Critical Tom

Blues pt. 1

DISCLAIMER: I am not a music history expert.  The research done for this post is both minimal and occurred entirely on Wikipedia.  Nevertheless, I irrationally stand behind my mostly-baseless opinions.

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Thanksgiving

A few pictures from Thanksgiving - some from MA, and some from GA.

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Conference

I’m in a conference in Baltimore, MD.  While I’ll admit I’ve only seen about 7 city blocks, I’ve loved those blocks.  The buildings are classic American, and extend all the way to the waterfront, which is (from a distance) clean and full of museum-ships.  The weather is nice and cool, with a healthy breeze coming in from the harbor. I’ve decided Baltimore is more than just that-city-next-to-D.C.

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Women's Rights

Last New Year’s Eve most of my friends went to New York City.  We’d gone the previous year and had a good time (we all got wasted) but this year people were split into separate groups (the organized and the unorganized) and I didn’t relish the drive from my family’s location outside Boston to NYC again (it’s especially difficult on January 1st, no matter how many 4 AM pancakes you eat).  Luckily, my college buddy was having a few people down to his Cape house, and so I decided to tag along.  Most of the people attending he knew from high school, and each person perhaps brought a friend or significant other, so there were plenty of strangers sharing the house.

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First.

First, I owe you an explanation.

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