Monthly Archives: June 2009

Why landscape disaster reminds me of timing belts

The other day, I left a comment on bearkat110′s reader blog I Like Pretty Flowers on Chron.com, sympathizing with her “very very bad haircut.” Bearkat110 is a novice gardener just like me and she frequently offers some great posts about … Continue reading

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Dock Ellis was number 17; we’re 33 and why this matters

Despite the amateurish misspellings, the lyrics for my new favorite Todd Snider song, “America’s Favorite Pastime,” can be found here. They’re not up at EighteenMinutes as of this writing, and I can understand why: The record, The Excitement Plan was … Continue reading

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Google Wave won’t replace newspapers

Here’s a comment I just posted on the Buzz Machine’s story about Google Wave. Don’t know what Google Wave is? Check out a video of the Google team announcing it at some geek conference. Here’s my comment: This could replace … Continue reading

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