Author Archives: Jesse, himself.

Spinnin’ wheel, got to go ’round…

A few days ago, I was lamenting that I would soon have to give up my after-work pint as I was losing the battle of the bulge. My good friend Barry who like me is a smoker-who-doesn’t-smoke-anymore and was inspirational to quite a few of us in that regard, used his usual delicacy to throw [...]

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4-Ball in the corner. On Table #3.

Since I’ve been too swamped to write a decent post, I thought I’d post a video of someone with too much time on their hands. Enjoy.

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We survived it. Happy Spring Equinox.

Today’s the day that night is as long as day. The spring equinox in the northern hemisphere is the day when you can balance an egg on its end and more importantly, begin to feel like the snow’s going to melt. It is going to melt, isn’t it?

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Jill Bolte Taylor – My stroke of insight.

Peter Flaschner — who always seem to find the most inspiring and eclectic slices-of-life — turned me on to this extraordinary presentation. Anyone familiar with the Ted Talks site knows that this conference of Ideas Worth Spreading is a bag of wisdom-nuggets. Few are as powerful as this one. It’s 18 minutes long; it’s a [...]

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Sinbad Unloads on Hillary Clinton

From the Washington Post comes this hilarious exposé of Hillary’s experience in Bosnis, which she describes as being on the edge of the warzone, in constant fear of sniper fire. Sinbad, who along with Sheryl Crow, accompanyed the First Lady claims there was no tension, other than wondering where they were eating next.  In her [...]

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