It’s about 11:10 p.m. on Dec. 31. This won’t be posted for another hour, but I have some things I wanted to share about the past year, and I thought this would a good time to get started. At the moment, I’m sitting on a bright red-orange couch in the middle of my new living… Read More 2008 > 2009
Today is the darkest day of the year and my new favorite satellite radio station is doing something amazing to celebrate. In observance of the winter solstice, the Grateful Dead Channel has lined up an endless stream of what most heads see as the pinnacle of the Dead’s repertoire: “Dark Star.” At some point in… Read More dark.
A couple years ago, I bitched here when XM removed its Music Lab channel — the only one that played my hippie music with any regularity — from its on-air lineup, banishing it to online-only status. And although I haven’t posted about it, I’ve been wondering more recently how the XM-Sirius merger would manifest itself… Read More 13. all better.
Thanks to Andrea and via Cindy, we’re going to try a participatory thing today, a meme about a letter of the alphabet and what it means to you. Here’s how it works: You leave a comment on this post, and I’ll assign you a letter. You write about ten things you love that begin with… Read More 9. eek.
Several people found their way to Uncle Crappy today through the magic of Google. What were they seeking? College football. Duh. That’s a pretty simple one here. Houseboat. Grateful Dead-related, and it’s here. History of Houseboats. Again, I know the history of just one. See above. Fun Facts About Jerome Bettis. None that I know… Read More answers.
This week has been crazy. The next few will be crazier. Father of Uncle Crappy will be having bypass surgery on Friday. In the span of a week, we went from routine check-up to problem with stress test to scheduled heart cath. IN ONE DAY, we went from probable need for angioplasty or installation of… Read More hoo.
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