Gary’s shared linksToday’s Netflix pick was Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal. (If you’ve never heard of it, chances are you’re at least somewhat familiar anyway. It’s the film with the iconic premise of a chess match with a personification of Death.) I’m not really sure why I’m even bothering review it, because I really don’t have a [...]
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Last night, I was sitting here at the computer and I had a brainstorm! I had an idea for a viral picture that could take the internet by storm! Alas, a quick google search revealed that someone had thought of it before me. Nevertheless, I present you with Schrödinger’s lolcat: (Had I thought of [...]
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STRATFORD, NJ, USA I’m pretty sure I once saw a stand-up comedian do a routine about yard sales, and how money takes on an entirely new meaning at them. “45 cents, huh? I don’t know…it has a scratch on it….” Last Saturday, I found that comedy routine to be largely true. Someone nearby organized a street-long yard [...]
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Sunday was the nine-month anniversary of my move back to NJ to look over my grandmom. Here are some statistics: 5377 hours spent with my grandmom 256 days that either my mom or I have watched over her 140 miles I moved from my old home in Maryland 30 weight, in pounds, that I expected to gain. [...]
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Yes, I’m bored. Breaking news, I know. That’s about all I’ve got at the moment. Just bored, frustrated, and fed up. Ah well. I’ll try to have a more substantive post sometime over the weeked for my 9-month (!!!) anniversary here, if I don’t have anything worthwhile to add before then.
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If you know me, you probably know that I love sports stadiums. You may also know that I haven’t attended a Major League Baseball game since 1993. Yes, I have my own little one-man boycott going, thanks to the baseball strike, interleague play, stadium extortion economics, high ticket prices, the Expos fiasco, steriods, the new home run [...]
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Back from Boston, safe and sound. I’ll have more posts coming up soon (later today and/or this week), such as a general update on my grandmom after 9 months and a trip report of my visit to FENWAY PAHK! But for now, I just wanted to post a link that my mom just sent me. [...]
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Cambridge, MA, USA Well, tomorrow is the big day; I will finally get to see a baseball game at Fenway! This all came about at the last minute and without much planning. Still, I’m having a nice time here in Boston, although I do feel a bit rushed. More later! Why I’m here
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One of my friends asked me to fill out this survey about women’s basketball. One of the questions asked what differences there are between men’s and women’s basketball. You know that I love analyzing sports culture, and how sports culture intersects with popular culture. Here is my response. Men’s sports have centuries of history; women’s [...]
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