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 Today on A Free Man: More country than punk

Well, things that seem too good to be true generally are and so it was with freecycling. There is always a catch and the freecycling catch is that yesterday afternoon I found myself immersed in freegan melodrama.
It all revolved around the dog crate - the container we […]

 

 Radiohead - "Wolf at the Door": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Dr. O’C pressed “Send” and there was an almost tangible change in the air of our living room - the die was cast for our Antipodean migration. We had just booked Timmins into an Australian dog jail beginning the first week of April. He has made some questionable decisions in his day, haven’t we […]

 

 The Mountain Goats - "Young Caesar 2000" [2:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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“had a dad
big and strong
turned around
found my daddy gone
he was the one
made me what I am today
its up to me now
my daddy has gone away…”
-Jane’s Addiction - “Had A Dad”
It has been a rough week around the ranch this week. I realized that my Thanksgiving turkey was undercooked after I started carving (damn cheap […]

 

 Jane's Addiction - "Had A Dad" [3:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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My boy will never wear prison jumpsuit orange!
When I was growing up in the cypress swamps of north Florida, we were always told to be very careful when heading up to the highlands. There were strange folk up in the hills, you see - moonshiners, hillbillies, people who didn’t understand the principles of genetics. If […]

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” A baby on the way’s a good enough reason to get you out alive
Get you out without having to swallow any pride.”
-The Drive-by Truckers - “Marry Me”
Cold north wind out of the highlands of Scotland (yes, it’s still August) has got me contemplative today. Last night was our last antenatal class. I’ve learned pretty […]

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“Winter nights are long, summer days are gone
Portage and Main fifty below.
Looking back at a prairie town
People ask me why I went away
To fly with the best, sometimes you have to leave the nest
But the prairies made me what I am today.”
- Randy Bachman - “Prairie Town”
The Wordless Wednesday experiment was fun. I still don’t […]

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It’s a rainy Thursday here in Oxford - about the 500th rainy Thursday in a row, and that’s put me in the mood for a recap of what’s going on in the world and here at chrisdellavedova.com.
Budget deficit narrows to $205 billion
This is sort of like saying that your waistline has narrowed to 58 inches. […]

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For those of you who don’t know Timmins, our 6 year old Siberian Husky, he’s a gentle, loving, calm dog - the very picture of zen-like dogness.

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