Monthly Archives: January 2009

First Class All the Way

Ya really gotta love Serena Williams. First of all, some congrats: By reaching two Australian Open Finals she broke golf star Annika Sorenstam’s record for career prize money by a female athlete with nearly $23 million.  That’s even if she … Continue reading

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Fool Me Once…

Quote of the Day: “I’ve seen the future and it will be/I’ve seen the future and it works…” “The Future” by Prince I was recently “defriended” (“unfriended”?) by an old friend on Facebook. I don’t know why. I must have … Continue reading

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Sex sells (sometimes…)

Quote of the Day: “Sexuality is all I’ll ever need/Sexuality, I’m gonna let my body be free…” “Sexuality” by Prince Since I got all sentimental on Monday and talked about my new teaching position, we had to save the sex … Continue reading

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WayBack Wednesdays: The Girl Most Likely To…

Quote of the Day: “I don’t steal and I don’t lie/But I can feel and I can cry/A fact I bet you never knew…” — “There Are Worse Things I Could Do” from Grease Long before the great Stockard Channing … Continue reading

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Streak of the Week

Quote of the Day: “The king is altogether as naked as the day he was born…” “The King’s New Clothes” from Hans Christian Andersen So apparently some guy decided to streak across the court during the Williams sisters’ doubles match … Continue reading

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The SPB Q: Toure

Quote of the Day: “See me walking around, I’m the boy about town that you’ve heard of…” — “Boy About Town” by The Jam The first time I met Toure, in the summer of 1992, he was sitting on a … Continue reading

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Starting Anew

Quote of the Day: “How can you thank someone/Who has taken you from crayons to perfume…” — “To Sir With Love” by Lulu Today is the first day of the rest of my life. Due to some unforeseen (but not … Continue reading

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WayBack Wednesdays (On a Thursday): SPARKLE

Quote of the Day: “Living in a world of ghetto life/Everybody around seems so uptight…” — “Giving Him Something He Can Feel” by Aretha Franklin Well folks, now that the great celebrity photo op Inauguration business is behind us, maybe … Continue reading

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Wayback Wednesdays RUNNING LATE TODAY

Sup peeps…due to the start of the semester, WAYBACK WEDNESDAYS will be appearing later in the day than I thought… It’s a good one today, so please come back this afternoon (after 2pm) to get your weekly trip in the … Continue reading

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But Camelot was a metaphor…!

Yeh, there were all those Youtube parodies–like this one, for instance–during the campaign period. But this time it’s for real: The Barack Obama Musical is coming to the stage. It’s called Obama On My Mind. Here’s a trailer, if you … Continue reading

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