Massachusetts Terminology

Back in December, some friends moved from California to Massachusetts. Being a native New Englander and having lived in Massachusetts in college and again from 1995 to 2013, I’m very familiar with the area. I wrote up a guide to the area to help them adapt. At the end of the guide was a list […]

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May 26, 2021

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So much to say, but I’m at a loss for words.

It’s 11:48pm on a Tuesday, December 8, 2015.  The podcast crew recorded our Year in Review for AnimeCons TV earlier tonight to wrap our seventh season.  After some In-N-Out, my wife and I relaxed with episodes of The Muppets, Supergirl, and Agents of Shield.  She headed to bed and it’s time for me to face […]

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December 8, 2020

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Viva La Manatee – Lizzu, Love Forever

Lizz & PatrickD with Takumi Yamazaki

This morning, one of my best friends of nearly 20 years died.  Fuck cancer. Elizabeth Bramlett Donnell, “Lizz” to most people, is one of the most kind, understanding, considerate, giving, creative, and fun people I’ve ever known.  I honestly can’t imagine how my life would have turned out had it not been for her. One […]

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December 14, 2015

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Click It or Ticket

I forgot to mention it, but I went to court to fight that ticket I got for having an expired inspection sticker. (It expired in September and I was stopped on October 30th.) I presented the inspection test results taken less than three hours after I got the ticket where the car passed and simply […]

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March 4, 2003

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Last weekend…

So anyway…about last weekend… I picked up sagechan at the airport and we headed back to my place. We watched This is Otakudom and Bridge to the Future and played a few games. The next day was very wet and rainy. We went to Kelly’s Roast Beef for lunch and stuffed ourselves so incredibly full […]

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December 19, 2002

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Esca-later

Lizz and I decided to put our pair of Escaflowne costumes on hold until 2004. (Wow…2004 seems so far away!) We’ve already got other plans for 2003 and there’s no way we’d be able to get them done for 2003 cons and still have them look good…since neither of us really know how to sew […]

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November 10, 2002

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My own Twenty-Four…and then some.

Thursday, 7:00am I woke up, got dressed, packed up my Renamon costume, and went to work. 9:30am Arrived at work and got some stuff done. Answered e-mails and all that. 11:45am Ducked into the floor’s private bathroom and changed into the Renamon costume. Noon Lunch meeting with the department and Information Services. 1:00pm Toured the […]

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