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Categorical Definition – You’re My Favorite Things
The title of this category comes from the Replacements’ song not the Julie Andrews thing. Mr. Westerberg was talking in the singular (bar nothing) and about music (you’re rocking real bad), but I’ll...
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Reading and Drinking Alone in Public Places
It was Friday afternoon a week ago and the weather was only beginning to retreat from hot to a comfortable warm. I had my book. I had my dog. I wanted sun and I wanted a beer. I chose the brew pub not...
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You’re My Favorite Thing: The Replacements
Even more than half way into my college life, music was defined to me as FM radio, in a format that would later be called “Classic Rock”. I would even say that my life philosophy was pretty much what...
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You’re My Favorite Thing – XC Skiing
When it rains here in Blue Heron Valley, it can sap one’s soul. The clouds diffuse the already weak winter light, the wetness makes you shiver. My strategy to stay sane in all of this is to think,...
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You’re My Favorite Thing — Posterisks
Kansas City never hit my radar screen as a place to live. But when I discovered Joe Posnanski’s baseball-ish blog, I wished I had been reading his Kansas City sports columns for years. His tales of...
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You’re My Favorite Thing – The Jerries
“Jerries” are all my friends from the Fargo-scape. Jerries are named after Jerry Lundegaard, the delusional passive-aggressive schemer in Fargo played by William H. Macy. Jerries are my friends from...
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You’re My Favorite Thing — The Dog Electric
There is nothing more boring than a person writing about their dog. I own a dog. That special thing between a human and a dog – I get it. But I can’t stand reading or hearing owners go on about...
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You’re My Favorite Thing – The Canyon Lands
While waiting for baseball season to hurry up and start – I slipped away to the canyons of Southern Utah – a place I try to get to every couple of years. Top of Barrier Canyon, Maze District,...
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