December 2010
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Reflections on Christmas in the Form of Winter...
The summer swan flies
To Italy for winter.
Joe’s at Giuseppe’s
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Cardinals search for food.
Brittany digs through Craigslist
For an internship
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The stray mockingbird
Sings foreign songs. No one gets
Greg’s pretentious jokes
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Under falling snow
squirrels fight for nuts, the way
Andrew plays Mario
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Hibernating bears
Spend long nights in sweet repose.
Molly sleeps ’til noon
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- Greg
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Love, Loyalty, Friendship
This Christmas my siblings and I received a special gift from our parents. We each were given identical Claddagh rings. This is a traditional Irish ring that has been around since the 17th Century, while parts of its symbolism date back even further. The ring is in the shape of two hands holding a heart, and atop the heart is a crown. The heart symbolizes love, the crown symbolizes loyalty, and...
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The Curse of Joe Torre (Formerly known as the...
I went to my first Yankee game when I was about 7 years old, circa 1996. At that game I fell in love with the Yankees of the mid 90s. Derek Jeter, Tino Martinez, Paul O’Neill, Scott Brosius, Mariano Rivera and Jorgey! made up the team this kid loved. So I understand I am a little biased when it comes to these players but my Dad and I have this fun theory about the Yankees losing streak of...
Taylor Swift has a way with words
I love the singer Taylor Swift. She’s gorgeous, funny, sweet, and a great artist. Yes, a lot of songs about guys that she has dated and some are mean but they are still amazing. All of her songs are based on real life experiences.
There is a song that is on her new album called “Innocent”. This song was about her experience at the VMAs last September when the dirtbag Kanye West interrupted...
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'Tis the Season to be Spirited
Hey guys,
It’s Christmas Eve, so I was going to write about the ornaments we made for Aunt Cathy’s eco-friendly Yankee Swap, complete with photographs. Of course, you’ve already seen your ornaments, and Andrew’s ornament would not photograph well anyway… because he didn’t make one. Maybe he thought he was supposed to make a blog post.
(OHHHHHHH!!!!)
Anyway, I’d like to talk about the Christmas...
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Of Banners and Bad Posts
It’s no secret that my posts have been lacking… or just non-existent the last few weeks. And so I was punished with an embarrassing photo from my time on the Crew team as a freshman in college, and a flattering photo of my doppelganger James Franco.
Determined to not let this happen again I decided I would finally design the new banner for our blog. I had planned on doing this...
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I’ve recently been working on making a CD. A...
Double the Money
I have to do this post short and sweet because it’s already like 10pm and I have homework to do and such. Today I asked Brittany to do some last minute Christmas shopping for me while I was at school and work. Later on when she gave me the gift I needed and my change, I got a surprise. In my change was a two dollar bill. Yes, two dollar. Not two singles. One two dollar bill.
I became...
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Computer Placement Theory
Hey guys,
Pretty soon, you’ll all be embarking on exciting careers. Sometimes, those careers come with offices, and offices often come with desks. A Desk means a computer, and a computer means finding the right location for your computer, or as it is formally known, Computer Placement. Make no mistake: Computer Placement is the single most important thing you need to know about work life,...
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“She was 21 years old when her allergy to the color orange got the best of her. ...”
– Last year I had a job that required me to attend a lot of workshops that asked the attendees to explore their “inner feelings” to make us better at our jobs. This excerpt comes from a task that required us to write our own obituaries to discover what how we wish to have others view us....
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WatchLast Sunday, I heard Handel’s Messiah at Disney Hall in Los Angeles. This conversation was inspired by that concert.
The movement discussed in the video can be heard here.
- Greg
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Table For One, Please!
Anyone who knows me knows how much I love food. I’ll eat almost anything; except for maybe vegetable chili…or anything Andrew’s made…or been near. I digress.
Anyhow – my love for food goes so very far that I have become accustomed to relating places I’ve been or things I have done with the food associated to that particular place of event. My sister Brittany loves to share this joyous factoid...
Seventy Times Seven
There is a bible verse from Matthew about forgiveness. (Matthew 18:21-22) This is the verse:
Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him,” I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.”
When I first learned about this quote it was through my best...
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Go West, Young Man
Hey guys,
I think there are two Gregs in our family.
Let me explain. Every once in a while, someone in our family makes reference to “Greg in California.” In almost every case, this reference is made because of how Greg in California is different from Greg in New York.
This leads me to believe there are two Gregs: one is the Greg who interacts with all of you when he is in New York (hereafter...
Rendition number one without harmonies. 