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I’m by no means a workaholic, in fact those who have worked with me or supervised me might describe me as having a casual work ethic. Or the more direct of them might describe me as lazy. The original relocation plan called for me to take a few months off after we got Down Under […]

 

 Cannonball Adderley - "Work Song [5:09m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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“Weather man and the crazy chief
One says sun and one says sleet
AM, the FM, the P.M. too
Churning out that boogaloo
Gets you up and gets you out
But how long can you keep it up?”
-The Clash - “The Magnificent Seven”
The fact that we arrived in Sweden yesterday unbruised and still speaking to one another is testament to […]

 

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As a geneticist I knew, intellectually, that my son would be 50% identical to me at the DNA level. What I didn’t realize was what that meant in real life - that I would look at him and often see myself looking back. It is not like a mirror because it’s three dimensional and tangible […]

 

 Barenaked Ladies - "What A Good Boy": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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“Not on your arm
Not on your leg
Not in the toast
Not in the eggs
Not on the carpet
Nor the linoleum
Just how’d your little brother get it smeared all over him…”
-Over the Rhine - “The Poopsmith Song”
The strains of preparing for a trans-continental move must be getting to me because I’m finding the blogging juices have run bone […]

 

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 Great Lake Swimmers - "See You On The Moon" [4:09m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Every Sunday morning for the past month or so, our budding family is up at the crack of dawn for Water Babies class. This, initially, was something about which I was really excited. The lustre has worn off a bit, not just because of the early hour, but also because I’m just not sure if […]

 

 Billy Bragg - "A New England" [2:12m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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“All my bags are packed
I’m ready to go
I’m standin’ here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye…”
-John Denver - “Leavin’ On A Jet Plane”
Actually none of that is true, but we do have our tickets. And Zach has his passports. That Australian one is yummy - tastes like emu.
I’ve really not […]

 

 Larsen & Furious Jane - "Australia": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - "Leaving On A Jet Plane" [2:33m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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“I appreciate your courtesy, your well earned politesse
But you got yourself into your own mess
You know the demons in the design
A good idea at the time…”
-OK Go - “A Good Idea At The Time”
Well, Great Interview Week began with self-indulgent navel gazing and thus it shall end. Hopefully the bits in between have made the […]

 

 OK Go - "A Good Idea At The Time" [3:47m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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I enjoyed my interview with Courtney a couple of weeks ago so much that I asked Neil at Citizen of the Month for another go at his Great Interview Experiment. Thus, late last week, I spent a fair bit of time in the role of either interviewer or interviewee. With all the questions buzzing about […]

 

 Def Leppard - "Pour Some Sugar On Me" [4:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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“Well there’s a child on the way
It could be any day
But how this life will change him
That we don’t know
Well there’s a child on the way
Gonna look just like him
One day, he’s gonna say
“Ain’t you my dad?”
Then he’s gonna look down and smile
And after a while, he’ll say,
“That’s for sure, cause you got my eyes.”
-Wilco […]

 

 Wilco - "Dreamer In My Dreams" [6:44m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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