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[One month in 1984] Veblen, South Dakota (arrival): Anyway, back in September of 1984 I was in the Red Owl superstore, and I was looking for a new Star Wars figure. I was all about Star Wars action figures then, but I should have seen the end of that hobby coming fast. Jedi had been out for a year, and it wasn’t the same since most of the bad guys were dead, and the rebels had won. I didn’t find any Star Wars figures, but I found something better. Something I didn’t know I wanted, but I knew I wanted it when i saw it. There, on the shelf, were Optimus Prime and Megatron. I’d seen a few commercials for this new Transformers line here and there, but I’d never seen them in a store, and they looked so freakin’ cool it hurt. I wanted both, but I couldn’t have both. It turned out that at twenty dollars a robot, my mom didn’t have the resources to buy me either. I was usually a pro at twisting my mom’s arm into buying me toys, but she just didn’t have the money. I remember going back and looking at her, but her tired face kept telling me no, even though I knew deep down she wanted to say yes. I wonder if she was thinking about the past month of uprooting ourselves only to try to replant ourselves back in Veblen after giving up on New Mexico. Maybe I’m just assigning what I’d like to think she was thinking at the time. I think a more realistic thought in her mind was “hurry up, I want to go home.” So, Optimus Prime and Megatron would have to wait to come home with me. I’ll never know what became of the two in Pierre, but I found mine in Wahpeton, North Dakota and Sisseton, South Dakota. My mom was willing to buy me an action figure, since she had about five dollars to spare. There were no Star Wars figures in stock, but there was one action figure of equal size left. All alone, on the shelf by my mom, was Cobra Commander from the G.I.
[Salty Native's Florida Adventures] What the owls said”¦: I was just sitting outside with my dogs listening to nature, thinking about life, thinking about my Mom, and trying to figure out where I want to go with this blog, my life, and other weighty matters. I take a brief pause to check the yard for intruders because my little girl dog is acting nuerotic about something (turns out to be the owls).
[OH NO!!] Meaty Watchmen Post: Andy Warhol and Truman Capote speaking in front of A Warhol Pop Art painting of Nite Owl. ”” A young Laurie standing in a dark hallway as her parents argue loudly.
[Mortgage News Clips] IRA ARTMAN’S AIRY MANTRA: THE SEVENTY PCT SOLUTION: (Despite their success in life, both Holmes and the late Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had developed intense jealousies in the afterlife. By the 21st century, both were infuriated by the popularity of JK Rowling’s “Harry Potter”. “To get even”, Holmes now filled his hereafter with what he had originally termed Rowling’s “idiocies”. He now figured, that if it worked for her, then it should have worked for him, or something like that. Hence, the owl.)
[Known to appreciate] Beyond the Sea: He kept the little owl figurine that Mullet had carved and given to him on his fifteenth birthday, took it with him to college and law school and now keeps it in the drawer of his bedside table. Sometimes he needs the feel of it in his hand to remind him that he didn’t just imagine the whole thing.
[Verbal Doodles] We will dance the hoochie-coochie, you will be my tootsie-wootsie: So I've got this to-do list for the modbreak: write college essay, schedule alumni interviews for four schools (TWO DONE), figure out/rethink capstone project (DONE), figure out what to ask for for my birthday, order new jeans, find out about iPod screen replacement (HALF DONE).
[spoutblog] Watchmen Preview: Who Watches The Watchmen? We Do.: says Snyder) of Hollis Mason’s Under the Hood novel from inside the graphic novel before the movie comes out, and Snyder hopes the theatrical film runs with that storyline incorporated into it. So consider this a fair warning that you’ll need to get yourself fitted for a catheter before the movie comes out next year.
[Hogwarts Year One] Chapter Five: They sold owls and owl supplies. Standing outside the shop was a young girl with long curly dark brown hair.
[i don't blame you for being you] Hiding in Plain Sight, H/D, 1/3: They began to exchange the usual pleasantries for a few minutes before Harry noticed that a hand was now on his thigh, and slowly moving up. The club may have been dark, but Harry knew well enough that they were unlikely to get away with very much at all in a place like this.
[Largehearted Boy] Shorties (Chuck Klosterman, Hipsters, and more): I find Ashlee Simpson to be, in general, a sort of weirdly engrossing public figure. Which is strange, because objectively, I think she's probably not very interesting at all.
[Marketing Pilgrim] The day in the life of an in-house SEO at Tribune - After Lunch: not Matt Cutts, Nathan Buggia, etc.). The people that do not have swarms of over-eager people around them are more open to communication.
[Film School Rejects] Ricky Gervais: 7 Things American Audiences Should Know [Commentary ...: episode - Gervais has always said that even though some American TV shows have copied BBC comedies to various degrees of success (”The Office,” “Coupling”), he insists that even THOSE shows were inspired by American comedies like “The Simpsons.”
[Students and Campuses] Tips in reviewing for an exam: Or are you a late owl and your mind’s clear as day only in the wee hours of the night? Can you study on a full stomach, or do you tend to doze off after lunch?
[Tom Hull] Jazz Prospecting (CG #18, Part 6): Mike Garson: Conversations With My Family (2006 [2008], Resonance, CD+DVD): No recording date for the CD, but the DVD was shot May 7, 2006. Presumably there's some relationship, but once again I didn't bother with the DVD.
[game online] The past few days: We did see some owl vomit yesterday on one of the hikes. They heave up what is not digested and you can play Grissom and try to tease out what they had for dinner.
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