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Hot Thoughts
It’s ridiculously hot outside. I’ve been up since about 7:00 AM, and it was already baking.
Why does the news always get your hopes up with statements like “chance of rain today”, when the chance of rain is around 0%? Joanne Allen, I don’t care how badly you wish it would rain, STOP SAYING [...]
Changes
Light posting lately. Sam was visiting for the past three weeks, and I was more constructively occupied. The beginning of his trip was really chaotic, in a beautiful way. I had a one night stand gig with Delco Nightingale in Winston-Salem on July 2, and had to spend the day before driving down. [...]
Read More..>>Dr. No
Due to a number of incidents in my personal life that I’m not going to go into, I have GOT to learn to say “No.” In fact, I have to embrace it. “No, I can’t change my plans.” “No. I’m sorry if that’s inconvenient for you, but no.” “No, I can’t help you out [...]
Read More..>>Elvis Speaks
Although I have spent my life violently allergic to cats, for the past 2-3 years I have owned two. Henry, a big grey tabby, was the first to move in. I think I wrote about him here before, but I’m too lazy to find the link. He was lingering on my porch in January 2009, [...]
Read More..>>Back to NYC…
Read More..>>As I Said Yesterday
A comprehensive review of American nation-building efforts in Afghanistan paints a dim picture of poor planning and inefficiency. Much of the billions of dollars spent on aid projects has been ill thought out and has fueled corruption, the review says, while the efforts have drawn the best and the brightest Afghans away from government jobs [...]
Read More..>>I’m OK.
From reader sonuva:
“I’m wondering if and hoping that you are OK over there…i’ve noticed that your website seems abandoned…are you OK?”
Sorry for disappearing on y’all (it’s been about two weeks, maybe more, since I last posted) and I probably owe you an explanation.
The fact is my life has gotten altogether too busy for daily blogging. [...]
Slurf
The past couple of weeks have been one hell of a marathon.
My fiancee took a job in NYC and we’ve been spending the past two Saturdays moving her stuff up to her new apartment (don’t ask me if I’m moving, I don’t know yet. Certainly not until 2012.)
At the same time, I’ve been running like [...]
All I Wanna Do…
I’m sitting here at my new job, which I like very much, searching for grants and other funding oppportunities.
As I’m doing this, I am more cognizant than ever that all I wanna do is play music and make beer.
To My Readers
When you find that blogging’s slowed down here, it’s often a good idea to drop by my facebook page (it’s easy to find me, there’s aren’t too many other people named Brendan Skwire) if we’re not already friends there. I’ve found that facebook can be really powerful when it comes to generating debates and [...]
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