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Musica para las Fiestas!

Posted on December 28, 2012 by

Just before Christmas, my wife borrowed some LPs from her grandmother so we could digitize them. These were albums her family listened to every December for decades. I was not familiar with any of them because these were albums of … Read on! —->

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Pledging

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

I experienced an awkward moment at a PTA meeting I attended recently. This was something above and beyond the normal awkwardness I feel in a room full of people I do not know and whose only connection to me is … Read on! —->

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Christmas Minus 10

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

At Christmastime 2001, I’d been out of work for over a year. When I was first laid off, I got a number of interviews. I even turned down a job offer for a position that sounded painfully uninteresting, foolishly thinking … Read on! —->

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Ethnic Envy and the Case of the Misidentified Holiday Decoration

Posted on December 20, 2011 by

This weekend, my daughter presented me with two questions I wasn’t sure how to answer. The first came during a trip to a diner, after I insisted we wrap up the uneaten portion of her meal to bring home. “My … Read on! —->

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Christmas Carol Commentary Tracks: It’s a Marshmallow World

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

Did you know you know that record labels used to release special commentary tracks to play along with 45s, much like the ones available on your modern DVDs? It’s true! This holiday season, Scratchbomb has transcribed some Yuletide examples of … Read on! —->

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Christmas Carol Commentary Tracks: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Posted on December 2, 2011 by

Did you know you know that record labels used to release special commentary tracks to play along with 45s, much like the ones available on your modern DVDs? It’s true! This holiday season, Scratchbomb has transcribed some Yuletide examples of … Read on! —->

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Christmas Season: Nasty, Brutish, and Short

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

I’ve decided not to do Holiday Horrors this year, as I feel I may have mined that territory too thoroughly to do a post every day from now until December 25. (I will have another holiday feature, though; more on … Read on! —->

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