tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85960752009-11-13T05:45:11.646-05:00Wish You Were Here.<br> <a href="http://notwealthy.blogspot.com/2009/01/please-remember-when-reading-this-blog.html">Standard Disclaimer</a>NWJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230649432043971400behindthecamera@gmail.comBlogger1139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596075.post-33457673621247629932009-03-11T17:15:00.007-04:002009-05-20T22:42:57.291-04:00

Edit: Oops. So close.Still, if you look at what I really said below...I'm technically right. A lot of people were saying that.Still, I'll have that dish of crow. I hear it's good with Béarnaise sauce.I was right for the last two years, so I had to get my predictions in before I leave for good.This year's American Idol will be known as the year when people said, "Can we just get to the final show

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This is my last repost and, for the foreseeable future, my last post. Thanks everyone. It's been a good ride.Out of the blue

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The last in a series of repeat performance posts: This is by far my most popular post ever. I guess that makes sense, since I'm a word snob*.A Possessive Its Has No Apostrophe.* Yes, I know this blog is full of grammatical errors. So be it.

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This post is one of two that consistently pull in the most readers. I had no idea when I wrote it that so many people were obsessed with exploding birds.I fear for the future of our country.

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NO ONE is going to decipher that title. It's just too obscure.Here's an oldie but a goodie about A Man And His Dog.

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Here's another blast from the past, this time from February, 2005. I forget that I've had so many issues with my car:Tar-Jay

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I don't particularly feel like blogging these days, as you can probably tell from my more recent posts, which frankly suck.So for the next little while, I'm going to refer you back to some old posts. This blog is getting ridiculous and redundant, so why repeat myself? I'll just post some old crap and you can enjoy it.We'll start here, from August 2005. It pretty much sums up how I feel right now

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Happy V-Day. Enjoy:

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Article updated with new link since the old one disappeared.It's time for an intervention.I want to speak to my audience today from the heart, because I care. I really do. Most of you wouldn't shoot yourself full of heroin, would you? Any cocaine addicts in the reading audience? I didn't think so. But how many of you have fallen in or out of love? Don't you realize what you're doing to yourselves

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I did this for my Facebook page, but thought I'd post it here since basically...I got nothin'. I'm not going to tag anyone either, but if you want to play along, feel free.Enjoy.----------I didn't game the system. This is how it came up. I played along, and wouldn't normally post this kind of thing, but it was just too funny.-------RULES:1. Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle.2

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I'm playing Scrabble as I type this (yes, my life is THAT exciting). This is where my score's going if I don't draw some vowels pretty soon:

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In a recent editorial, the my hometown paper intoned thusly:"One version of the bill had about $50 million for the National Endowment of the Arts to help cultural institutions. ... Shouldn't that act be about putting back to work the 2.6 million people that the Labor Department says lost their jobs last year? With so many other appropriations in this bill, it's hard to tell."For New Yorkers and

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Shortly after putting up the last post, someone popped up to tell me they were following me on Twitter. Thing is, they weren't. I never got a notification. So I asked what account they were following, and get this: There's someone with my name on twitter.Again...I do NOT have a common name. I scratched my head, thinking maybe I had started this account way back, but none of my logins work, and my

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I'm concluding music week, because sometimes you see something that just makes you stop in your tracks. Seriously, this is just weird.A) No one's called me "Rick" since grade schoolB) I'm a "II", not a "Junior", since I was named after my Grandfather, not my DadC) I don't even know this guyD) I bet he sings Bobby Darin, which would make him by brother's doppelganger, not mine.My father told me to

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I've seen a lot of these, and this one's my favorite.

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Who knew?David Wilcox has been a favorite of mine for a long time, but outside of certain musical communities, he's still relatively unknown. I still talk him up whenever I can, because something about his music speaks to me in ways I can't explain. So let's take a listen, shall we?First up, an achingly beautiful take on relationships:...and a personal favorite of mine from his first CD:

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Try it:1) Go to davebarnes.com2) Click on "Star One" and register for the iPod drawing3) You'll get a link for a great free acoustic download4) Enjoy the musicNice surprise. I had no idea the link with the song was coming my way. Schweet!Dave Barnes is one of my latest musical obsessions; I love this guy's stuff.

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Amy LaVere will be on tonight's Conan O'Brien. Mark my words...she's on the verge of a national breakout. You read it here first.(The HQ Version looks great...)

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edit: I'm not sure if this post even makes sense. Enjoy it anyway.edit 2: Corrected some spelling errors and added some commentary.edit 3: Removed some snark.I woke up early this morning and cruised around the iTunes store for a while. It's like being in a library with a shopping cart. Never enough time to read everything.I love music, and I love all kinds of music. I grew up in a somewhat

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A great singer meets a great product. Enjoy, little brother:

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"Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot."-Mark Twain

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Rumour has it that Grayson Hugh will release a new CD in 2009.It's going to be a very good year.

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In a long-running and long-neglected feature of Liner Notes, we present:Separated at Birth:Illinois Governor Rob Blagojevich and David "Horatio" Caruso:Runner-up Jim Carey:

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A while back I asked for topics, and "eclectic dilettante" suggested:"You could always tell us the stupidest things your bird says at the worst possible moments."As many of you know, I have an African Gray Parrot that knows several choice phrases. S/he's* full of noises and phrases ("Here, Kitty", and "Don't Eat Me!"—culled from Pirates of the Caribbean—are two of my favorites). S/he will also

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Yum-O.

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