Monthly Archives: February 2009

The Only Way I’m Telefoning Tel Aviv is if I Can Reverse the Charges

February 26, 2009 – 10:30 am

I know that having Blogarhythms cut back to only two posts a week is pretty sucky. But the honest truth is that if the state of my financial affairs doesn’t improve really soon things could get a whole lot suckier. Obviously I’m not the only one facing fiduciary difficulties, as the entire country, and much […]

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Bare Knuckled Beatdowns From a Philistine and a Couple of Seamen

February 24, 2009 – 10:30 am

It probably doesn’t come off here on the blog—where my demeanor is for the most part pleasant and my tone generally positive—but I have a temper. Amongst my friends I’ve long held a reputation for being somewhat like The Incredible Hulk, prone to furiously voluminous outbursts at inopportune moments. So much so in […]

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Duck vs. Eagle!!!

February 19, 2009 – 10:30 am

In spite of the fact that I’ve had to cut the blog back to just two days a week I will be doing my best to keep it diverse and cover as wide a variety and a as large a number of records as I can every week. That probably means that I’ll be […]

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The Colo(u)rful Clango(u)r of Blu and Sin Fang Bous

February 17, 2009 – 10:30 am

As some of you probably noticed, there was no Blogarhythms post yesterday. No, this was not the result of some unusual affection for former US presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln that prevents me from blogging on their designated day of honor. But it was the start of what will be a new—hopefully […]

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Romance at Random, Vol. 81: Sylvia Pillow Talk

February 13, 2009 – 10:30 am

So, tomorrow is Saint Valentine’s Day, a feast-day intended to honor early Christian martyrs who bore the name Valentinus. Thanks to a misinterpretation of a Chaucer poem, the efforts of 14th century French courtesans and the industriousness of a Massachusetts woman named Esther Howland who essentially founded the modern greeting-card industry, February 14th has […]

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