Monthly Archives: October 2008

Laughing My Ars* Off

10/29/2008 – 9:32 pm

Yes, I know that Spurs are a complete laughing stock, however I do spare some chuckles for the “elite” team of Norf London. The Arse, who some deluded morons still think have a chance at the title, allow poor, troubled Tottenham to muster a 4-4 draw, scoring two goals in the final two minutes.
Ars*nal [...]

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Good Reads

10/29/2008 – 12:18 pm

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I finished Harry Matthew’s The Journalist yesterday and quite enjoyed it although, like many books in my restrictions and obstructions class, it wouldn’t appeal to a broad audience. The central idea is that the narrator has suffered a breakdown of some sort and has decided to write a journal to track the events [...]

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Lots of Catching Up

10/26/2008 – 8:43 pm

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So, Spurs ditched the magic Juande in favor of ‘Arry Redknapp. I think axing Ramos was the right move because he clearly did not command the respect of the players, winning a grand total of four league games while in charge. In one game, ‘Arry accumulated more points than Ramos did in [...]

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October Student/Faculty Reading!

10/22/2008 – 1:41 pm

As part of UWM’s creative writing program, we do monthly (or close enough!) readings featuring our grad students and faculty. If you’re in the Milwaukee area tomorrow night (Thursday, Oct 23) then drop by and check it out!
WHAT: October’s Student/Faculty Reading

WHEN: Thursday, October 23 @ 6 pm

WHERE: Brocach Irish Pub, 1850 N. Water St.

WHY: Hear [...]

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Looking Good, and Not Good At All

10/19/2008 – 4:20 pm

We finished another major project we’d had on the docket for awhile, and that was having a new driveway poured and redoing the front walk and stoop. All in all, it turned out to be a frustrating experience because the concrete contractor wanted to do the job quickly which meant some details got left in [...]

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Tell Tale Indeed

10/17/2008 – 9:24 am

I received some MP3 downloads from Amazon and decided to blow them on Bob Dylan’s newest, Tell Tell Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8. The early signs point to this being an album I’m glad I didn’t shell out any cold hard cash for. The one “tell tale sign” I can identify is that the [...]

By Trent | Posted in Music | Comments (2)

Because You Never Know Who Is Watching

10/14/2008 – 5:07 pm

Word on the street is that this site is under surveillance by the academic overlords. Watch yourselves, people!

Just kidding. I was told that my self-serving space here is being used as an example of a “web presence” for an undergrad creative writing class. Hello, undergrad creative writing class!
Current Mood: Puckish |
Currently Listening To – [...]

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“Me Too” Politics?

10/12/2008 – 11:02 pm

I am more than ready for this friggin’ election to be over with and, my personal preferences aside, I think McCain is in trouble based on some of the ads I’ve seen running in southern Wisconsin. What I find interesting about these ads is that unless you look and listen closely, you’re not sure who [...]

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Wins! (and a humbling loss)

10/12/2008 – 10:23 am

The secret to watching the United States play some good attacking soccer? Have them face a tiny Caribbean nation playing with one man down. The US whipped up on Cuba to the tune of 6-1 last night and featured some pretty decent attack play. I was really happy to see DaMarcus Beasley bang in [...]

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Standing the Test of Time

10/8/2008 – 10:34 pm

Before going forward with anything positive, I do want to say that I am generally displeased with the performance of my 80 GB iPod classic. I had some initial negative things to say, and there are more. I found out that you can indeed use Media Monkey to manage your iPod and that helped sort [...]

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