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          Welcome to Pin-The-Tale on You .  Every mature person you will ever pass on the street has more-than-probably done things which co...

          This is not a film for the masses.  It doesn't matter that Pitt and Penn are in it.  It also doesn't matter that almost e...

          I rarely look at my blog's statistics.  My reason for writing these pages is more about the act of creating than who my audie...

          While perusing SQUIRE for disc-golf information, I failed to find a succinctly written explanation which might assist novice disc...

          Another first.           Last month, the fantastic folks at Disc Golf Station offered me a free disc in exchange for my review...

      I've always been a little out-there in je-ne-sais-quoi-land when it comes to what I wear on my feet.  I think it's probably be...

          Please take this moment to think about those who's lives ended while they were wearing a uniform.  It doesn't matter if y...

          After I was about 24-hours deep into L.A. Noire the 17-year-old son of my fiancée (who'd not yet played) asked, "Do you f...

A first. I enjoy each and every "first" (as one should at my age). Today it was sour beer. It has sip-ability.  It's no...

                Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square, 14 May 2001.  World Belly Dance Day.  Belly dance flashmob (choreographed, direct...

          Yuuup ...there's always going to be someone out there more bizarre and unstable than normal-weird.  I say normal-weird becaus...

          I have admired Irishwind as an artist for six years.  She lives in Singapore and draws like I wish I could.  Similar to my work, m...

          In March-April I participated in a month-of-songs.  I began by following someone.  Once I learned it was a meme, *wards evil-...

          About once a decade I "discover" a "new" fantasy/speculative fiction author with sufficient imagination, driv...

          Dear anonymous (14-year-old-male) commenter who recommended Sucker Punch and questioned my 3+ rating on Source Code here .    ...

          Today is my thirtieth-consecutive day of my song list month, which I've grown fond of referring to as MySoLiMo.  This eight-...

          A Favorite Talk Song .           Subtitle: ( if you're not into the ol' brevity thing ) a music composition incorporati...

          A Song Which Reflects Your Opinion On The Weather .           The weather, in today's category, is a metaphor.  It cou...

    Today's category:  A Song That Reminds You of a Favorite Film .           Sample-quotes ...

          A Quirky Song You Admire, But Can't Put Your Finger On Why ; everybody has at least one rollin' around back there lik...

          My category for this 25 th day of MySoLiMo is A Song You Enjoy From Your Least-Listened-To Genre .           In all fairness, ...

          My first compilation album came from a drug store bargain bin.  The full set (two 8-tracks) cost me five dollars, was called Supe...

          Today is Your Favorite Spiritual-or- Secular Song .  This category is not intended to be construed as encompassing everything (...