Random post for the weekend. This is what happens when your pets hijack your electronics.
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Trainspotting Opening Monologue – Life Rules
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
“Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece […]
An AIDS Free Generation by 2015
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
As I prepare to kickoff the fundraising and training for my second AIDS LifeCycle, I am reminded of what Liz Taylor once said: “It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance.” AIDS is more than a syndrome, it is the wicked witch, the evil queen, the […]
The Time I Pulled a Liz Lemon
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
This season one of the greatest shows on TV will exit stage left for the last time: 30 Rock. I have found many of my most hilarious pop culture references in Tina Fey’s prose. But this post isn’t about that series finale. It is about the time (or to be more accurate – a time) […]
December
31
The Origin of the New Year’s Resolution
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
The New Year celebration was first observed in Babylon in 2000 B.C. People marked the commencement of the year by paying off debts and returning borrowed goods. The practice carried over into Rome with worshipers offering resolutions to Janus, the god of beginnings and endings. When the Roman calendar was reformed, the first month of […]
December
28
Sic Infit
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
In late 1800’s, the vision of William Hammond Hall led the transformation of sand dunes in Western San Francisco into today’s Golden Gate Park. Hall’s conviction was so great that he went against the recommendation of Frederick Law Olmsted – the father of NY Central Park. That is how most great projects begin. Someone dreams […]
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