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25.12.13 12:17 
Listened to 777 - Freedom Fighters
25.12.13 12:12 
Listened to Cyberaktif - Meltdown (Parody)
25.12.13 12:04 
Listened to Spacetime Continuum - A Low Frequency Inversion Field
24.12.13 23:52 "'Twas the...good night."
24.12.13 22:05 
Listened to Kraftwerk - Radio Stars
24.12.13 22:02 
Listened to Howard Jones - Cross That Line
24.12.13 21:57 
Listened to Autechre - Are Y are we?
24.12.13 21:51 
Listened to A Flock of Seagulls - Telecommunication
24.12.13 21:48 
Listened to UNKLE - queens of the stone age vs unkle-no one knows
24.12.13 20:16 Coffee!
24.12.13 18:05 
Listened to The Orb - DDD (Dirty Disco Dub) (Radio Edit)
24.12.13 18:01 
Listened to Donna Summer - Lady Of The Night
24.12.13 17:57 
Listened to Jungle Book - The Bare Necessities
24.12.13 17:52 
Listened to The KLF - Build A Fire
24.12.13 12:00 
SYMC closing quote: 22.92 â–²0.03 (Range: 22.83 - 22.99)
24.12.13 08:55 
Listened to Tears for Fears - Mothers Talk (Extended Version)
24.12.13 07:58 
"Crockett's Theme" by FPU is my jam (photo)
24.12.13 07:49 Random observations and/or opportunities for you to bask in my wisdom:

What else am I gonna do when it's 04:30 and 10 below? It wasn't snowing, after all! So I went to Toys "R" Us in Maple Grove (or Maplewood? It's the one practically next to MYTH - yeah, Maplewood), once again inexplicably open 24 hours through ... like 9PM Christmas Eve, I think. If you're wondering why on earth I'd possibly do this, you may need to get to know me better.

NOTHING says "badass" like rolling up on the Toys "R" Us parking lot just as your iPod shuffles up Crockett's Theme from Miami Vice.

Foursquare told me I hadn't done this in three years, which seems long, but I can't argue with it.

I won't say I was the ONLY customer there, but I sure seemed to startle every worker I encountered. I feel like the gimmick has run its course, but maybe there were more people there at 3 than there were at 5. I can definitely confirm I was just about the only vehicle between the house and the store that wasn't hitched to a trailer or had a plow blade affixed to its front.

Surprisingly, the store felt pretty picked over. I'm not sure if that means that more shopping had happened prior to the procastinators, or that they weren't getting stocked as well as they had in the past.

Here is where it would have been good to have somebody with me so they could have heard me say "Hey, there's also one of these in Blaine--" and stop me in my tracks. But there wasn't, so I put faith in my phone's GPS and let it guide me to Blaine.

In the dead of night, the sight of the Shoreview transmission towers up close as you're heading down US 10 is as stunningly awe-inspiring as the best Christmas lights display - and those things are there year round!

I did end up spending more in Blaine than I did in Maplewood, so I'm glad I went.

Since it was well after 6 by the time I was done, I could go to the closest Rainbow (practically next door in Blaine) instead of the 24 hour one at The Quarry. For the second week in a row, and the second Rainbow in a row, I bought the last two cubes of Pepsi Max in the place. It's like they only ever restock two at a time or something.

At 7, even on Christmas Eve, there's way more traffic than there is at 5. I am ashamed to admit that it didn't register soon enough with me that the vehicle off to the side in the shoulder was not in reverse and had in fact spun and had their headlights pointed into oncoming traffic. As I hit my brakes, I felt the same black ice they had probably spun on - fortunately, I'm just better enough at driving to take my foot OFF the brakes before I did the same thing THEY'D done. So I failed to move over one lane as I passed them - but the guy to my left was super happy I didn't merge into him. *I* was super happy they didn't try to turn around before I sailed on by.

I probably should take a photo later but this nutmeg - which only seems to be used when I pour egg nog and brandy - carries a Safeway label, which means it was bought in the Bay Area, which may make it over a decade old. Still tastes good, though. We don't have a lot of call for nutmeg around here, and I always take care not to ingest it in super psychotropic amounts.

That is all for now - but I'll be happy to take any questions from the floor at this time.
24.12.13 07:11 
Listened to Deee-Lite - Who Was That?
24.12.13 07:06 
Listened to Luke Slater - I Can Complete You
24.12.13 07:01 
Listened to The Egg - Port Meadow
24.12.13 06:56 
Listened to Thompson Twins - You Take Me Up
24.12.13 06:52 
Listened to Karen Young - Hot Shot
24.12.13 06:37 Rainbow Foods (Blaine, MN)
24.12.13 06:07 PART 2 - Toys "R" Us (Blaine, MN)
24.12.13 06:01 
Listened to The Doobie Brothers - Snake Man
24.12.13 06:00 
Listened to London Elektricity - Attack Ships On Fire (Instrumental)
24.12.13 05:56 
Listened to Propaganda - Dr Mabuse (12")
24.12.13 05:49 
Listened to Dead or Alive - International Thing
24.12.13 05:45 
Listened to FPU - Crockett's Theme (Original)
24.12.13 04:52 
OH YEAH BABY (at @ToysRUs) http://4sq.com/19aUxZA
24.12.13 04:52 OH YEAH BABY - Toys "R" Us (Maplewood, MN)
24.12.13 04:50 
Listened to The Orb - Into the 4th Dimension (John Peel Session 02.10.90)
24.12.13 04:38 
Listened to The Doobie Brothers - Cotton Mouth
24.12.13 04:35 
Listened to James Brown - Little Green Apples
24.12.13 04:32 
Listened to South - Broken Head (Jagz Kooner Remix)
24.12.13 04:26 
Listened to Taylor Hicks - Seven Mile Breakdown
23.12.13 22:36 Gawrsh! #niners
23.12.13 21:29 
WWE: killing kayfabe one exposed real name via Twitter handle at a time #RAW
23.12.13 21:14 
Rotations on Cesaro's Swing: 23 - camera cuts by crack WWE technical director: 37 #RAW
23.12.13 21:06 
Cena's Hogan is better than Punk's Hogan...but not by much #RAW
23.12.13 20:57 
OH NO CHRISTMAS MAY BE CANCELLED I MEAN REALLY #RAW
23.12.13 20:47 
"You don't get that strong just by going to the gym" - @MichaelCole, making a shoot comment that was't meant to be a shoot comment #RAW
23.12.13 20:39 
WWE Prestigious Intercontinental Champion Fandango does sound like something they'd do #RAW
23.12.13 20:25 
Where's Slater? Is he getting his chest done? #RAW
23.12.13 20:20 
Who, Bradshaw makes SPEAKERS, too? #RAW
23.12.13 19:51 
"Hi, I'm Bray Wyatt, and I'd like to talk to you today about the Olde Brooklyn Lantern." #RAW
23.12.13 19:26 
Sin Cara speaks English! ¡Un milagro de Navidad! #RAW
23.12.13 19:18 
So was JoJo released or what? #RAW
23.12.13 19:14 
Someone posted a comment on my "CL Fong" Vine! But it was: "cm punk idiot" :(
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