It was about 10:05 p.m. when I clicked the Add New link on my WordPress dashboard to begin composing a new post about how I took the Tibbles to the park (where I got sunburn) and watched Liam lick spilled Freezie Pop off the top of a table. There was going to be more Tibble [...]
June, 2009
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Jun 09
Rock & Roll June Book 3: Love knows no bounds
Last year, when I started the Rock & Roll June endeavor (whereby I only read Rock & Roll flavored books for an entire month) one of the I Will Dare readers suggested Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist. Since I was mired in the endless Rock & Roll bios on recoupable debt, I never got around [...]
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Jun 09
Luv of my life
The death of an icon like Michael Jackson is one of those unifying events that reminds us how very much we have in common. I would defy you to find an American thirty-something who cannot remember the first time they saw Michael Jackson dance, scooting across the floor in a motion that we didn’t even [...]
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Jun 09
Jodachrome on the demise of Kodachrome
When your name is Jodi Chromey (and I believe their might be two of us, though the other one is Jodie Cromie or Jody Kromey or something like that, which, I am sure we can all agree, is vastly inferior to Jodi Chromey) you develop a love/hate relationship with Kodachrome at an early age, [...]
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Jun 09
Interview with Liam, age 4
What’s your name?
Nolan: Liam the very hungry caterpillar.
Liam: No, It’s Liam. My name is Liam and I’m hungry all day because I have to get strong.
What’s your favorite color?
Liam: Uh, blue. Because I like it.
Nolan: Blue is lame.
Liam: Nuhuh, red and green is lame.
Liam: what are you typing? Are you typing blue. What are you [...]
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Jun 09
Not Stardust or Marley or the cartoon guy
Oftentimes I am reticent to talk about family problems on I Will Dare. Inevitably, I will get some ill-informed, unasked for advice that will piss me off. Everyone knows that all families are psychotic in a wholly unique way. To fully explain in the inner dynamics would take hundreds of thousands of words and probably [...]
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Jun 09
Rock & Roll June Book 2: Closer to rock snobdom
I have to admit The Rock Snob’s Dictionary: An Essential Lexicon of Rockological Knowledge was probably not meant to be read from cover to cover like most books. Really, who sits down and reads the dictionary?
I did, and it was a little exasperating. Mostly because the definitions started to get a little samey. How many [...]
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Jun 09
The disorder that dare not speak its name
Dear 6 a.m.
I have written many letters to your slutty younger sister 6:30 a.m. about how much I detest her. I didn’t think it was possible, but I think I like you even less. For as long as I can remember (which is probably like three or four days) you have been messing with my [...]
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Jun 09
Lamenting the lack of storytelling on the web
Once upon a time, in a land not so far away there lived a fairly-fair supergenius named Jodi.
Jodi was your typical supergenius spending too much time reading books, watching horrible TV, and surfing the web. On occasion she could be roused from her castle to participate in the more social aspects of life. The [...]
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Jun 09
, and also I have bad breath
I’ve got something deep and/or meaningful brewing down where the writing ideas are born. I’m still noodling it around in the back of my mind and hoping it will come to fruition in the next day or so.
In the meantime I try to help the birthing process by doing completely mind-numbing, inane work that [...]
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Jun 09
A partial list of activities the Tibbles have completed since their 7:07 a.m. arrival at Supergenius HQ
Walked in and asked for a cup of coffee
Watched Pokemon while all three huddled under a green afghan
Ate SuperMuffins
Watched the Count & Batty Bat three times
Watched Feist sing 1,2,3,4 on Seasame Stree twice
Jumped on the couch shouting “I love Rock & Roll” while listening to Wilco’s Heavy Metal Drummer
Gotten one (Cade) fat lip by slam [...]
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Jun 09
I am Obama’s policies in action
Oftentimes we hear about all kinds of policy and legislation and bill signings going on up on Capitol Hill, and in some nebulous way they effect our lives. I’m sure as soon as I post this all the smarty pants will come to point out 88 pieces of legislation that had a direct impact [...]
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Jun 09
Gushing
This might be stating the obvious, but I love reading. It’s my favorite pastime and something I do every single day. That being said, not many books are fun to read. It’s not like reading is a buzzkill or painful, it’s just not, you know, fun. It’s kind of hard to explain. Norah Labiner’s German [...]
