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2006-11-01 - -
2006-10-26 - Thursday, October 26
2006-10-21 - Friday, October 20
2006-10-19 - Thursday, October 19
2006-10-18 - Wednesday, October 18
2006-10-16 - -
2006-10-16 - Monday, October 16
2006-10-11 - Wednesday, October 11
2006-10-09 - Monday, October 9
2006-10-06 - Friday, October 5
2006-09-29 - Friday, September 29
2006-09-26 - September 26, 2006
2006-09-23 - Saturday, September 23
2006-09-22 - Friday, September 22
2006-09-21 - Thursday, September 21
2006-09-19 - Tuesday, September 19
2006-09-14 - Thursday, September 14
2006-09-13 - Wednesday, September 13
2006-09-12 - Tuesday, September12
2006-09-07 - Friday, September 8
2006-08-30 - Wednesday, August 30
2006-08-29 - Tuesday, August 29
2006-08-28 - Monday, August 28
2006-08-24 - Thursday, August 24
2006-08-23 - Wednesday, August 23
2006-08-22 - Tuesday, August 22
2006-08-11 - Friday, August 11
2006-08-09 - Wednesday, August 9
2006-08-04 - Friday, August 4
2006-08-03 - Thursday, August 3
2006-08-02 - Wednesday, August 2
2006-08-01 - Tuesday, August 1
2006-07-28 - Friday, July 29
2006-07-27 - Thursday, July 27
2006-07-26 - Wednesday, July 26
2006-07-26 - Wednesday, July 26
2006-07-25 - Tuesday, July 25
2006-07-24 - Monday, July 24
2006-07-20 - Thursday, July 20
2006-07-19 - Wednesday, July 19
2006-07-17 - Monday, July 17
2006-07-13 - Thursday, July 13
2006-07-11 - Tuesday, July 11
2006-07-10 - Monday , July 10
2006-07-07 - Friday, July 7
2006-07-06 - Thursday, July 6
2006-07-02 - Saturday, July 1
2006-06-29 - Thursday, June 29
2006-06-26 - Monday, June 26
2006-06-22 - Thursday, June 22
2006-06-21 - Wednesday, June 21
2006-06-20 - -
2006-06-20 - Tuesday, June 20
2006-06-16 - Friday, June 15
2006-06-15 - Thursday, June 15
2006-06-14 - Wednesday, June 14
2006-06-09 - -
2006-06-09 - Friday, June 9
2006-06-08 - Thursday, already, June 8
2006-05-31 - Wednesday, May 31
2006-05-29 - Monday, May 29
2006-05-26 - Friday, May 26
2006-05-24 - Wednesday, May 24
2006-05-22 - Monday, May 22
2006-05-18 - Thursday, May 18
2006-05-17 - Wednesday, May 17
2006-05-15 - -
2006-05-15 - Monday, May 15
2006-05-13 - Saturday, May 13
2006-05-12 - Friday, May 12
2006-05-09 - tuesday, May 9
2006-05-08 - Monday, May 8
2006-05-03 - Wednesday, May 3
2006-05-02 - Tuesday, May 2
2006-05-01 - Monday, May 1
2006-04-28 - Friday, April 28
2006-04-27 - Thursday, April 27
2006-04-26 - Wenesday, April 26
2006-04-24 - -
2006-04-24 - Monday, April 24
2006-04-23 - Sunday, April 23
2006-04-18 - Tuesday, April 18
2006-04-12 - Wednesday, April 12
2006-04-07 - Friday, April 7
2006-04-06 - Thursday, April 6
2006-04-03 - -
2006-04-03 - Monday, April 2
2006-03-30 - Thursday, March 30
2006-03-29 - -
2006-03-29 - Wednesday, March 29
2006-03-28 - -
2006-03-28 - Tuesday, March 28
2006-03-27 - Monday, March 27
2006-03-24 - Friday, March 24
2006-03-23 - Thursday, March 23
2006-03-21 - Tuesday, March 21
2006-03-20 - Monday, March 20
2006-03-17 - Friday, March 17
2006-03-16 - -
2006-03-16 - Thursday, March 16
2006-03-15 - The (uneventful) Ides of March
2006-03-13 - Monday, March 13
2006-03-08 - Wednesday, March 8
2006-03-07 - Tuesday, March 7
2006-03-06 - late Monday night
2006-03-06 - -
2006-03-06 - -
2006-02-27 - Monday, February 27
2006-02-23 - Thursday, February 23
2006-02-22 - -
2006-02-22 - Wednesday, February 22
2006-02-21 - Tuesday, February 21
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2006-02-17 - Friday, February 17
2006-02-15 - -
2006-02-14 - -
2006-02-12 - Sunday, February 12
2006-02-10 - Friday, February 10
2006-02-09 - -
2006-02-09 - Thursday, February 9
2006-02-08 - Wednesday, February 8
2006-02-02 - -
2006-02-02 - Thursday, February 2
2006-01-30 - Monday, January 30
2006-01-27 - Friday, January 27
2006-01-22 - Sunday, January 22
2006-01-20 - Friday, January 20
2006-01-18 - -
2006-01-18 - Wednesday, January 18
2006-01-15 - Sunday, January 15
2006-01-12 - Thursday, January 12
2006-01-11 - Wednesday, January 11
2006-01-04 - Wednesday, January 4
2006-01-02 - Monday, January 2
2005-12-29 - Thursday, December 29
2005-12-27 - Tuesday, December 27
2005-12-22 - Thursday, December 22
2005-12-20 - Tuesday, December 20
2005-12-19 - Monday, December 19
2005-12-18 - Sunday, December 18
2005-12-15 - Thursday, December 15
2005-12-14 - Wednesday, December 14
2005-12-12 - Monday, December 12
2005-12-11 - Sunday, December 11
2005-12-10 - Saturday, December 10
2005-12-08 - Thursday, December 8
2005-12-05 - Monday, December 5
2005-12-01 - Thursday, December 1
2005-11-30 - Wednesday, November 30
2005-11-29 - Tuesday, November 29
2005-11-28 - Monday, November 28
2005-11-21 - -
2005-11-21 - Monday, November 21
2005-11-17 - Thursday, November 17
2005-11-16 - Wednesday, November 16
2005-11-14 - Monday, November 14
2005-11-11 - Friday, November 11
2005-11-10 - Thursday, November 10
2005-11-08 - Tuesday, November 8
2005-11-07 - Monday, November 7
2005-11-02 - -
2005-11-01 - Thursday, November 1
2005-10-31 - Monday, October 31
2005-10-28 - Friday, October 28
2005-10-27 - Thursday, October 27
2005-10-26 - -
2005-10-26 - Wednesday, October 26
2005-10-24 - Monday, October 24
2005-10-20 - Thursday, October 20
2005-10-19 - Wednesday, October 19
2005-10-18 - Tuesday, October 18
2005-10-17 - Monday, October 17
2005-10-14 - Friday, October 14
2005-10-10 - Monday, October 10
2005-10-05 - Wednesday, October 5
2005-10-03 - -
2005-10-03 - Monday, October 3
2005-10-02 - Sunday, October 2
2005-10-01 - Saturday, October 1
2005-09-29 - Thursday, September 29
2005-09-28 - Wednesday, September 28
2005-09-27 - Tuesday, September 27
2005-09-20 - Tuesday, September 20
2005-09-19 - Monday, September 19
2005-09-16 - Friday, September 16
2005-09-16 - Friday, September 16
2005-09-15 - Thursday, September 15
2005-09-13 - Tuesday, September 13
2005-09-12 - Monday, September 12
2005-09-09 - Friday, September 9
2005-09-08 - Thursday, September 8
2005-09-06 - Tuesday, September 6
2005-09-02 - Friday, September 2
2005-09-01 - Thursday, September 1
2005-08-31 - Wednesday, August 31
2005-08-30 - -
2005-08-30 - Tuesday, August 30
2005-08-29 - Monday, August 29
2005-08-26 - Friday, August 26
2005-08-24 - Wednesday, August 24
2005-08-23 - Tuesday, August 23
2005-08-23 - Tuesday, August 23
2005-08-11 - Thursday, August 11
2005-08-10 - Wednesday, August 10
2005-08-09 - Tuesday, August 9
2005-08-07 - Sunday, August 7
2005-08-04 - Thursday, August 4
2005-08-03 - Wednesday, August 3
2005-08-02 - Tuesday, August 2
2005-08-01 - Monday, August 1
2005-07-29 - Friday, July 29
2005-07-28 - Thursday, July 28
2005-07-27 - Wednesday, July 27
2005-07-26 - -
2005-07-26 - Tuesday, July 26
2005-07-25 - Monday, July 25
2005-07-22 - -
2005-07-22 - Friday, July 22
2005-07-20 - Wednesday, July 20
2005-07-18 - Monday, July 18
2005-07-15 - Friday, July 15, 2005
2005-07-13 - Wednesday, July 13
2005-07-11 - Monday, July 11, 2005
2005-07-08 - Friday, July 8
2005-07-07 - Thursday, July 7
2005-07-06 - Wednesday, July 6
2005-07-05 - -
- Tuesday, July 5
2005-07-01 - -
2005-07-01 - July 1, 2005
2005-06-30 - Thursday, June 30
2005-06-24 - Do you remember lying in bed with the covers pulled up over your head?
2005-06-23 - The rivers are full of crocodile nasties and He who made kittens put snakes in the grass
2005-06-21 - Fly away on my zephyr, I feel it more than ever
2005-06-16 - Have you come here for forgiveness, Have you come to raise the dead
2005-06-14 - Some people claim there's a woman to blame, Now I think --- hell, it could be my fault
2005-06-09 - Hey there fellas, can't you see, I been replaced by batteries
2005-06-08 - And I realized my heart had abducted my mind and they were last seen headed south
2005-06-07 - Billy was a mountain, Ethell was a tree, Growing on his shoulder
2005-06-03 - Walk without rhythm, and it won't attract the worm
2005-06-02 - But not a real green dress, that's cruel
2005-06-01 - In my mind, I'm gone to Carolina
2005-05-26 - Galileo's head was on the block, The crime was looking up the truth
2005-05-25 - I'm driving in my car, I turn on the radio
2005-05-24 - Step outside -- take a look at the stars. Catch a glimpse of the way things are -- Making contact..
2005-05-20 - Hearts break hearts mend love still hurts, Visions clash planes crash still there's talk of saving souls
2005-05-19 - Awwww Star Wars, nothing but Star Wars, Give me those Star Wars, Don't let them end
2005-05-16 - We wouldn't need to worry about approval or permission, we could slip off the edge and never worry about the fall
2005-05-13 - Your love is better than ice cream, Better than anything else that I've tried
2005-05-12 - Pale was the wounded knight, that bore the rowan shield
2005-05-11 - Though it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night, I can see paradise by the dashboard light
2005-05-06 - Dreaming of Mercy Street, Wear your inside out
2005-04-29 - Here name was Lola, She was a showgirl
2005-04-28 - Mama said "think before speaking", No filter in my head
2005-04-26 - I'm so ronery. So ronery. So ronery and sadry arone.
2005-04-22 - Big bottom, big bottom, Talk about bum cakes, my girl's got'em
2005-04-20 - My little dog Spot got hit by a car, Hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba
2005-04-20 - What if the artists ran the TV? All the ads would be for fine scotch whiskey: Glenfiddich, Glenlivet, the whole single malt family
2005-04-15 - Maybe we could sleep in, I'll make you banana pancakes
2005-04-12 - Ring a bell and I'll salivate - how'd you like that?
2005-04-11 - Live a life less ordinary, Live a life extraordinary with me
2005-04-08 - Never knowing who or what you are until you're, Living with the unfamiliar
2005-04-06 - And as you feel it, you'll know it's true that you are blessed and lucky
2005-04-04 - Standing in the sunlight laughing, hiding behind a rainbow's wall
2005-04-04 - Nothing's true and nothing's right
2005-03-31 - And life's like an hourglass glued to the table, No one can find the rewind button
2005-03-30 - Love has made me a fool, it set me on fire and watched as I floundered
2005-03-28 - She was a fast machine, She kept her motor clean
2005-03-24 - I was sitting, waiting, wishing you believed in superstitions
2005-03-21 - And I say way-hey-hey, it's just and ordinary day, and it's all your state of mind
2005-03-18 - Dawn is breaking everywhere, light a candle, curse the glare
2005-03-17 - Juliet, the dice was loaded from the start
2005-03-15 - Death's head belt buckle, yesterday's dreams
2005-03-14 - Drop your bombs between the minarets, Down the casbah way
2005-03-11 - Saint Stephen with a rose, In and out of the garden he goes
2005-03-09 - It's not confidential, I've got potential
2005-03-09 - Jealousy, turning saints into the sea, Swimming through sick lullabies
2005-03-08 - Go ahead and split, Mr. Amoeba Man
2005-03-04 - I've got depraved chimps dressed up in women's underwear
2005-03-03 - This indecision's bugging me, If you don't want me, set me free
2005-03-02 - And you couldn't find a smile, If you nailed it to his face
2005-03-01 - Deep as you go I'll follow, Deep as the water goes
2005-02-25 - Sunrise, sunrise. Looks like morning in your eyes.
2005-02-22 - Take all of your big plans and break'em, this is bound to be a while
2005-02-15 - We're too young to reason, too grown up to dream
2005-02-14 - Am I right side up or upside down, is it real or am I dreaming
2005-02-14 - Oh I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused
2005-02-10 - And the days that they share are the stars in their crown
2005-02-01 - My aim is true
2005-02-01 - Oh simple thing where have you gone
2005-01-31 - So you call her on the phone, To talk about the teachers that you hate.
2005-01-27 - Take my photo off the wall if it just won't sing for you
2005-01-23 - But the lily leaves sink, and she wakes from her dream
2005-01-18 - How on earth did I get so jaded, life's mystery seems so faded
2005-01-17 - For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside
2005-01-13 - Alright already, we'll all float on
2005-01-12 - You used to captivate me by your resonating light
2005-01-11 - Closets are for hangers, winners use the door
2005-01-10 - They get so angry, like pouty children, denied their candy
2005-01-03 - Baby, you know you ain't no Prince Charming
2004-12-30 - You had one eye in the mirror as you watched yourself gavotte
2004-12-29 - At Christmas time, we let in light and we banish shade, And in our world of plenty we can spread a smile of joy
2004-12-23 - In the meadow we can build a snowman
2004-12-21 - Mother told me, yes she told me, I'd meet girls like you.
2004-12-16 - Who will go down to those shady groves, And summon the shadows there
2004-12-14 - Like a kid loves candy and fresh snow
2004-12-09 - And here at the bar the pianoman's found another nail for my heart
2004-12-08 - She put a Lousiana liplock
2004-12-06 - You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress
2004-12-03 - Grene growth the holy, so doth the ive
2004-12-02 - I drank 16 doubles for the price of one
2004-12-01 - She was going to shake her ass on the hood of Whitesnake�s car
2004-11-29 - you wear sandals in the snow and a smile that won't wash away
2004-11-27 - The day light's fading slowly, The time with you is standing still
2004-11-25 - Obie, did you think I was going to hang myself for littering?
2004-11-24 - NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition. Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise....
2004-11-23 - We're white punks on dope, Mom and Dad live in Hollywood
2004-11-22 - All these places had their moments
2004-11-14 - -
2004-11-11 - You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky as we walk in fields of gold
2004-11-08 - The mama pajama rolled out of bed and she ran to the police station
2004-10-25 - How long til my soul gets it right, Can any human being ever reach the highest light
2004-10-21 - Didn't expect to have to rise above my reputation for cynicism,
2004-10-14 - I like black and white, dreaming in black and white
2004-10-11 - Close at hand I'm better for the smile you give
2004-10-07 - This time I know you're not the answer to my prayers
2004-09-22 - I wanna free fall out into nothin', Gonna leave this world for awhile
2004-09-17 - These fragile bodies of touch and taste
2004-09-16 - The souls of men and women, impassioned all
2004-09-07 - Particle man, particle man, Doing the things a particle can
2004-08-31 - Ain't no beauty queens in this locality
2004-08-10 - For the language of longing never had words, so how did you speak from your heart
2004-08-07 - That girl is pretty kinky, the girl's a superfreak
2004-08-05 - So which one are you tonight, Do you change with the morning light
2004-07-23 - I'm so happy 'cause today I've found my friends..They're in my head
2004-07-22 - I'm not quite clear about what you just spoke, Was that a parable or a very subtle joke?
2004-07-14 - Forever's not so long, stop moping
2004-07-12 - Elvis is in Nutty Buddys
2004-07-10 - How bright the stars, how dark the night, how long have I been sleeping
2004-07-09 - They say you are a snuff queen, Honey I don't think that's true
2004-07-07 - Well baby I surrender to the strawberry ice cream
2004-07-01 - In my mind and in my car, We can't rewind, we've gone too far
2004-06-28 - In this bright future you can't forget your past, so dry your tears I say
2004-06-25 - Recycling moments from others' lives, You're not as precious as you contrive
2004-06-23 - I am the fountain of affection, I'm the instrument of joy
2004-06-17 - Maybe you'll find direction around some corner where it's been waiting to meet you
2004-06-16 - Not counting the unmarked paths of misdirection
2004-06-15 - Dream dream, filling up an idle hour
2004-06-10 - I have squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mumbles
2004-06-09 - Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose
2004-06-03 - But you can't hide standing under these stars
2004-06-02 - I did my best, it wasn't much, I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
2004-05-27 - It's a Buck Dancer's choice, my friend
2004-05-26 - Bitch, bitch, bitch
2004-05-19 - Fool me once, fool me twice, fool me fiftymillion times
2004-05-19 - Work avoidance
2004-05-16 - Sirloin burger, with country vegetables
2004-05-13 - toys
2004-05-10 - If I had a rocketlauncher.....
2004-05-09 - I feel stupid, oh so stupid
2004-05-07 - Just standing in the Garden of Evil
2004-05-06 - homework avoidance
2004-04-29 - Check your baggage at the door
2004-04-26 - And the color for the day is....
2004-04-23 - There are places I remember....
2004-04-22 - another boring day (or is that boring another day)
2004-04-20 - Feh!
2004-04-19 - the adventure continues
2004-04-15 - Must control fist of death
2004-04-14 - And you do the hokey-pokey..
2004-04-12 - mea culpa
2004-04-09 - random thought for the day
2004-04-08 - Be orc
2004-04-07 - Too much sun
2004-04-06 - A "C " for the week
2004-03-29 - Party-a-go-go
2004-03-22 - Middle east political rant
2004-03-21 - A shorn hobbit
2004-03-18 - Tantrums, and Turks, and Bores, Oh my!
2004-03-17 - We have a weiner...
2004-03-15 - Gravity falls
2004-03-14 - Anxious spasms
2004-03-09 - Bad News
2004-03-08 - Whale of doom
2004-03-06 - detente at the U.N.
2004-03-01 - WWJD? - probably puke
2004-02-26 - Spin the bottle of fate
2004-02-25 - A Mongol Roundup
2004-02-24 - sem(id)iotics
2004-02-23 - Fucking asshole redux
2004-02-20 - oh so queasy
2004-02-20 - too late at night to write anymore
2004-02-17 - is that a tentacle in your pocket....
2004-02-13 - Profane rant-o-rama
2004-02-12 - And over here, I want the extra-thick bars for a vertical accent
2004-02-11 - VD stands for venereal disease or...
2004-02-09 - And we'll have fun, fun, fun
2004-02-08 - It's always lalalalalalalala
2004-02-06 - yet another rant
2004-02-05 - Faster than a locamotive...
2004-02-04 - cheesecake
2004-02-03 - gifts
2004-02-02 - stalling for perspective
2004-01-28 - polearms, theses and lesbians, oh my!
2004-01-25 - rinse lather repeat
2004-01-23 - a Morgan thingy
2004-01-22 - ugh
2004-01-20 - DIA
2004-01-20 - my fingers runneth over
2004-01-18 - apples and oranges
2004-01-15 - Isn't it ironic, don't you think?
2004-01-14 - once upon a soapbox
2004-01-12 - the dreaming tree
2004-01-08 - murky waters of space
2004-01-02 - to the left, ever to the left
2003-12-31 - New year's
2003-12-19 - Blah blah blah
2003-12-08 - ramblings on the death of John Lennon
2003-12-02 - giant pink slugs
2003-11-29 - that old Myers-Briggs thing
2003-11-30 - turkeyless day
2003-11-26 - St. Slothful's Day
2003-11-25 - Obnoxious
2003-11-21 - car shopping
2003-11-20 - anglers
2003-11-18 - shark on a plate
2003-11-13 - Sword O' Damocles
2003-11-07 - night meeting
2003-11-05 - One of those days
2003-10-30 - ophthalmic musings
2003-10-29 - schleppage whine
2003-10-28 - nitrous thoughts
2003-10-24 - Frank-N-Duckie
2003-10-22 - minor evils (or is that elvis's)
2003-10-21 - -
2003-10-16 - Introduction and Silly Mythological Quiz
2003-10-14 - numero uno