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 (a few [...]

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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 [...]

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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 can’t wait! 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 almost constant Daily Kos [...]

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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 makes soaps, [...]

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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 fix that [...]

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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 I’m just going to [...]

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