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100 Things, mostly about stick

By Stick ⋅ March 16, 2007 ⋅ 16 comments

(Ed: Stick left this as a comment on a previous post, but we have a house rule about comments not being more than 93 pages long, so I bumped it up to make it a post.)
Ok, so June wrote this for me. For the most part it’s very accurate. This is a good marriage excercise. [...]

100 Things, mostly about me

By michael lee ⋅ March 16, 2007 ⋅ 31 comments

Blogging is primarily about prolonging adolescent narcissism. That being the case, I’ve decided to spend an entire post talking about my favorite topic, me. This works out well for you, the reader, since I happen to be a fascinating and utterly important person.
With apologies to TAN for the idea, here are 100 things, mostly [...]

A note to my young songwriting friends

By michael lee ⋅ March 15, 2007 ⋅ 16 comments

Do me a favor. Take that heart-felt emotional ballad you’ve just written, and place it in the hands of a trusted friend. Ask them to read the lyrics, and circle any metaphors they’ve heard before.
Then, cut them out. Do it now. Show no mercy. Think of a different way to say whatever it is you [...]

Episode 39, In Which I Save The World

By michael lee ⋅ February 17, 2007 ⋅ 8 comments

… from having to endure one more hackneyed network sitcom.
I got a call last week from a company called “Audience Studies”, offering me the chance to win valuable non-cash prizes in exchange for giving my opinion on a new show. I thought to myself (as I often do), “I watch television. I like valuable non-cash [...]

My Dearest Schmoopykins

By michael lee ⋅ January 15, 2007 ⋅ 14 comments

Well, Aly and Ash have demonstrated how devastatingly awesome good poetry can be, and I’m starting to feel like my own poetic abilities are under-appreciated. In order to regain the love of you philistines and plebeians, I hereby present a work of unparalleled beauty and rhymyness. Hopefully, this will make my wife’s little heart [...]

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