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Marillion, Park West, Chicago, IL – 6/23/12: A different concert in a couple of different ways. But first, the set list: The Invisible Man Open My Eyes Slainte Mhath Out of This World Afraid of Sunlight Cannibal Surf Babe The Great Escape Estonia Lucky Man Between You and Me Neverland Encore 1: This Strange Engine Encore 2: Kayleigh ...; posted @ Sunday, June 24, 2012 7:10 PM | Feedback (0)

Marillion, Park West, Chicago, IL – 6/22/12: If there were two things that were confirmed at this concert, they are: Though I was encouraged by the presence of my still noticeably older brethren, I am perilously close to becoming too old to rock Sometimes, you can go home again First, the set list: The Invisible Man Beautiful You’re Gone Easter King Fantastic Place A Voice from the Past Ocean Cloud ...; posted @ Saturday, June 23, 2012 2:00 AM | Feedback (0)

Repost: Comments Commentary: Via John Gruber at DaringFireball, Matt Gemmell has a post that describes the pros and cons of allowing comments on a website. I’ve long been of the view that you really should have (moderated) comments if you want to say that you have a blog. Of course, given that Gruber doesn’t allow comments, I’d then have to figure out what DaringFireball is, if not a blog, and if that’s a difference that makes a difference. In any event, none of the comments in the linked post favors the Rob Conery patented “turn on comments until you start getting...; posted @ Monday, January 09, 2012 11:03 PM | Feedback (0)

Jesus does not influence the outcome of NFL games: After watching yet another miraculous Tim Tebow led comeback, I began to reconsider my stance that Jesus was not interested in the outcome of NFL games. There are two particular aspects about the Tebow phenomenon that I particularly enjoy. One is the obvious religious aspect. Although it isn’t the only factor, by far one of the largest aspects that drives the Tebow-haters, and drives them nuts, is the fact that Tebow is openly Christian, and unapologetic about it. These same people generally wouldn’t mind thuggish behavior in their athletes, or manslaughter convictions, or what have you, but an occasional mention of Jesus...; posted @ Sunday, December 11, 2011 7:45 PM | Feedback (2)

Report: There were too many people and they were too drunk: Truer words have never been spoken about many things, but it definitely applies to this one. As the link states: “Let’s make sure we have this straight: too many drunken people in too close of a proximity to each other, in an emotionally charged environment, without enough police supervision will lead to problems. Glad to hear it only took two months to come up with that kind of hard hitting analysis.” As a proud Canadian (and a proud American, as like my sisters, I am a dual citizen of both countries due to being born in Canada of...; posted @ Friday, September 02, 2011 5:14 PM | Feedback (0)

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals – Big White Gate (Live): Sometimes you come across a band and wonder to yourself “where the hell have they been, how did I miss this?” and this, for me is one of them. They are on tour for their current album (which I actually don’t like as much as their 2007 release, which is why I’m posting this one), and I actually looked into driving 10+ hours to see them, but it doesn’t work out. Anyway, damn can she sing. Saint peter won't you open up the big white gate Cause i heard about forgiveness and i hope...; posted @ Sunday, August 28, 2011 7:28 PM | Feedback (0)

Repost - Insane Moron Draws Conclusion From NFL Preseason Game: Funny.; posted @ Friday, August 26, 2011 9:47 AM | Feedback (0)

Misheard Lyrics – Pearl Jam – Yellow Ledbetter: After spending a week’s vacation in Canada with my family (Kingston, where I was born, Montreal and Quebec City….I’d never been to Quebec City, and especially enjoyed it), I was driving my sister and her husband to the airport when this song came on the radio and we all began ‘singing’ it, which of course meant muttering random and incoherent sentences, because no one can really tell what the hell Eddie Vedder is actually singing. Anyway, she forwarded to me this video which explains it perfectly. As one commenter said, “whats so hard to understand that he doesnt want...; posted @ Wednesday, August 24, 2011 11:29 AM | Feedback (0)

Now that the lockout is over and football is on the way…: …We can again get the fascinating, insightful and in-depth analysis from ESPN that we’ve all come to know and love, especially from Trent Dilfer and Mark Schlereth. On how Plaxico Burress will perform now that he is back in the NFL after his prison term, Mark offered the following fascinating, insightful and in-depth commentary: he could be rusty and out of playing shape from being away from the game, but he could also be refreshed from being off his legs during all this time, possibly giving him what he and his teammates’ used to call ‘fresh legs’ in training...; posted @ Sunday, July 31, 2011 7:07 PM | Feedback (0)

If it doesn’t exist in a current file format, does it still exist?: As an undergrad, I wrote a novel for my senior Honors thesis. Even after all this time, I’m still unable (and probably too biased) to figure out whether or not, on a scale of 1-10, whether it rated a 1, or if maybe, just maybe, it was good enough to rate as high as a 3. If I ever make it to that point, and have the time, when I’m in my fifties, I think I might try to re-write it. But the purpose of this post is not about literary criticism. I wrote it on an electronic typewriter,...; posted @ Friday, July 29, 2011 7:56 PM | Feedback (0)

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