Archive for May, 2007

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

WeeWar.com is SO Awesome!

I have been playing a lot of WeeWar lately.  It RULES.  You should try it.  But be warned that you might not want to do anything else for a few days… or weeks.  Also, if you click on the above link, I get points or something.  Whatever it is it has to be good because [...]

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Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

ChocolateFest Day 4

Today went well, but I’m glad it’s over. I’m TIRED.
Everyone should spend an afternoon swapping stories with a couple of cowboys in a barn. I can’t recommend it highly enough. I had a long break in between sets today, and I had already planned on spending it sitting on my butt backstage. [...]

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Sunday, May 27th, 2007

ChocolateFest Day 3

Today I had four shows, and they were only 30 minutes apart. It was exhausting. At least it was a nice sunny day though, so there were lots of people around to watch.
Today’s high points:
- On the way in I saw a car with the liscense plate “BON JOV1″ Awesome.
- Buying my [...]

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Sunday, May 27th, 2007

ChocolateFest Day 2

Today at ChocolateFest it rained. That was really the major aspect of my day. One of my shows got cancelled as a result, but mostly it just meant there were fewer people around. People were literally running from the park when the rain started. Not a good sign when you are [...]

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Friday, May 25th, 2007

ChocolateFest Day 1

I’m in Burlington WI today, and for the next three days performing at ChocolateFest. I met a guy from ChocolateFest at one of my gigs last year, and I actually tried really hard to get them to hire me… mostly because I had heard that there were mountains of free chocolate just lying around, [...]

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Friday, May 18th, 2007

Apartment Hunting in Pittsburgh

This is WAY harder than ever before, and it doesn’t help that we have a dog either… or that we have standards now.
In case you haven’t heard or figured it out, we’re moving to Pittsburgh.

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Thursday, May 10th, 2007

Trucks Are Amazing

I think we all know on some level that our country only functions because of trucks. Almost everything we buy, drive, eat, etc. comes to us on a truck, and yet they’re so common that we not only take them for granted… we don’t even see them anymore. I spend a lot of [...]

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