bob_dobalina

well that's the last time i eat chili for lunch and mexican food for dinner in the same day. goodness gracious do i feel like shit this morning. perhaps its not the food and maybe its a virus but i feel like something that's been rolled and smoked. even my fingers are achy and tired. i had an atlanta breakfast and feel a little better...
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i just sent off a letter to the editor of one of the trade publications that covers the home entertainment. it seems that the trades have decided to make my company their whipping boy lately and we seized the day and fired off a response. of course, the response is never as good as it should be when you're trying to maintain a professional tone...
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my nose has been itching for the last two days. and no, not the little discrete itching on the tip of your nose that you can reach and satisfy but the deep, i think i snorted a motherfucking bee's nest inside my left nostril. it could be allergies, it could be the dry la air but more than a few people have seen me in...
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i'm not supposed to talk about it



this weekend should be fun

it never fucking ends. every fall i get to look forward to the legislative sessions starting up and another bunch of elected idiots drafting bills that are blatantly unconstitutional. on today's hot sheet is a resolution proposed in the north carolina state assembly that requests that congress enact legislation establising a domain exclusively for the posting and dissemination of pornographic materials. also on the 1st...
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from what i've been able to glean, it sounds like i missed out on the good time had by all the lasg folk on friday nite. on the other hand, shady and i met up and checked out the second appearance of TRAINWRECK at the highland grounds that nite. those guys are so fucking funny, their set was highlighted by cameo appearances by american idol...
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happy fuckin friday everybody!
there are few things better than a morning in los angeles after it rains the previous night. there's even puffy clouds in the sky, a definite rarity, i can see them out my office window right now. the reflection they cast on my computer monitor is kinda neat. i can hear my credit card whimpering in my pocket right now, its...
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Left a good job in the city
Workin' for the man every night and day
Haven't ever lost one minute of sleeping
Worried about the way things might have been
A big wheel keeps on turnin'
Proud Mary keeps on burnin', rollin', rollin'
Rollin' on a river
Rollin, rollin, rollin on a river

If you come down to the river
I betcha you're gonna find...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARLIE PARKER!!!

oh my aching head. thursdays are always such a chore. but i'm pretty sure that i only have two more classes after tonite's. that reminds me, i better get my ass in gear and sign up to take the test now that i'm nearly done with the class work. aside from going to class tonite, i got to hit up lucy's...
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from la weekly (after being in ny i wonder if la weekly bit the village voice's format)

Chick Corea Night

Good summer music, good Bowl music. You couldnt assimilate all the facets of Chick Corea at one time, but the keyboardist-composer is corralling as many of his old associates as he can wedge into the dressing rooms, much as he did recently at the Blue...
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say hey swingers. i hope today finds you in good spirits. despite the whole working for a living thing, i'm glad to be back in los angeles after a delightful vacation. i talked with my boy dave about this yesterday on our way to sushi. dave is in town for one evening to take care of dmv shit before returning to dc for law school....
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today's program is sponsored in part by the letter B

things that Begin with B include: Button, Birdland, Barry harris, Booze, Brooklyn, Benson, Brother, Baked, Bo... errr waterpipe, Buddha, Big Beautiful Brown eyes, Blue devil, and Booty, Bien sur!

here's hoping that this entry doesn't get swallowed up by the internet monster and disappear like my last one. so here i am Back in my...
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