The Aviator (ultra-mini-review)

Terrific. Leonardo DiCaprio is brilliant. Cate Blanchett as Kate Hepburn is mesmerizing. The sets, costumes, etc. bring the 30s alive under Scorsese’s masterful direction. Haven’t seen Million Dollar Baby yet, but The Aviator would be a very worth Best Picture.
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In Good Company

Last night…Amani and I tried to go to Sats to watch the Duke/FSU game, but it was closed, so we watched across the street at Devines. After, we went to see In Good Company, which is nothing extraordinary, not quite as clever or touching as Paul Weitz’s previous film, About a Boy. But it was enjoyable enough. **1/2

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F The President

Would my car get vandalized if I adhered this bumper sticker to it?

Cuz I’m really f-in sick of seeing those black W The President stickers.

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Groovy Kind of Love

I’m going to sing this to my wife at our wedding. (I’ve been drinking, so forgive the absurdity of the post).

When I’m feeling blue,
All I have to do
Is take a look at you,
Then I’m not so blue
When you’re close to me,
I can feel your heart beat
I can hear you breathing in my ear

Wouldn’t you agree, baby you and me,
We’ve got a groovy
Kind of love
We’ve got a groovy kind of love,
We’ve got a groovy kind of love
Oh, we’ve got a groovy kind of love

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Mix 183

All new stuff I have grabbed in the past week or two, some I even purchased. All sad and/or sappy. I will need this in the car tonight and this week.

Barry Manilow – Weekend In New England
Bette Midler – The Rose
Mike Reno and Ann Wilson – Almost Paradise
Minnie Driver – Learn To Be Lonely (Phantom movie)
Phil Collins – Groovy Kind Of Love
Wayne Fontana – Groovy Kind Of Love
Cast of Hair – Let The Sunshine In
Jerry Orbach, Cast of 42nd Street – Lullaby Of Broadway
Julia Fordham – Someone To Watch Over Me (Mr. Holland’s Opus)
Shania Twain & Elton John – You’re Still The One/The Way You Look Tonight (Shania’s Winter Break)
Whitesnake – Here I Go Again
Betty Buckley – Memory (Cats)
Glynnis Johns – Send In The Clowns (A Little Night Music)

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Ooh, I can post

I’ll put in my backdated one from yesterday. No time to really catch up now though on my LJ or anyone else’s, as yet another drive to Atlanta awaits me in a few hours.

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Sideways

Saw Sideways last night and thought it was brilliant. ] Give the Best Actor to Paul Giamatti. ] Virginia Madsen is angelic. Thomas Haden Church get his reward for enduring Wings and Ned and Stacy. Ok, I’m not good at movie reviews. I enjoyed it a lot, and I found myself relating very much to the Paul Giamatti character.

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