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October 5, 2011 5. thought different.

I arrived in Athens, Ohio, in the fall of 1985. As I moved in at Washington Hall, I met my roommate for the first time. He had all the normal moving into college stuff — clothes, some music, stuff to hang on the walls. But he also had a small, black vinyl bag, like a [...]

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May 18, 2008 summary.

A weekend, in bad haiku: Blogfest was awesome Sign-in sheet, it’s almost full Hot. Open that door. — Empty the freezer Before they head to Boston Hey! Take home some steaks! — Mags go up in flames Beer guys could write, turned out Cornhole dulls the pain. — Vid shoot with the Sorgs Rachel looked [...]

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February 23, 2008 quiet.

An indication that last night’s Blogfest 13 was a good one: If you go back through the timeline, you won’t see a whole lot of Twitter activity from those in attendance. Maybe we were all having too much fun? Thanks for a great night, y’all. See you again soon.

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February 22, 2008 pretty damn close.

Another reason I’m not too upset to miss the Wilco show in Cleveland tonight? I have an excellent substitute: Blogfest 13. Bloggers, podcasters and other media types — new, old and both, in some cases — will start showing up at Finnegan’s Wake on General Robinson Street around 5:30, and drinking, eating and conversing will [...]

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November 9, 2007 8. birthdays, beer, blogging.

A quick post, in part to make sure I maintain my NaBloPoMo compliance. And because I haven’t done a bullet post in a while. I’m happy that I went to Blogfest 12 last night — had a great time finally getting a chance to talk with some people I pretty much knew only professionally and [...]

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November 8, 2007 7. festive.

Later today, I get to celebrate the second of two birthdays in a row. I already told you about the surprise birthday that The Wife sprung on me Wednesday night. The second is the third birthday of Pittsburgh Bloggers, the site founded by Woy, Cindy Closkey and others as a way of tracking the blogging [...]

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