in the fade

2009

While we're in the holiday mood

missambiguous: Christmas 1979. Aside from the kick ass t-shirt, what I love about this photo is...
Dec 10th
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Stiff Little Fingers - White Christmas
Dec 10th
Gratuitous Christmas Picture of Yourself Christmas, 1971. I...
Dec 10th

an agnostic celebrates a religious...

I was raised Catholic. We weren’t devout Catholics by any means, but we went to church and...
Dec 10th
exspectator: Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked...
Dec 10th
I woke up to find a demon at the end of my...
Dec 10th

ALERT ALERT ALERT

theresa-c: The following movies are now on Hulu: Mothra Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah ...
Dec 10th
Me and my fancy pants are so elitist Jonathan Coulton named...
Dec 10th

As usual, butthurt erupts and no one...

(via danielsh) I am so elitist I wear Fancy Pants. Just ask Jessica.
Dec 10th
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King Diamond - No Presents For Christmas Because no Christmas season is complete without this.
Dec 10th

the frageelay report

Just watched episode 5 of Glee while I did my step workout. Going for sushi with the family. Will...
Dec 9th
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Sleater Kinney - Modern Girl I know, I posted this song a few days ago. But this is the video. It...
Dec 9th
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Lemonheads - Frank Mills Yesterday, I posted the song Frank Mills from the musical Hair, and my old...
Dec 9th
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Talking Heads - Swamp I listened to this song today. I have not listened to it in many years. The...
Dec 9th

so

A few days ago I mentioned I might be doing something really cool that involved hockey. I decided...
Dec 9th

Gratuitous Paragraph About You Wednesday

everythinginthesky: How about we write a simple, short paragraph of a few sentences trying to...
Dec 9th
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Albert Hammond - It Never Rains in Southern California I was making a play list of rain songs,...
Dec 9th
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Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain? Why yes, CCR, I have. It’s right...
Dec 9th

writing and flow

My tenth grade creative writing teacher said “Start with a good idea and the story will write...
Dec 9th

talking to my daughter on twitter

natuhtack @abigvictory i forgot to walk to the dog. my bad abigvictory @natuhtack well, that...
Dec 9th

dear frageely

I played with my dog, killed zombies with my boyfriend and reminded my son about how much he loved...
Dec 9th

once upon a time

I belonged to a lot of groups on flickr. Flickr was, at some point, a community. Not as nice as this...
Dec 9th

have you ever...

You ever sit and wonder why a certain person seems not to like you or just refuses to acknowledge...
Dec 9th

december 8

The annual John Lennon post I’ve been publishing on December 8th since 2002. December 8,...
Dec 8th

@ wit's end?

merlin: Just tossing this out, gang. As a pilot program? Try not reading Twitter @ responses from...
Dec 8th

ok, so that football game scene in...

Downloading episode 5 now.
Dec 8th

in case you had any desire to know what...

here it is. Now it is time to work out and watch Glee and and try not to think about the thought...
Dec 8th

just between you and me

I very often wish that the only twitter followers I had were you guys. Some days more than others. ...
Dec 8th

dear steelshirt

Get on this. hurtling answered your question: So who wants to help me write Good King...
Dec 8th
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Frank Mills - From the musical Hair I was listening to this today and thought, this is the original...
Dec 8th

So who wants to help me write Good King...

Dec 8th

my smile for today

17 years ago, my cousins adopted an 18 month old boy from a South American country. They were also...
Dec 8th

If we can't argue about web apps without...

Can’t we all just get along?
Dec 8th

dissecting popeye on the birthday of his...

Thanks to Google, I know that today would have been the 115th birthday of Popeye’s creator,...
Dec 8th

a christmas story

I think this is the eighth day of Christmas blogging. I lost count. Anyhow, here is a piece of...
Dec 8th
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Orange Juice - Rip it Up eyetegee reminded me of this song, which I loved once upon a time and...
Dec 8th

weird fact about me

I can’t play Halo anymore because it gives me vertigo that lasts for days.
Dec 8th
diaf.
Dec 8th

writing an 800 word article about why...

You’d think it would be easy, but I really need to come up with something besides GET OFF MY...
Dec 8th
Just found this t-shirt at  Feed Store. The caption reads...
Dec 8th

i feel strangely liberated.

Dec 8th
monkeyfrog: You mean your tits, right? I laughed so hard I farted.
Dec 7th

and you would even say it glows (another...

Day something or other in my Christmas posting brings you a very, very long story, maybe of the too...
Dec 7th

did everyone survive their first day...

I mean, I gave out a ton of stars, but it’s still not the same. I want to DM every single...
Dec 7th
86400: sommerd: andrewshark: C’mon. How could you not...
Dec 7th
I received a DM this morning. It was the nicest, most meaningful compliment I received in a long...
Dec 7th

HEAD EXPLODE

Holy crap I just found out there is a group of people who truly believe that Obama is trying to pass...
Dec 7th
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Theme to the A-Team Every Monday I post a “Let’s face the week ahead with some ass...
Dec 7th
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Prince Ali - From Disney’s Aladdin So maybe after getting a whole bunch of Broadway musicals...
Dec 7th

Jersey Shore

I only watched about ten minutes of it and I honestly believe this show is the worst thing to ever...
Dec 7th
Yes, I’m sure you are sick of reading about favrd but I got up this morning and went to do my...
Dec 7th

Stalin: A History of Dance

His third title suggestion.
Dec 7th

question thingie?

I asked Todd for help because I’m having trouble naming my story and I feel like I need to name it...
Dec 7th
matt-t: I cannot live with that guy. He is so annoying, he...
Dec 7th
Got my Kiss ornament out. Ok, it’s my son’s.
Dec 7th
For olddoc I couldn’t find my Summon Bevets card, but...
Dec 7th

Change, and ownership.

oledocweirdbeard: indefensible: I used to go to Fark.com (and totalfark.com) a great deal. I...
Dec 7th
Dec 6th
biorhythmist: Never forget. Obviously, favrd’s...
Dec 6th
moltz: I THOUGHT I WAS HOLDING IT TOGETHER AND THEN I SAW...
Dec 6th

i just found out there's a movie based...

Dec 6th

We Look Down Our Noses at Scrubs, If You...

poeks: Theresa’s initials are TLC. Mine are JLO. Anyone want to join our band, White Girls Who...
Dec 6th

seriously

All this talk about favrd and meeting people through favrd has made me stop to think about just how...
Dec 6th
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Foo Fighters - February Stars Ok, I’m done with the stars thing. FOR NOW. Besides, this is...
Dec 6th
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Hum - Stars she’s out back counting stars
Dec 6th
I’m still handing stars out. I just want to make sure...
Dec 6th
If it wasn’t for favrd, I would never have seen the...
Dec 6th

glee (part 2)

Just watched the first episode (which I bought from iTunes) and I’m sorry I didn’t...
Dec 6th
adtothebone: Twitter without http://favrd.textism.com/ ...
Dec 6th

glee

I’m watching an episode of Glee because my daughter keeps hounding me to watch it and kept...
Dec 6th
Dec 6th

i'm not a big fan of hashtags, but maybe...

[note: i removed the @ because that makes the topic just say thank you]
Dec 6th

thank you, dean

Favrd is how I found many of you. Favrd is where I laughed, laughed again, caught up on missed gems...
Dec 6th

favrd is gone?

Look. This could be interesting.  Sure, there’s favstar but I think a lot of the favrd crowd...
Dec 6th

lost in la mancha for coyotesqrl

I really hope you choose this movie next. It’s one of my favorie documentaries. This is what I...
Dec 6th
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merlin: The Who - “A Quick One” December 11, 1968. The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus. I’ve...
Dec 6th
BROS! last tick spam.
Dec 6th
No, YOU’RE a Tick fan. [that’s Todd’s...
Dec 6th
From The Tick Loves Santa, featuring Multiple Santa ...
Dec 6th
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coyotesqrl: doublejack: “An object at rest cannot be stopped!” — The Evil Midnight Bomber What...
Dec 6th

i dream of hammerito

He was an editor for a large publishing company and I was helping him go through a slush pile of...
Dec 6th
trip through your wire large I took this photo in December...
Dec 6th
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marychrist: anomolly:synecdoche: Brand New:  “I Will Play The Game Beneath The Spin Light” I...
Dec 6th
donchiefnerd: For Michele and everybody who loves to...
Dec 6th
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girlvanized: “Warm Leatherette” - The Normal More than any other song, this is the one which,...
Dec 5th
have yourself a merry little christmas large|flickr sad...
Dec 5th
“Ok, so, this is total crap, we sit the kids down to watch...”
—  Arlington, TN Mayor Russell...
Dec 5th
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Dickies - Silent Night Just listening to A Punk Rock Christmas while decorating the house.
Dec 5th

dear matt: thank you for posting that...

Dec 5th
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pas-d: disgustingthingsihaveeaten: Angry Samoans - “Not of This Earth” YAY ANGRY SAMOANS!!!!
Dec 5th
This was our Christmas card picture from 1994. These kids...
Dec 5th
arrival large|flickr one person’s dismal weather is...
Dec 5th
matt-t: scoop16: thepunkhouse: (via holokaust562) ...
Dec 5th
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Lemmy doing Run Rudolph Run This is all the Christmas song you’ll ever need.
Dec 5th
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Raffi - Must Be Santa Motherfucking Raffi in the house.
Dec 5th

Destructoid's Top 50 Video Games of the...

I love lists. So this end of the decade thing is like putting a kid in a candy factory for me. ...
Dec 5th
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Minor Threat - It Follows More Minor Threat on the music tumblr, because I’m nothing if not...
Dec 5th

huh?

Someone on twitter (not someone I know) just told me my humor is “taking a turn into the dark...
Dec 5th
More on Glen E. Friedman. Because I tend to go off on...
Dec 5th
thecenter4punkrocklearning: Minor Threat You know...
Dec 5th
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weselec: biorhythmist: I don’t ask much. Just that you watch this. I don’t know about anyone...
Dec 5th

in dreams

I dreamed that I was dating an overweight lesbian. She was shaped kind of like Baby Huey and wore...
Dec 5th

still trying to get todd to give me his...

“I love to sing-a, about the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a.”
Dec 5th
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The Business - Maradona Just getting psyched for the World Cup. Which is seven months away. ...
Dec 5th

so this happened today

There’s a very, very good chance I am going to the NHL Outdoor Classic in Boston on New...
Dec 5th

Amazon one-click ordering is going to be...

Dec 4th
Seriously? via @Mike_FTW
Dec 4th
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Sleater Kinney - Modern Girl From The Woods, which I’m still getting around to writing...
Dec 4th
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Jet Song - West Side Story When you’re a Jet, You’re a Jet all the way From your first...
Dec 4th
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illustratedexample: Naomi by The Mr. T Experience Dr. Frank always provides the right...
Dec 4th
One of our friendly counselors gave him a...
Dec 4th

on the other hand

I just disconnected a phone number that was mine for 19 years. I feel like I just lost a piece of...
Dec 4th
I am on the phone trying to disconnect my landline and the person I’m talking to keeps...
Dec 4th

England v USA June 12 2010

twoyellowsequalred: I have no idea how I’m going to make this work. WORLDS COLLIDING PEOPLE WE...
Dec 4th

movies i forgot i love

Alley Thug: Wrong place, wrong time. Nothing personal.
Joe Hallenbeck: That's what you think. Last night I fucked your wife.
Alley Thug: Oh you did, hah? How'd you know it was my wife?
Joe Hallenbeck: She said her husband was a big pimp lookin' motherfucker with a hat.
Alley Thug: Oh, you're real cool for somebody who's about to take a bullet.
Joe Hallenbeck: After fucking your wife I'll take two.
Dec 4th
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Master of the House - Les Miserables (Original London Cast) I love this song. It’s right up there...
Dec 4th
I had an idea for a Christmas present for Todd, but I needed his input. “What’s your...
Dec 4th
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yayaa: jephkelley: I SPECIFICALLY told @wordtoyourmom she could NOT shoot video when she saw me...
Dec 4th
Medal of Honor recipient, 90, ordered to...
Dec 4th
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For InSoOutso. My favorite part of Airplane.
Dec 4th

If anyone speaks Italian, please...

Dec 4th

musicals

I may or may not have just downloaded procured a shit ton of soundtracks to musicals. The first one...
Dec 4th
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Them Crooked Vultures - Elephants Dave Effin Grohl. What he said.
Dec 4th
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bibliotheque: klendathudrop: nbaoffseason: LeBron James and the Cavs recreate characters from...
Dec 4th

Hold the Line: A Christmas Breakup Story...

Day whatever of my 25 days of Christmas crap. This is pretty long. Read at your own risk. The year...
Dec 4th
So today is the final draw for the World Cup, which will take place in June. I watched the last...
Dec 4th
missambiguous: 42 pictures and I got ONE of him looking at...
Dec 4th

I called in mental today.

Dec 4th
From Empire Magazine: “From South Africa (Clint...
Dec 4th
Glenn Beck's "The Christmas Sweater: A Return...
Dec 4th

excerpt

I think this is the part where I say, go to sleep Michele. The morning brings massive rewrites and...
Dec 4th

stars

I read some tumblr posts and I read some twitter timelines and in conclusion I’d like to say,...
Dec 4th
thecenter4punkrocklearning: Kira Roessler this.
Dec 4th

i officially deleted more posts than i...

i’ll probably delete this one, too.
Dec 4th
i don’t think this is what mike meant by...
Dec 3rd

matt, you're only on my b list because,...

otherwise, you’re on my A++++++++ WOULD MAKE FRIENDS WITH AGAIN list.
Dec 3rd
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Refused - New Noise Sometimes I’m just singing when I tweet.
Dec 3rd
This is the biggest smile you’ll get from me on...
Dec 3rd
You know sometimes when you’re having a really bad...
Dec 3rd

you're an ass tampon

my new favorite insult. inspired by @tj.
Dec 3rd
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Stabbing Westward - Violent Mood Swings Stay classy, hormones.
Dec 3rd
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Husker Du - I Apologize I’ve been in a shitty mood since yesterday. I’ve been snappy. ...
Dec 3rd

merry christmas, i got you something...

When did it become the popular thing to give people scratch off lottery tickets as gifts? I can see...
Dec 3rd
large Christmas 1971. What I wanted and what I got. I was...
Dec 3rd
exspectator: dontcookbilly: johnwilkestooth: ...
Dec 3rd

best spam ever

I just got this email: Heyy Michele Im not guaranteed if I am still going to pass you this email,...
Dec 3rd
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-29)
Dec 3rd
exspectator: inthefade: Every time I drive past here -...
Dec 3rd

I'm from California.

doublejack: We’re, like, scientifically proven to have the least accented English of any region in...
Dec 3rd

i'm going to the mawl to have cawfee...

long island in the house.
Dec 3rd

puttin on the riiiiiiiitz

Dec 3rd
Tiger's Apology: My Perspective
Dec 2nd
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For Hurtling and his earworm, here’s The Business doing a catchy, ok-to-get-stuck-in-your-head...
Dec 2nd

first record

The first record I ever owned may or may not have been one that was cut from the back of a cereal...
Dec 2nd
Every time I drive past here - and that’s every day -...
Dec 2nd
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Heat Miser Because, equal time.
Dec 2nd
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Snow Miser. Just didn’t want to leave that gin sitting here when I went back to work.
Dec 2nd

Write one leaf about gin.

(via writeoneleaf) Gin is what you drink when you hate your life. Gin is a form of self punishment....
Dec 2nd
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Sleater Kinney - Jumpers The Woods is not only Sleater Kinney’s best album, but one of the...
Dec 2nd
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Patton Oswalt on Christmas Shoes (thanks, fireland - this is wonderful) Drawings by Brian Musikoff,...
Dec 2nd
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The Smiths - This Charming Man 1984. Winter. Lots of snow. Working at Record World. 12” and...
Dec 2nd

the truth about rudolph the red nose...

[Hey, look! It’s another one of my 25 days of Christmas posts! I’m like the Family...
Dec 2nd
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vmarinelli: Straylight Run - Hands in the Sky (Big Shot) This song was on the most recent...
Dec 2nd

stuck.

I’ve been having trouble writing the past two nights. Well, last night and tonight. See,...
Dec 2nd
we have clearance, clarence! large Christmas is good to...
Dec 2nd
Because these people get me.
Dec 2nd

You guys? This Them Crooked Vultures...

girlvanized: With each track, I go, “Seriously? Dude, SERIOUSLY.” Incidentally, rock melted...
Dec 1st
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morrowplanet: hellamike: For morrowplanet, Mike Patton discusses Wolfmother. (via) Holy fuck....
Dec 1st
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Turbonegro - Age of Pamparius Because it’s pizza night. And this is the best song about pizza...
Dec 1st

stuff

I’m waiting for Todd to get home. I have a card, apple pie and ice cream all ready. Why? To...
Dec 1st

This was me, then

monsterbeard: [very polite snip, please read the whole thing] But I can’t help thinking about...
Dec 1st

about your damn christmas shoes

Listen, I don’t hate Christmas music. At least not all of it. There are songs I’d prefer...
Dec 1st
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Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized This song came up on my iPod last night as I was making...
Dec 1st

the 24 days of xanax

I have a lot of Christmas stories. Some of them have been published on my various other blogs...
Dec 1st