Jake's New Blog

Month: July 2008

  • Now hear this!

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    For all of those millionhunerds (3.6) of people who subscribe to this rss feed, I’m changing the url. Yes, I have decided that the blog deserves its very own dotcom. So, add http://www.jakesnewblog.com . I will leave the old address up for a week or so, but after that I will just set it to…

  • She pretty much summed it up

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    I have actually been wanting to say something about it for a while. About my displeasure with Weezer’s latest album, that is. Anyway, I didn’t have to, because Reagan pretty well summed it up. The only thing that I would have changed, had I gotten around to expressing my version of her post, is: Blue…

  • Marathon training update

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    I haven’t been training. That is the update. Reagan, on the other hand, has really taken the bull by the horns and gone for it. She printed out a schedule and everything. I’m not really sure what my problem is. I have been so unmotivated since we returned from vacation. I get up, move the…

  • Chinches

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    I came across this chair, this morning when I was out moving the car. I thought it was mighty kind of the person discarding it, to put would-be curb shoppers on notice. On the other hand, this chair was on the curb half way around the block from where I live. Having a bed bug…

  • Safe!

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    I generally try to avoid writing about work, whenever possible. But for those of you who read the WSJ and were wondering, I survived. Thanks for your concern.

  • Jay Adams is out!

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    If you know anything about the Dogtown Z boys, then you probably know who Jay Adams is. You probably also know that he has been locked up for the last couple of years. Growing up, I knew the name. I was the most familiar with Peralta though, as far as the Dogtown boys go. Anyway,…

  • A nice day for an exam

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    To all my homies taking the NY State bar exam today, congratulations on surviving day 1. Eat lots of bananas and go to bed early tonight.

  • Find out if you are "That Guy"

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    When I was reading this morning on the train, I came across an article about being “that guy.” The most entertaining part, for me was the picture of George W. Bush giving chest bumps to an AF academy grad. Anyway, go to the Details website and take the quiz to find out if you are…

  • Coast to Coast

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    Change can be tough. Last night we bade farewell to some of our close friends, who are leaving today for the sunnier, greener pastures of Southern California, or “So-Cal,” as nerds like me affectionately refer to it. I wrote about it back in April, but it didn’t seem like they were going to be leaving…

  • Ordering Crap Online

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    Don’t you just love ordering things online? Whenever I indulge in this activity, I’m reminded of a sequence from the movie Best in Show. In the movie, Parker Posey’s character is a lawyer who orders the majority of her wardrobe from the L.L. Bean catalogue. There is a scene where she is contemplating how awesome…