July 2010
The Archives
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07.27.10Songs We Wish We’d Written – FitzcarraldoFitzcarraldo by The Frames (video is The Swell Season) - In one recording, Glen introduces the song by saying "This song was written after watching a movie about a man who pulled a ship over a mountain. I think we've all got a lot of ships we're trying to pull over mountains." In another he describes it as though you're moving forward and sometimes you hit this invisible wall and so you try to go around it, but you end up go all the way around the world and just end up right back where you started rather than just ...
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07.26.10Monday Morning ListFriday: Worked Hung out with Lincoln and went grocery shopping Watched Inception... maybe they should have called it Incredible... Check out my review at TOC Saturday: Drove the Garage Sale tour bus... or Kia Took a nap Last week we bought a freestanding outdoor swing (like a porch swing). When I took it apart to move it, I realized that it had more rust than I thought, so I bought some paint to touch it up. Well, I realized very quickly that I was going to have to paint the whole thing, which really isn't as bad as it sounds. Took Lincoln to the park in Grapevine to ...
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07.21.10I Need to ReadJust an observation. I've only read 1 proper book this year. The rest has been a few novels, a couple of audiobooks, and a handful of TPBs. It's about time to get my brain working again.
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07.19.10Monday Morning ListFriday: Played our final VBS band gig in the morning. Hung out with Lincoln in the afternoon. Took Lincoln up to the church for Family Fun Night Mowed the front lawn. Saturday: Garage saled in the morning. Found a couple of super cool trucks for Lincoln for $1 each that sold for $15 and $30 new. Craigslisted in the afternoon. Got a free Power Wheel, but as yet it does not work. Mowed the back lawn. Sunday: Church. Classes at church. Came home and got sick. Monday: Staying home because I feel awful. Hopefully will bounce back by tomorrow.
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07.15.10Close to Home[I've been slow in posting this week because my mornings have been taken up with playing in the band for our church Vacation Bible School.] Yesterday morning, in our men's Bible study group, I was informed that the mayor of Coppell (where I work) had died in what was presumably a murder/suicide the night before. This was shocking to all of us because on the 4th of July, we had her here in our worship service where we honored her with a plaque for her service to our community. About 4 weeks before this, she had been on campus along with ...
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07.13.10Songs We Wish We’d Written – Fire and RainFire and Rain by James Taylor -This song is just difficult to get through. I'm not sure if it's his voice or the lyric or the combination of the two. It's so haunting. Like Homeward Bound, there's really nothing more to say. Songs We Wish We'd Written
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07.13.10Music of the DayYou may not know it, but I have a Tumblr account called Music of the Day. It's just a running log of what I'm listening to at any given time (though it may not always be real time). So, if you're intrigued by the weird music that I often reference on here, or you're looking to discover something new (or old), you should RSS it and shoot me a note whenever you think that I've crossed too many genres in a given day. The Random Post button can be fun, too. Also, if you happen to be a guitarist, I'm selling a ...
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07.12.10Monday Morning ListFriday: Afternoon with Lincoln. We went to Walmart, but our mini-cookout got rained out. Watched the Waterboy Saturday: Garage Sales Nap Craigslisting Finished watching the Waterboy. Watched the Jake and Vienna interview just out of sheer morbid curiosity. Sunday: Church Tried to go buy a sandbox, but the guy didn't call me back in time. Took an awesome nap. Hung out with Lincoln and went grocery shopping. Playing music for VBS all this week.
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07.08.10Throwdown ThursdayIt's Thursday, so there's a new TV Throwdown over at TOC. Today's topic: an ode to my favorite screenwriter and two of the greatest television programs of the last 20 years that were canceled before their time. Editors Note: I've misspelled canceled 3 times in the last 12 hours.
