Category Archives: Life, the Universe and Everything

The central message of Buddhism is not “every man for himself”.

Posted on August 2, 2004 by Solonor

Good grief! I came home, and Whiny was watching A Fish Called Wanda. It’s not one of the Top 5, but it’s in the Top 10. The guesses have been very close on the Top 5. I’ll give you the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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What in the wide, wide world of sports is a-goin’ on here?

Posted on August 2, 2004 by Solonor

I stumbled into yesterday’s movie when I turned on the TV. Coincidentally, today at lunch Sgt. Grump whips out his new DVD with the second pillar of movie comedy. If I didn’t believe in an all-loving deity before, I certainly … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Four more years!

Posted on August 2, 2004 by Solonor

Why the hell am I up at 5:30 in the fricking A of M? Oh yeah. School starts today. It’s August 2nd fer crying out loud! Who’s bright idea was this? Continue reading →

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Surely you can’t be serious?

Posted on August 1, 2004 by Solonor

There is nothing better for soothing a bruised inner child who just had a favorite player leave his baseball team (again) than a viewing of one of the movies that make up the five bedrocks of his lame sense of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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More Shocking Revelations for Your Saturday

Posted on July 31, 2004 by Solonor

MacGyver is the only man ever to wear the mullet successfully. Continue reading →

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Today I had a cheese sandwich

Posted on July 31, 2004 by Solonor

But only so I’d have something to blog about. Continue reading →

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Advanced Thumb Twiddling 101

Posted on July 30, 2004 by Solonor

I’m still here. I haven’t expired. I just kinda wrote myself out with that whole vacation story and toe mashing incident. I don’t know what else to write other than my usual obnoxious comments scattered thither and yon throughout the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The Adventures of Bobby Sock and Friends, Part 8

Posted on July 28, 2004 by Solonor

In which our heroes finally return from whence they came We knew the end was coming. We had seen it all, done it all. On Sunday we would drive to Manchester, NH, to board a waiting jetliner that would carry … Continue reading →

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The Adventures of Bobby Sock and Friends, Part 7

Posted on July 27, 2004 by Solonor

Or Ketchup chips! My kingdom for some ketchup chips! One thing you must realize about them Canadians: they’ve got strange tastes. For example, while we Americans like ketchup on our fries and salt-n-vinegar chips, they eat their fries with vinegar1 … Continue reading →

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The Adventures of Bobby Sock and Friends, Part 6

Posted on July 26, 2004 by Solonor

Or “Canada is like a whole other country, ain’t it?” WARNING: Due to Canadian bilingual laws there will be much French speaking in the following entry. While Canadians have built up a resistance to the damaging effects of constantly thinking … Continue reading →

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