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Ok, so Christmas is fast approaching. You could even say it’s already upon us. Each year it seems the Christmas mood and decorations start earlier and earlier. Next year I think Christmas should begin before Halloween.
Normally around this time I write about how much I hate the mall traffic or the greedy, rude, shoppers at "Wal-Mart". But this year I’ve decided I just want to start early with my Christmas wish list, and if you’re having problems thinking of what you want this year, perhaps this… Continue

Recently I’ve been seeing a lot of people getting pulled over in town. I don’t know if it’s more than usual, of if it’s just me paying more attention to my surroundings, but it seems every time I get in the car I see someone getting a ticket.

This has got me thinking. Not that I’m bragging, but I’ve been pulled over many times and probably only gotten tickets for maybe a third of these instances. Now, I know what you’re thinking, and you’re wrong… I didn’t get out of my tickets because I’m so b… Continue

As I sit here and read the current events, I realize I must be getting old. I’ve been thinking about how things were when I was a kid versus, how they are now. Let’s take a look…

When I was kid, I played Sonic the Hedgehog on my Sega Gneisses. I was a hedgehog that runs in a straight line collecting coins, trying not to get killed by a bug, or a mean dude with a gnarly mustache. This was a great game. What kind of values did this teach me? I learned to run a lot. I learned that I need to save m… Continue

“They used to make radio for the music, now they just make music for the radio.” That is a quote by the band Kill Radio. The more I think about that one sentence the more I see just how true it is.

Voice over the air, as we know radio today, came in 1921. Music, up until this point was being written almost solely to entertain, tell a story and express emotion. There were people playing and writing music to make money, but it was nothing in comparison to the musicians of today. The first songs t… Continue