Monthly Archives: February 2009

Forty Guns

I was glad that it was payday yesterday.  The money coming into my account made me feel a little better.  I heard the news that the Virgin Megastore on Market Street would be closing down.  I hardly ever bought anything … Continue reading

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Mad Max 2

I fell asleep Wednesday night while listening to the Oasis album “Definitely Maybe.”  It was all right, although I haven’t listened to it much over the years.  I was surprised at the news that the Clippers beat the Celtics.  It … Continue reading

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Dodsworth

I listened to some of Murph and Mac on KNBR early yesterday afternoon, but they were broadcasting from Scottsdale, Arizona, and talking a lot about the Giants, so after a short time, I couldn’t stand it anymore and turned off … Continue reading

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The Hired Hand

I left for school early and hung around to grade some papers.  There wasn’t much activity under noon, when there were seminars on online classes.  When I fiddled around with a faculty database, I saw a familiar name out in … Continue reading

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The Ballad of Cable Hogue

It seemed that the guys on talk radio yesterday morning didn’t really want to talk that much about the Oscars.  Murph and Mac thought the funniest moments involved Steve Martin and Tina Fey.  It seems that Kate Winslet’s face has … Continue reading

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Oscar Night 2009

I woke up early enough yesterday morning to watch the CBS Sunday Morning show.  They showed one of the animated short films that was nominated for an Oscar, “Oktapodi.”  It was sort of like an octopus version of “Finding Nemo.”  … Continue reading

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Doctor Zhivago

After watching the early morning news yesterday, I walked on over to the library and looked around for an hour before I went out to take a bus to Emeryville.  With a big storm about to hit, I wanted to … Continue reading

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How Green Was My Valley

I listened to Woody Guthrie as walked over to work.  I thought about the “Mermaid Avenue” album, which was quite good, although I haven’t heard it in a long time.  I saw that at work, one of the women was … Continue reading

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The Big Lebowski

I fell asleep on Wednesday night as I was listening to a Randy Newman album.  I heard that the Lakers defeated the Warriors.  When I was listening to the game on the radio, the Warriors were ahead by three points. … Continue reading

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Scream

I listened to Murph and Mac yesterday morning picking apart Alex Rodriguez’s farce of a press conference.  For how long is a person supposed to be “young and naïve and stupid”?  I don’t know about the young and naïve part, … Continue reading

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