Monthly Archives: December 2005

Burn Orville, Burn

Posted on 12/30/2005 by peter

As I write this, I am sitting at gate 1 of New York’s JFK International Airport. The honeymoon is over (see pictures here). Our flight has now apparently been delayed for two hours due to bad weather in Minneapolis. What … Continue reading →

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The Park Central Hotel In New York Sucks

Posted on 12/27/2005 by peter

With full certainty, I can assure all of you that the Park Central Hotel (870 7th Ave in Manhattan) sucks eagerly at the teats of New York’s cat-sized subway rats. I will now regale you with a timeline of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Rants, Sincerity | 13 Comments

My Favorite Music of 2005

Posted on 12/23/2005 by peter

2005 was a year that saw me purchasing a bit less music than I have in years past, but there were still plenty of amazing albums that passed through my world, including two from 60-something artists that managed to land … Continue reading →

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The Funniest Joke Ever

Posted on 12/22/2005 by peter

Bridgette and I are leaving for our honeymoon in New York on Monday. Hopefully that crappy illegal transit strike has been crushed by then, or we’re pretty much screwed.

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Teachless

Posted on 12/20/2005 by peter

I’ve got to get something off my chest. Something that’s really stuck in my craw, like a beef jerkey fragment wedged between my bicuspids. What’s the point of becoming a teacher if nobody is ever going to call me Teach? … Continue reading →

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The Tale of the Breadstick

Posted on 12/19/2005 by peter

As Bridgette and I drove down the loveliness that is St. Paul’s Robert Street yesterday, we observed a horrible, nay a Satanic development – Fazoli’s had closed. How could this have happened? Did the citizens of St. Paul reject Fazoli’s … Continue reading →

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