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Snowmageddon

February 10th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Home |

Updated throughout the day. 4:15 p.m.

Too Late

February 9th, 2010 | 1 Comment | Music |

It was so sad, yet I couldn’t tear myself away. I had to watch, like a rubbernecker passing a fatal highway accident.

It’s probably not good for my intellectual well-being, but I subscribe to a couple of right-wing mailing lists just to keep track. Sometimes it’s difficult, like this weekend’s “Worldview Weekend” news. If you’re not familiar with them they’re conservative, “fundamentalist” Christian organization run by a guy who is a strict Biblical literalist, especially the parts about how awesome capitalism is.

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Wish Me Luck

February 7th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Entertainment |

Here are my box pool numbers for the Super Bowl. Surprisingly, they’re not too bad. Usually I end up with 2/8 and 8/2, or something equally unlikely.

Colts 3, Saints 8
Colts 4, Saints 9

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Weekend Concert, The Broadway Bach Ensemble

February 6th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Music |

The BBE teams up with the New Amsterdam Singers for two free concerts in the next couple of days. A program of the “Three Bs” includes:

Johann Sebastian Bach: O Jesu Christ mein Lebens Licht, BWV 118
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36
Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied, Op. 54
Johann Sebastian Bach: Gott ist unser Zuversicht, from Cantata 197

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