Category: Doing
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Save the Fishtown Library!
Save the Fishtown Library Rally, originally uploaded by Blackmail Is My Life. Tonight, Helen and I attended the rally to save the Fishtown Library. It was great to see such turnout to save our community library. I’m hopeful that we’ll be able to find a way to save these precious resources in the face of…
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Left 4 Dead Opening Cinematic
It’s been a slow year for new video games for me. I bought Grand Theft Auto 4 at midnight, then barely played it. I bought Madden 2009 and love it, but I’m rarely in the right frame of mind to be actively challenged by it. Now there are some decisions to make. I’m looking forward to…
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Facebook Blows My Mind
A few weeks ago I started writing a post about how Web 2.0 fails folks like me. I’m glad I didn’t publish it. Why’d I draft it in the first place? Well, for people like me who were getting out of high school and into college in the mid-nineties, just before the Internet went wild,…
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Marathon Training Update: Hot Split Edition
This was a terrible week for workouts. It all started with last Saturday’s late night Phillies win over Tampa and got tougher from there. I managed Sunday’s run okay, but then the dreaded Monday night rainout that ended with me drunk and sleeping on the couch. (Helen was traveling, and I don’t take care of…
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World Fucking Champions
World Fucking Champions, originally uploaded by Blackmail Is My Life. You can bet that I’ll be getting this framed in an 8x10. Thanks for a great season, guys! We’re going to miss you, Pat, warts and all.