Archive for November, 2007
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Part of me thinks an indefinite hiatus for this site is a good idea. Part of me feels I should just post when the mood strikes me and doesn’t care at all that I may never post anything with an ounce of relevance. So as I ponder the ongoing question of what the purpose [Read More]
Hiatus Name-That-Tune
Doubt I’ll be posting again any earlier than Tuesday. I found this on iTunes today. It’s not spellbinding music, but I like it. Even if a hundred people listen to this (in which case I’ll probably go over my bandwidth allocation), it’s unlikely [Read More]
Toastie’s TV Theme of the Day
Seriously? No. I’d run out of good ones in about a month. And bandwidth would probably kill me, even with a low-quality recording. And the music industry, even the one for TV themes, wouldn’t like it, even with a low-quality recording. Hmm, but what if I [Read More]
Election post-mortem
David Harris lost his bid for a city council seat to Farad Ali because Harris once had the gall to support a candidate who was not the choice of Durham Committee icon Lavonia Allison. As a local “insider” made a point of emphasizing to me some months back, [Read More]
Grad Student Assaulted in Off-Campus Home
Just a couple of blocks away from me… Grad Student Assaulted in Off-Campus Home Durham Police said the woman was seriously injured in the assault by a man reportedly known to her. … (I’ve censored my own reaction; would prefer at this time to focus on [Read More]
Student voter registration drives…stop doing them! They don’t vote!
Let’s register students! Let’s give them pizza and they’ll register to vote! Let’s rock the youth vote! NO! Stop it! Because you’re f****** with my precinct numbers. Everyone thinks that no one in my precinct votes. It’s such an apathetic [Read More]
Durham politics novice on Decision 2007
For many years, I was one of those Durham residents who drove past the array of election signs every fall and wondered what it all meant. Scratch that. I think I just wondered how effective it was, just sticking your name on sign, in garnering votes at the polls. (This goes [Read More]
Thanks to mystery person at work for my Election Day mix
Someone at work shares their stuff on iTunes as ‘what are you looking at?’ I don’t know who this individual is, but I wish to thank him or her for helping me through this less-than-ideal workday with an eclectic mix of Beck, Billie Holiday, and Björk. [Read More]
To Whom It May Matter
WARNING (to self, mostly, I suppose): I am about to post thoughts that are probably better suited for a non-public journal. I wound up spending a good deal of the afternoon in bed. I am not sure what is a worse image to project–one of laziness and lack of motivation [Read More]
Toastiest WordPress plugin ever added
I’m not going to pretend I get a ton of comments, but I’ve thought for awhile that it would be nice if commenters could opt to be emailed when further comments were posted for a given entry. Other blogging platforms have this feature, either built-in or offered [Read More]
