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The Devil You Know

Stream o’ consciousness…

In me, Me, ME! on December 30, 2008

7 entries for December 30th:

	1:17pm	What newspaper history says about newspaper future. – By Jack Shafer – Slate Magazine
	2:14pm	And now for an inspirational DFW high school football story: Square Pegs
	2:40pm	2008: The Year That Was
	3:31pm	PHOTO: Now that’s advertising. Leather Creations Furniture.
	6:08pm	Mike is ready for a cocktail or seven; some dinner; and some rawk.
	6:36pm	Scrobbled 37 songs on Last.fm. (Show Details) Ben Folds – The Last Polka Bob Dylan – The Man in Me Bobby Bare – Singin’ in the Kitchen Chuck Leavell – Lotta Colada Elecrtric Light Orchestra – Last Train To London Gogol Bordello – 60 Revolutions Gogol Bordello – Alcohol Gogol Bordello – Copycat Gogol Bordello – East Infection Gogol Bordello – Immigrant Punk Gogol Bordello – J.U.F. Dub Gogol Bordello – Nomadic Chronicle Gogol Bordello – Not a Crime Gogol Bordello – Panic So Charming (What The Fuck Style) Gogol Bordello – Passport Gogol Bordello – Roumania Gogol Bordello – Think Locally Fuck Globally Gogol Bordello – Undestructable Gogol Bordello – Wonderlust King Gogol Bordello – Zina-Marina Nashville Pussy – Somebody Shoot Me NeffList – Miss Meri by Two Gallants Old 97’s – My Two Feet Old 97’s – Ride Old 97’s – She Loves Sunset Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd – Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-7) Social Distortion – Pretty In Pink Squirrel Nut Zippers – Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter Supersuckers – Must’ve Been High The Beatles – 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 – Something The Brian Setzer Orchestra – 1812 Overdrive The Cynics – Waste Of Time The Fleshtones – Let’s See the Sun The Lyres – Buried Alive The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Radio Ga-Ga Wilco – Outta Mind – Outta Sight
	6:36pm	STUFF JOURNALISTS LIKE

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