• Unresolved Mommy Guilt

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    Valerie

    So I suppose working mothers do a lot of weird things to satisfy that nagging part of our brains that keeps questioning whether or not what we’re doing for a living is at the expense of our kids or to their benefit. This time it looks like the dilemma has manifested in sugar form.

    I present to you: Carl’s Cake:

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    Two cakes: one chocolate and one yellow with chocolate filling and dyed green icing. One Cocoa Krispies Volcano with White Chocolate Marshmallow Lava (that was my favorite part)

    He’s already asked if we can have another prehistoric forest cake for the OSU/Michigan Party. Luckily I’m not feeling THAT guilty.

    You can find the rest of the Party Pictures HERE

  • New Photos Posted

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    Valerie

    Halloween – Pumpkin Patch
    and much, much more!!

  • Bishop

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    Gus

    Joey Bishop, the last surviving member of the Rat Pack, has died.

    Damn.

  • The Sad Demise of a Great Venue

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    Gus

    I was re-reading something this morning and remembered that I had both read about and seen that the building which formerly housed Columbus rock club Little Brother’s was due to get a new tenant:

    (I actually saw this a few weeks back when Casey and I headed out to the Surly Girl and Skully’s after the Arcade Fire show, but it didn’t register then for some reason. Chalk it up to the hour.)

    Anyway, so, “Liquid”. Sheesh. And then I remembered that I wrote this back in April:

    If a concert hall that doesn’t even operate as a proper bar most days of the week won’t pony up the rent, the thinking probably goes, then there’s bound to be some latte-bar entrepreneur with dreams of IPOing who’ll gladly sign up, until the money inevitably runs out there, too.

    I hate being right.

    (photo by the Alive’s Chris DeVille)

  • Carl’s Song of the Day: Tiny Turtle

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    Gus

    Beginning a new semi-regular feature for the dc: Carl’s Song of the Day.

    Today’s entry is a piece that Carl says he sings every day at school. I cannot vouch for the accuracy of this claim. I present to you: Tiny Turtle.

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    Ladies and gentlemen, Carl Dahlberg.

  • Wilco at the Wex 2007

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    Gus

    Wilco at the Wex 2007
    Originally uploaded by Gus Dahlberg

    A lousy picture, but an amazing show (even though I really do hate “Spiders (Kidsmoke)”, the song they used to end the first encore). Not as marvelous an experience as when we saw them in 2005 — no cover of Randy Newman’s “Political Science” this time around — but how can you argue with what was essentially a two-hour-ten-minute set?

    (Well, okay, I can argue, because I am snooty and this is the Internets. Nice attention to SKY BLUE SKY, but no “Either Way“, probably the best song on the album, or natural closer “What Light“? Really? No “Misunderstood“? Okay, okay, it’s overplayed, they have this huge back catalogue of great music that never winds up on the set list, I get it. But that’s why the reliance on the snooze-inducing noodling jamfest of “Spiders” sticks in my craw — seems like a waste of precious show time at the expense of better material.)

    Andrew Bird opened for them. Although Casey had burned the disc for me a few weeks back, I hadn’t given it a listen and consequently knew next to nothing about the guy. After being almost moved to tears at one point during his set (!), rest assured I’ll be remedying that this week.

  • Memorial

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    Gus

    Passing along a note from Jon Winkler this morning for those interested — there will be a memorial service for Professor Philip Bebb this Saturday at 1 PM at First United Methodist Church (2 South College Street) in Athens.

  • Left-Brained World

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    Gus

    OK, first, click here and check out this image. (Totally safe, I promise, but I don’t want to break the front page.) Click back when you’ve watched for a bit.

    Was she moving clockwise or counterclockwise?

    Try it again. Figure it out. Then check out what it means at this story in Australia’s HERALD SUN.

    (And yes, you CAN make it switch, but once I did, I had real trouble making it go back. Weird!)

    (via kottke)

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