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Hook, Line and Awesome: 5 Thoughts About Homeland
I get it now. Homeland, now in it’s second season on Showtime, is amazing. Everyone was right. Yes, everyone. Why everyone? Because literally no one has said this show isn’t amazing. If you were to mention Homeland in a crowded room, you… Read More ›
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Picking a Horse: What to do when your team misses the playoffs
I need a horse. It’s October, leaves are falling, we have a pumpkin and baseball playoffs are about to start. For the first time since 2006 I don’t have a horse in the race- i.e. a team I have a… Read More ›
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10 Things Unrelated to Building Rocking Chairs
A brief rundown of 10 things I’ve learned or have affirmed in the past couple weeks- listed in no particular order. Goucher Athenaeum 1. Your college will have changed as much as you have in 10 years. It’s… Read More ›
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The Curious Case of the Dead Squirrel
There are roughly five hundred million squirrels in the world* and I found a dead one in our backyard this morning. The squirrel- I don’t know its name or sex, was lying under a tree. There was an acorn still… Read More ›
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33 Things I Know
Tomorrow I turn 33. At this point in my life I don’t know everything there is to know- I only know some things. Things you know are absolute- they are facts as far as you are concerned. They are bases… Read More ›
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Catching a Breath: 10 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Month
I have had a lot going on lately. There have been quite a few life changes and believe me, I’ve wanted to write a coherent blog about every single one of them. But I haven’t been able too. Maybe because… Read More ›
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Philly, I Bid You Adieu
In Mid-August of 2006 I packed up a U-Haul trailer, hooked it up to my blue Chevy Blazer and headed south for Philadelphia. The rearview mirror was full of Portland, Gram, my family, my band and the boats & crew… Read More ›
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You’ve Changed- Making Sense of Let’s Start a Cult by Rustic Overtones
I think the problem is the length. That’s what she said. No I’m serious. So is she. Moving on, I’m talking about the new Rustic Overtones album, Let’s Start a Cult, and how my problem with it, the main hang… Read More ›
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Loud Regardless! A Sunday Night in Philly with Paranoid Social Club.
Going in, I wasn’t sure what to expect. It was Sunday night, we’d done some casual day drinking and frankly- I just wasn’t sure how Paranoid Social Club would do playing a show upstairs at World Café Live. It’s a… Read More ›
