I’m really glad that Terrence Howard got a Best Actor nod for Hustle & Flow. Ari and I rented it just this last weekend and we were both blown away. The movie is equal parts depression and inspiration, and even though the main character is a criminal the film is more interested in singing the […]

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Normally I try to keep Linux-y news in my odd/linux folder, but I just had to tell you about my new love. Thanks to Kevin, who came over for a cookout lunch on Sunday, I’ve discovered Ubuntu. It is an extremely fast installation (less than 10 minutes - granted, you can’t choose your components like […]

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Last night, I w00ted. I leapt up from my chair and, uncontrollably, I let out a loud, primal w00t! And not just one, but several. It was nearly midnight. For a second there I was afraid I had awakened the boys. So then I w00ted softly, and jumped up and down, and then I high-fived […]

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There was a mess of pigeon feathers under the live oak tree across the street this morning. A lot of little breast feathers - you know what I mean, those small fuzzy ones. And a few wing feathers, too. I half expected to find a molted carcass nearby but no such luck. What could have […]

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