Author Archives: Solonor

And here I sit…

Posted on October 12, 2004 by Solonor

I don’t bitch about work much on here. But damn it! Why does one of our biggest clients have to have a fricking crisis on the first night of the Sox-Yankees ALCS? 30 minutes to game time, and here I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Baseball | 7 Comments

A Friendly Wager

Posted on October 12, 2004 by Solonor

Doing their part to keep the dream sequence alive, the Houston Astros won (or, as ESPN put it, the Braves lost). Congrats to them on their first ever playoff series win. I remember the 1980 NLCS as being one of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Suffragette City

Posted on October 11, 2004 by Solonor

In Afghanistan this weekend, millions of people came out to vote. And while it may not be the perfect picture of an election, they did it with opponents threatening to kill them. Vote and die. Think about that when your … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Christopher Reeve dead

Posted on October 11, 2004 by Solonor

Whoa. A couple of shockers this morning. Christopher Reeve and Ken Caminiti died yesterday. Continue reading →

Posted in Yo! Listen Up! | 4 Comments

When I’m 64…

Posted on October 9, 2004 by Solonor

Happy birthday, John Continue reading →

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Football: Week 5

Posted on October 8, 2004 by Solonor

Well, last week weren’t so good for the football-hatin’ football picker (7-7). It was, however, a veddy, veddy good week for the baseball fan (GO SOX!!) Hey, I’m still 39-19. So, this week, I am bucking the odds and picking … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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7000 or bust?

Posted on October 8, 2004 by Solonor

The Blogger Boobiethon is heading into its final days needing only a couple of hundred dollars to match last year’s goal. So far, they’ve made almost $7,000 for breast cancer research. Amazing! Go and make a donation and put them … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Re-assessing the debate

Posted on October 7, 2004 by Solonor

“Unlike Cheney, Edwards is not spending today explaining any falsehoods.” – Boston Globe “Now, in my capacity as vice president, I am the president of Senate, the presiding officer. I’m up in the Senate most Tuesdays when they’re in session.” … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Rants 'n' Whines | 4 Comments

Very funny, lady…

Posted on October 6, 2004 by Solonor

Yet another perk of having a friend in the book-selling biz is having her bring back goodies from conventions. She brought the kids a whole bunch of manga (one of everything… apparently, half the stuff at the show was anime), … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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All Winchell, All the Time

Posted on October 6, 2004 by Solonor

Remember how I told you April Winchell is God and how easily distracted I am? I’m sure you hadn’t noticed… As part of that “distracted” post, I wrote that I saw on Paul Winchell’s site where he claims to have … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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