Dabysan in Hammersmith Palais

Comfort and Joy

nobody@vox.com(Dabysan) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:13:22 -0500

My favorite Christmas Carol is "God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman." It is probably no coincidence that this is also the only actual Christmas carol mentioned by name in "A Christmas Carol." The Christmas in my head is a decidedly English affair, and God...

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The Great Lost Weekend

nobody@vox.com(Dabysan) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:31:35 -0500

The Greater Washington Metropolitan area suffered a snowpocalypse this weekend, and I've been apartment-bound with CarrieNation for going on 36 hours now. If Facebook is any indication, people are just beside themselves about all their lost produc...

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Radio Gaga

nobody@vox.com(Dabysan) — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:34:48 -0500

I've never been a big fan of dance music. It might have something to do with the fact that I can't dance...or that most dance music sucks, or maybe it's a little from column A and a little from column B. Not only have I never been a big fan of da...

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104p50w

nobody@vox.com(Dabysan) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:11:11 -0500

With two weeks to go in December, I've posted 104 times in 2009, and am well on my way to successfully completing my second challenge in as many years. It's a little disappointing that Jodi hasn't failed just yet, but 'tis the season for miracles,...

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Anyone for tea?

nobody@vox.com(Dabysan) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:23:28 -0500

So I was in the Whole Foods today, like any good yuppie, buying my hemp cereal and gmo-free, eight-dollar milk, when I noticed something funny in the tea aisle. Now, I like a vile scatological pun as much as (read: a lot more than) the next guy,...

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Anatomy of a Sports Hypocrite: Hotrod

nobody@vox.com(Dabysan) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:30:37 -0500

My friend Hotrod has a lot of things going for him: excellent taste in baked goods; strong public speaking and some very nifty dance moves, but on matters sporting, he is -- I think we can all agree -- a hypocrite. For those of you not intereste...

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This Video Made Me Very, Very Sad

nobody@vox.com(Dabysan) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:59:27 -0500

F. Terrible.

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Lamest Ways to Discover Music: Volume Two

nobody@vox.com(Dabysan) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:56:22 -0500

A few months ago, I made a shameful admission. At the time, my new favorite band was Matt and Kim, a band I had discovered by way of a television commercial for Bacardi Rum. I posited that this was surely the lamest manner in which I had ever disc...

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Danke(s)

nobody@vox.com(Dabysan) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:26:54 -0500

A couple years ago, I began a highly original annual feature here on Dabysan in Hammersmith Palais listing the many things that I'm thankful for on, uh, Thanksgiving. This year, I've got more to be thankful for than ever before, so here, in no par...

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Viva Luna de Miel!

nobody@vox.com(Dabysan) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:48:01 -0500

Well I could have stood for that to be a lot longer. If it weren't for a certain deranged pug waiting for us at home, I think Carrienation and I might have extended our stay until our bank account ran dry. I realize I'm not going to find a lot of ...

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