Deep Thoughts With Blogagaard

yes, I have to agree to that!

2012-05-14T14:07:06.961-05:00

yes, I have to agree to that!

Right on, Dave. I love me some Murakami. WITAWITAR...

2012-05-14T13:13:43.019-05:00

Right on, Dave. I love me some Murakami. WITAWITAR is a gem. My favorite part is toward the end of the book when he talks about his failures and successes participating in triathlons. I also like this, in reference to a marathon gone badly:

"There are three reasons I failed. Not enough training. Not enough training. And not enough training."

He may as well be talking about writing (which, I imagine, he is): to get at the really good stuff, we have to write and write and keep writing. There is really no better preparation for writing well except to write.

You've been away far too long. I hope you are ...

2012-05-13T08:28:44.303-05:00

You've been away far too long. I hope you are OK.

So there might be some of those clinics run by the...

2012-04-29T23:06:09.539-05:00

So there might be some of those clinics run by the ngos, but not by the govt.?

Hmm. Maybe there's some kind of free clinic in...

2012-04-29T15:57:41.655-05:00

Hmm. Maybe there's some kind of free clinic in the Cities, but I suppose I've never been THAT desperate to find it. Even so, I don't think it would give out free surgeries...luckily my knee's improving every day.

It is ridiculous about the medical bills; do you h...

2012-04-29T06:36:02.609-05:00

It is ridiculous about the medical bills; do you have NO free or discounted doctors at all, like ones to whom you can get to if are willing to sleep in the queue overnight??

Right? Only somebody who knew for sure who Amy Sed...

2012-04-03T16:27:56.125-05:00

Right? Only somebody who knew for sure who Amy Sedaris or Colbert was would pick that thing up.

I just fixed the link on the post, which I didn't know went nowhere...

Wow, you wren't kidding about that cover. http...

2012-04-03T15:30:09.018-05:00

Wow, you wren't kidding about that cover. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51p-UfXNxIL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg

Huh, yeah. That's a pretty powerful pairing o...

2012-03-14T00:39:12.225-05:00

Huh, yeah. That's a pretty powerful pairing of graphic novel and Carlin!

irrelevant to the post above, but you might enjoy ...

2012-03-13T23:31:53.077-05:00

irrelevant to the post above, but you might enjoy this: http://zenpencils.com/comic/24-george-carlin-on-assassination-explicit/

Matthieu Ricard says "happiness is knowing that we have been able to spend our life actualizing the potential that we all have in us..." maybe, that is why DFW was more unhappy than me. It would be a very sad day, when you can't feel joy with your dog.

Wow! Thank you very much. This blog has been a lab...

2012-02-26T15:15:14.397-06:00

Wow! Thank you very much. This blog has been a labor of love and craziness, indeed. That is a crazy amount of things to have happen in roughly 7 years.

What gets me about Wallace is that he hung himself in his garage IN FRONT OF HIS DOGS. Heartbreaking and strange. We must fight the Darkness!

Hi Dave, Congratulations. It is impressive how y...

2012-02-26T00:55:09.159-06:00

Hi Dave, Congratulations.

It is impressive how your blog is still as fresh and as interesting after 900 posts. I am not sure how long ago, I started reading your blog, but it has been a wonderful long time. (I have finished studying, started working, bought a house, got married and separated in all that time. it wasn't neither a long nor even a remotely happy marriage :) Icing on the cake, has been the fact that I got introduced to DFW thru your blog.

Fantastic choice for the 900th blog, yes, I have often thought of that too, and yes, I think what DFW is very true. We fear to face our minds.

I also liked that Mpls was supposed to be this mag...

2012-01-08T13:31:31.018-06:00

I also liked that Mpls was supposed to be this magical big city place to everyone in Mercury. I remember when I felt that way, too.

Yes, sometimes the mean is just mean and searing, ...

2012-01-08T13:29:41.905-06:00

Yes, sometimes the mean is just mean and searing, but in a way, that's funny, too. At least to crazy ex-small townies like me.

I am not convinced the dark humor is meant to be a...

2012-01-08T12:07:46.200-06:00

I am not convinced the dark humor is meant to be all that humorous. This is a mean movie, closer to a Neil LaBute film than Juno. Anyway, I'm working it into my next film blog essay.

Yes. Brutal movie!

2012-01-08T11:08:45.967-06:00

Yes. Brutal movie!

Did you see Big Fan with Oswalt? Brady

2012-01-07T22:11:08.250-06:00

Did you see Big Fan with Oswalt?

Brady

Excellent.

2012-01-01T13:37:36.939-06:00

Excellent.

Working on the St. Paul campus is conducive to fre...

2012-01-01T07:12:54.808-06:00

Working on the St. Paul campus is conducive to frequent bouts of all-encompassing existential despair.

Actually, that's Melissa's computer. We us...

2011-12-24T00:02:37.790-06:00

Actually, that's Melissa's computer. We use Noah's Mac Book Air. He brings it over and we just just talk into it. High tech shit. He also does all the post-production shit with a minimal amount of feedback from me. Like, "Good job!"

Is that the computer where the super-production th...

2011-12-23T22:07:59.253-06:00

Is that the computer where the super-production that is 'When Harry met Fatty' is recorded? Also the dog's face is perfect.

I love paper, but I am trying to save the trees! ...

2011-12-17T05:46:38.826-06:00

I love paper, but I am trying to save the trees!

:P

BRUUUUUUUCE!

2011-11-08T20:22:47.468-06:00

BRUUUUUUUCE!

The new Knight Rider car may look better for most ...

2011-10-05T14:40:42.005-05:00

The new Knight Rider car may look better for most of us, but the old version already looked cool. In the first place, the old KITT would not have been used in the movie if it didn't have that futuristic look. I guess it also depends on who's driving the car, hehe.