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A Perfectly Reasonable Grievance: Bonus Addition »

Then, You Suggest Some Wii Games
 
I questioned whether or not I should post this because apparently until we get this world hunger thing solved, we’re not allowed to complain about our own lives. But since we’ve supported a poor child, Katarina, through World Vision for over a decade now, I feel that I have built […]

Local Blogger Likes Music, Apparently »

Only a Memory
On Saturday night, our whirlwind tour of concert going took us to Decatur, home of ADM and soybeans, and, for one night only, the Smithereens. It was definitely worth the smell as the band played rocking versions of all of their college radio hits, save for House We Used to Live In*, much […]

Whigging Out »

We went to see the Whigs and the Toadies at the Pageant in St. Louis last night. We really went to see the Whigs; the Toadies just happened to be headlining. Rather than a review of the show, I thought I’d just throw out a few observations.
What a great place
The Pageant is a wonderful place […]

Tautiška Giesmė »

I was roundly mocked when I took to the Bocce Ball field on Saturday evening, this despite my earlier display of prowess. The "Lithuanian Master" they called out, derisively. Well, I promised that I wouldn’t boast, but rest assured that when darkness fell, the ridiculing had ceased. Join me, won’t you, in a rendition of […]

You won’t get this from a domestic beer »

Bloggers are good at venting their frustrations and giving public floggings to those people or entities who we feel have done us wrong. In the spirit of fairness, it’s only right then that we also give air to those who distinguish themselves with acts of nobleness.
You may recall reading a long-winded, heavily emoted and, quite […]