Archive for May, 2007

I want this for my phone message

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

The outgoing message: "Hello! You have reached the automated answering service of your school. In order to assist you in connecting to the right staff member, please listen to all the options before making a selection: -To lie about why your child is absent - Press 1 -To make excuses for why ...

Importance and Relevance

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

I think that as Baby-boomers, we (I guess I should say "I") feel that we always saw ourselves as more important and relevant than we actually are. Especially as parents. Just think for a few minutes about your relationship with your parents. Do you want them to be an integral ...

If you could read my mind

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

Bright Eye's 2007 release, Cassadaga, is Oberst's voyage through the supernatural. From allmusic.com: "Because the album is, like all of Bright Eyes' albums, very much about the words. Besides the usual swatch of Middle America character sketches and the occasional political allusions, Oberst writes dialogue that travels throughout the record, questioning ...