Mama's House

I don't know why Annette insists on sending out invitations through the mail to us cousins when she can post to this site. Now in case you haven't gotten that invitation the details are:

Sunday, January 20
10-12:15
@ Creative Leap
at this location,

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Not sure if this is so much just a little kids thing or what but I think pizza is involved.

Any suggestions as to where and when this month we can hold our next one? Fish and chips with karaoke and a pint perhaps? Comment away.

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jens lekman - night falls over kortedala

The Go! Team - Proof of Youth

Austin named his album as the best album he heard in 2007. That begs a few questions. I'll start by asking is the album even any good? Well, based on 11 reviews on Amazon.com it's averaging 4 1/2 out of 5 stars so it must be good - to at least 10 out of those 11. Exactly how much music did Austin sample before declaring Jens the best of 2007? He says, "This list was the most difficult to make there was a lot of good music and and [sic] equal amount of bad music out there that I have sampled this year." He then goes on to list his top 5 albums so we are assured that Jens' album is at least the best album out of 10. How did Austin hear about this Jens Lekman to begin with? He credits pitchfork for the find but who or what is pitchfork? I'm thinking a link would have helped. Last question I want to ask, is Austin being pretentious by naming some obscure Swedish indie-pop album as his favorite of 2007 or am I completely oblivious to really good music? Close one, but probably the latter.

*I said I was going to post daily to this blog as one of my resolutions. Consider this the first of many to be lame thrown together at the last minute so-I-don't-break-one-of-my-dumb-resolutions-posts.

That title was weird to put up. Anyway, if you didn't make it to Mama's today you should each say "Have mercy on the soul of ________," at least fifty times while being reminded of the sorrowful mysteries; throw in a few "Pray for the soul of_______;" and "O Lord deliver _______;" and you've basically recreated the night here at Mama's. And no, copying and pasting everything in the comment section does not count.

And let perpetual light shine upon you.

UPDATE:

Per my resolution to read a book a week:

If you ever wanted to learn the difference between causality and correlation or how the tools of economics can be applied to figuring out questions like "why do drug dealers live with their moms" or "how is the KKK like a group of real-estate agents," then this book is for you. It may also get you to start challenging conventional wisdom although in all likelihood it would be with much less striking questions than those introducing each chapter.

The chapter I found most interesting was the one which asked, "do parents really matter?" And let me just say, things aren't necessarily so bad for Jayden and co.

If anyone wants to borrow my copy just ask.