Author Archives: Solonor

All your Vin Diesel are belong to us.

Posted on May 4, 2005 by Solonor

Looks like I don’t need Natalie anymore. My minimum daily requirement for sheer nonsense will now be met by… Random Vin Diesel Facts The contents of Vin Diesel’s bellybutton include six Pogs, a 1987 Buick Skylark, and a Baldwin. Which … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Smooth move, Ex-Lax

Posted on May 3, 2005 by Solonor

Got up this morning to make coffee and spilled some of the grounds on my wife’s new mandolin. Thinking that I’d better not leave it like that, I took it over to the sink to brush it off… Those of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Life, the Universe and Everything | 12 Comments

Do the Hustle

Posted on May 1, 2005 by Solonor

Went to see Kung Fu Hustle last night. I haven’t laughed so hard in a theater in a long time. If Tex Avery and Jackie Chan had a baby, this would be it. Like Shaun of the Dead, this isn’t … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Blogcritics, The Big Screen | 4 Comments

We had joy, we had fun…

Posted on April 30, 2005 by Solonor

Thank God, no “Seasons in the Sun.” I am both relieved and oddly disappointed by the bulk of the tapes, as nothing too embarrassing is revealed. Sadly, no radio tapes turned up. It’s mostly stuff I recorded from my LP’s. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Old School Emo

Posted on April 30, 2005 by Solonor

Oh. My. God. I hit the motherlode of teen angst (or “emo” as the kiddies call it these days). The next tape was recorded on the next to last day of school (1978?) by a kid who was moving away. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Live blogging from the Big Dig

Posted on April 30, 2005 by Solonor

You’re about to get a rare peek inside the mind of a teenage dweeb from the 70’s, as I delve into the sarcophagus. It’s going to be scary. I would suggest that those of you with weak constitutions (I’m looking … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Star Waaaaaars… nothing but Star Waaars…

Posted on April 29, 2005 by Solonor

Gah! Now I can’t get this stupid thing out of my head! Bill Murray Star Wars Theme.mp3 (right-click and save… I’ll probably take it down before it gets Google’d to death) Continue reading →

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I find your lack of faith disturbing.

Posted on April 29, 2005 by Solonor

It is true. The Force can have a strong influence on the weak-minded. For I find that all the warning buzzers have mysteriously been silenced. I am in total acceptance of the fact that–no matter what–Revenge of the Sith will … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Tape Archaeology

Posted on April 28, 2005 by Solonor

Here’s something for you to look forward to this weekend… remember that little hippy-flowered box of cassettes I mentioned yesterday? Well, though I gave them a cursory listen 4 years ago when I brought it back from Maine, I really … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Desk Archaeology (i.e., more random crap that nobody cares about)

Posted on April 27, 2005 by Solonor

My evil twin has posted an annotated photo of her desk junk. (Yes, I am proud to be represented among the flotsam and jetsam in her Pile O’Crap.™) You can tell a lot about a person from the contents of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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