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• October 03, 2008
• 15:21

  I find it easy to stay interes…

   » ‎ Mark O'Meara: the blog

  I find it easy to stay interested in History and English but very difficult to work up or sustain any enthusiasm for Geography.

• 13:29

  Comment on VP side show by Shannon

   » ‎ Comments for A Directionless Story

  Hey Rad! Yeah, I’m going to be seeing Dar in a mere two weeks - I just bought the tickets and we’re going to be in the front row - I can’t wait!

  We’re definitely in the midst of some interesting and scary times over here this election season for sure — I shudder to think that there’s any possibility that that crazy bee-atch could end up one 72-year-old heart beat away from the US presidency. What a freak show.

  Keep your fingers and paws crossed for us…

• 12:55

  Back from the local shops - we…

   » ‎ Mark O'Meara: the blog

  Back from the local shops - we now have enough food for the week. There is an excellent chance that we might eat 7 days of sensible meals.

• 12:48

  Comment on VP side show by rad

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  Did you know Dar will be in Eugene later this month?

  p.s. don’t even start me on Palin…good luck!

• 9:47

  Star Wars Picture

   » ‎ Finn Henry
  
  
  Princess Leia and R2D2 by @tak
  

  Finn wanted a Star Wars picture on his blog and he choose this photo. I asked him who the letter was for an he told me Obi-Wan Kenobi but then added “but why did the letter go to Luke instead?”

• 9:42

  Weather Report

   » ‎ Finn Henry
  
  
  Weather Report single by dereck von
  

  Listen

• 9:37

  New Dar and The New Discipline

   » ‎ Mark O'Meara: the blog
  
  
  Dar Williams by wortenoggle
  

  I got an email from Amazon this morning trying to sell me stuff. Actually I get heaps of email from companies where I have shopped and they are quite good at pointing out things I might actually like. Today’s email was case in point, it told me about a new album from Dar Williams, The Promised Land, which I didn’t even know existed.

  I checked on iTunes and it’s not up on their store yet. It’s probably just as well as this makes it easier for me to resist temptation. But even when it is available it will just have to wait for Christmas, my birthday, or perhaps a small present to myself for surviving the 2008 school year.

  I might even give it a proper listen if I have to wait for it.

  Which brings me to an older idea. Twenty years ago it took me weeks to save for a new record (they were twenty-something dollars then). This meant that each disc was a big deal and it got some serious and sustained listening. By the time I was twenty-three I only had about a dozen albums in any format and I knew each one in and out.

  Jumping forward to 2008, I have over 5,000 songs in iTunes alone. And I have discs I have never bothered to rip into iTunes. I love having so much music but sadly I appreciate every disc much less than I used to. I am not saying that I want to go back to that time of musical scarcity but I’d like to appreciate the riches I have a little more.

  Lesson for the day - now that I’ve written this very thoughtful blog entry perhaps I should treat myself to the new Dar album.

• October 02, 2008
• 23:18

  LOL

   » ‎ Suburban Hen Goes Beta
  In my attempts to find new bloggage to read, I have been taking advantage of other bloggers also asking for people to direct them to new bloggage to read, and someone somewhere linked J-Money, of The Typing Makes Me Sound Busy.
  
  Her LOL House series is KILLING ME.

• 20:12

  Going back to watch 30 Rock so…

   » ‎ Mark O'Meara: the blog

  Going back to watch 30 Rock some more. I liked it well enough but somehow I am really keen to watch some more. Perhaps that is its magic.

• 20:05

  Abstain

   » ‎ Mark O'Meara: the blog
  
  
  Chocolate Bars by yum9me
  

  Both Nicky and I have things we are personally concentrating on in our efforts to be thrifty and happy. Mine is to renounce snacks and fizz drinks when I am out.

  Somewhere, many years ago now I suspect, I got into the habit of a Coke here, a chocolate bar there, and perhaps a doughnut or a thick-shake on the way home.

  Since I have not good at moderation I am just giving such things up. This is not the complete end to my sweet tooth. I’ll still have sweet things from the supermarket at home, perhaps I’ll give up that vice some other day.

  Lesson for the day - know when to sidestep a good thing.

• 19:56

  Home Stretch

   » ‎ Mark O'Meara: the blog
  
  
  Western Heights Open Weekend 2008 by www.doverpast.co.uk
  

  I have really enjoyed these two weeks at home and I think I am doing better than I have in months and months. All the same I will be quite happy to go back to work on Monday.

  The year is almost over. It’s been exhausting, traumatic, good fun, a lots of laughs and a massive learning experience for me. For all these reasons there is a part of me that just wants to get it over with.

  Lesson for the day - almost time to hit the Return Key.

• 16:42

  Climb every mountain

   » ‎ David
  
  

  I’ve been so absorbed for the last week listening to podcast lectures that I’ve been neglecting my reading lists. I decided that today was the day to conduct a thoroughgoing review of how much reading I’ve done for Family Law and how much lies before me. To say that I found the result of this review sobering would be to understate the situation. I have dozens of text readings, articles, statutes and cases to knock over. I guess everyone has a mountain to climb. It’s just that my particular mountain looks a little daunting right at this moment.

        

• 16:33

  jojoeffe: having a meeting in the tiniest room in the building that isn't furnished with porcelain

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  jojoeffe: having a meeting in the tiniest room in the building that isn't furnished with porcelain