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Friday Night Birthday Blogging

According to The Wiki, the brother is 86 today. Don't know how he keeps doing it, but we should all be hoping for many more years.

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Tuesday Night Ballad Blogging

Because we are still waiting for our ship to come in.

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Monday Night Funk Blogging

Because life without thrill rides would not be worth living.

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Monday Night War Blogging

Because a day without dead militants is like a day without sunshine.

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Independence Night Blogging

As it should ever be. Enjoy.

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Sunday Night Jesus Blogging

Since I've spent the better part of the day bemoaning the religion crap that infects our political discourse, it's probably best to end the day contemplating why it still matters (no dispute here!), and more importantly, where it rightfully belongs:

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Hump Night Igor Blogging

Been on a Stravinsky kick all week since we share the same birthday, so enjoy.

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Tuesday Night Russkie Blogging

America's leading geopolitical foe: Now 40% more creative than the leading geopolitical foe.

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Wednesday Night Minimalist Blogging

Don't know anything about this person, just stumbled across him on the Tubes, etc., but I'm kinda diggin' the concept. And the execution ain't the worst I've ever seen, either.

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No Improvement on The Original

Please, just stop:

Twenty-two percent of Americans think veteran rocker Bruce Springsteen should compose a new US national anthem to replace "The Star-Spangled Banner," suggests an online poll released Monday.

That's more than the 19 percent who think country legend Dolly Parton is up to the task, or the 18 percent who favor soulman Stevie Wonder, according to the poll for the CBS current affairs show "60 Minutes" and Vanity Fair magazine.

Eleven percent named venerable singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, 10 percent favor movie soundtrack composer John Williams, eight percent voted for rapper Jay-Z and five percent named pop diva Madonna.

What, no love for Toby Keith?

I've got another idea. How about if we just swap out the Star-Spangled Banner for another song instead? Why do we need a new tune, which I am willing to guarantee will suck beyond belief, no matter who writes it, when we already have a good one that most people already know? And no, I'm not talking about that godawful shit they play during the seventh-inning stretch in Yankee Stadium. That tune needs to be retired at once.

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It's High-Fives All Around

Whenever serial human-rights violators get together to swap war stories. Good times!

Personally, I think this rendition of Dubya is much more lifelike than the painting.

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Tuesday Night Folk Blogging

I never knew until I read the obits tonight that he was blind from infancy. R.I.P.

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Saturday Night Opera Blogging

Out for a little diversion from the usual blather at the Rodent Room tonight. See y'all tomorrow.

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Friday Night Liederblog

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, R.I.P.

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Thursday Night Techno-Beat Blogging

There is nothing that is not totally awesome about this cut. So get up off ya feet and start knockin' tha boots.

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Fun With Typepad

Trying a new layout for a change, the aim being to un-clutter the page a bit, improve readability, etc. Tomorrow I'll probably hate this and revert to the old user-hostile layout, but am I thinking the blog could stand some sprucing up, and this might be an improvement over the long-standing original design. Any thoughts?

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Sunday Memorial Duck Blogging

Homeboy sure knew how to lay it down. His type will always be missed.

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Your Regularly Scheduled Blogging

Will resume shortly. Decided to crack open a new book and learn some stuff last night. Kinda nice for a change of pace. Perhaps I should do it more often.

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Sorta Good, Sorta Not

As a rule, an increase in consumer spending in the middle of a recession is a healthy sign that people have more money to buy stuff, which provides stimulus to communities, increases tax revenues for governments, helps to create jobs in general, etc. On the other hand, when people are primarily spending borrowed money because they can't afford the cost of their kids' education, well, that's really not the awesomest thing in the world. Especially when you consider what our overlords are likely doing with all the rising piles of student debt that will never be repaid because there aren't any jobs.

And to think there was a time when you could attend college for free. But that, of course, was back in a frivolous time before we wised up and started relying on the wisdom of markets to determine whether our degrees were worth more than a computer, a robot, or some telemarketer in Mumbai. Good times!

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Ultra-Light Blogging Today

Out most of the day attending to more family crap in the nether regions of the Big Valley. Try not to blow any shit up while I'm away.

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