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Hoggified

June 21st, 2008 · 5 Comments · Music, Nostalgia, humour

I blame David Weinberger. It was him. He made me do it. He made me follow his tweet and watch this video.  Joe Cocker, with subtitles for people who find his accent and delivery style hard to comprehend. Be careful. Be very careful. I hurt.

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Musing about lazy Saturdays and unGoogleable things

June 14th, 2008 · 13 Comments · Cricket, Nostalgia, humour

I grew up in a family where we were intense, almost obsessive, about many strange things. During my mid-to-late teens, I don’t think a day passed without there being a “session” at home. What do I mean by “session”? A gathering of people, numbering greater than 10, all focused on some activity or the other. [...]

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Unintended consequences

April 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Nostalgia

]I was due to meet my family at Miami airport earlier this evening; we had these wondrous plans that involved me driving from Sundance to Salt Lake City, flying from there to Denver and on to Miami, reaching there just in time to collect my wife and children as they flew in from London. 
I made [...]

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