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high school reunion

What a busy weekend. Thursday with Thanksgiving, visiting the family down in Tacoma. I stayed over until Friday, when I went to my Washington High School Class of 95 reunion. Holy cow - 10 years! It was good to see familiar faces and old friends.
Going into it, I talked with a few friends who've had theirs beforehand and they all made a comment on how 10 years later it still felt "clique-esh". I wouldn't say that - I think that after ten years, you go with what's comfortable and catch up with the people you wish you would have stayed in touch with over the years. And that's what I found - old friends. Its pretty remarkable how it only takes a few minutes to catch up and get back in sync. It wasn't but a short while until we were back teasing each other again (Okay, for me it was a few minutes, Jamieson, jack and coke, and a vodka tonic...).
If you are reading this and you happen to be one of said classmates, feel free to send me some pics from the reunion. I only managed to take a few and I'll gladly post them up here. Good to see you all again.

McSweeney's

I wanted to point friends and family to McSweeney's, a site that features a lot of funny, interesting short stories. In particular, here's an imagined monologue of Morgan Freeman purchasing a Pop-a-shot game. You can't help but laugh if you read it in "his voice."

Other than that, I'd like to recommend (in no particular order): Pernice Brothers at Neumos on July 26th, Lost re-runs on ABC, Goonfest '05, and calling your parents - its been too long.