Aboot
Swashbuckling, Atlanta-area, Technology Account Manager. I brew beer, play drums, and try not to under-achieve. I have people skills.
Chasm. Youth. Wider.
As the chasm between me and my youth creeps ever wider, I find myself observing the behavior of younger folks less like we\’re distant peers and more like I\’m a miserly old researcher in a frayed lab coat with a salt and pepper combover. Many many months ago, the Geester and I attended a birthday [...]
Read More...NoMeansAnomaly
Yeah yeah yeah. Shut it. I would promise that my updates will be more frequent than once a month, but as soon as I do, two months will charge by and I will have broken a promise, so … The Bulldogs of Georgia lost to the Volunteers of Tennessee on Saturday after they forgot that [...]
Read More...Fiery impulses
So … after getting out of work a little early on Friday afternoon, I was sitting in the sun at Joe\’s on Juniper enjoying a frosty Bridgeport IPA while waiting for the Geester and some of her coworkers to show up (Exhibit A), when I came upon a most curious bit of information in Ze [...]
Read More...Yes, they look like pencil erasers because I\’m that happy to see you.
I love these days that get progressively colder as the hours tick by. You might think I\’m crazy, but I think the weather in Atlanta today is fantastic. It\’s been far too warm and annoying for the past couple weeks. Early this morning (4-5am) it rained like 6 sons of bitches, and when I walked [...]
Read More...Meme fluff
I usually avoid memes like I try to avoid poison ivy, but, as we\’ve all learned, sometimes I can\’t help but rub it all over my body. I stayed home sick yesterday, and I\’m playing catch-up today, so a nice fluffy meme is perfect. Nikki originally posted this one. Go to Music Outfitters and, in [...]
Read More...I hope you die. I hope we both die.
Here\’s something everyone can relate to, unless, of course, you\’re a soulless, music-hating, dick. Every so often, you discover a new band and involuntarily go head over heels for them. Something about them strikes a chord (ha!) and, suddenly, you find yourself searching out not only their music, but their biographical information. When I was [...]
Read More...Dennis the Menace
It\’s Friday night, April 29th, 2005. I\’ve had a couple of drinks of drinks. I would like to tell you a story about a musician from Umea, Sweden named Dennis Lyxzèn. He is on his way to greatness. As a lyricist, vocalist, songwriter, frontman, and overall showman, I have never seen anything like him. Ever. [...]
Read More...Lagwa(goner)
Derrick Plourde, drummer and founding member of Lagwagon, shot himself last Wednesday, apparently in his parents\’ bedroom. As long as I can remember there have been stories flying around about \”that drummer from Lagwagon\” being kicked out of bands because he was on drugs or forming new bands because he had cleaned up. I guess [...]
Read More...Sick Rawk
Whatever flu-like nastiness has been going around for the past couple weeks finally caught up with me on Saturday. I thought I was in the clear. Gia had it bad a couple weeks ago, as did several people I work with. I have been eating vitamins and drinking orange juice and washing my hands obsessively. [...]
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