On January 30, 1969, The Beatles performed their final live performance on the rooftop of the Apple Studios in London. The police came a little while later to tell John, Paul, George, and Ringo (as well as guest musician Billy Preston) to stop playing, but not until they had already played five songs [...]

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According to USA Today, you share your birthday with the following celebrities:
Actor Dean Jones is 77.
Country singer Claude Gray is 76.
Blues singer Etta James is 70.
Actress Dinah Manoff (Empty Nest ) is 50.
Country drummer Mike Burch of River Road is 42.
Actress Ana Ortiz (Ugly Betty ) is 37.
Singer Alicia Keys is 27.
And, in case [...]

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Well, I’m not lost. I feel a bit lost, since it’s after midnight, I’ve been up since 4:30 a.m. yesterday morning, and I still can’t sleep. I’ve been wasting some time on YouTube, and I decided to watch (again!) this trailer for the new season of Lost, which starts next Thursday. I [...]

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It’s been a slow week all over the place. Everyone I’ve talked to says they’ve been bored. The days have moved slowly. I have no work to do. So I thought I’d post a few things that I’ve read to keep me busy this week (in between apartment hunting and my [...]

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I’ve been meaning to post a link to a great site (now added to my blogroll as well): Scrubya. My coworker told me about this site, since it’s his sister’s, and he knew I’d like it (being a proud liberal who’s devastated by the mess Bush has made of our country…and world). She [...]

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Not a whole lot, it seems. I wish someone would update this site!
So I was going through some old posts the other day and stumbled upon some things I don’t like about my blog. First, some old posts don’t have the photos they’re supposed to have. I’ll have to go in and [...]

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Uncle Corky passed away one year ago today. Sometimes it seems like forever ago, and other times it feels like just yesterday. I think about Uncle Corky all the time, and I miss him very much. And I still feel like I can’t write anything that would do him justice. So [...]

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