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When I went outside to take my break at work today, I saw the following scratched on the stone next to me:

good lovin

be here 2:30

8/17/09

I sat there for a good 15 minutes (2:30 - 2:45), but I never found anything remotely resembling "good lovin". Sigh.

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Just now, I was sitting here at my computer watching a gamecast of the Rockies-Pirates game and listening to music. The final battle music from Chrono Trigger (you know, where you're fighting Lavos) came up just as Carlos Gonzales hit a two-run homer in the first inning.

Suddenly, I felt like a supervillain demolishing a weak, insignificant foe, and it was FANTASTIC.

Listen for yourself and imagine!



Yes, I may be a gigantic nerd, but you know what? I don't particularly care, so long as I'm happy with it.

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And now, without any explanation or justification, my list of the ten greatest juvenile fiction books of all time:

10. Bridge to Terabithia
9. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
8. Charlotte's Web
7. Where the Red Fern Grows
6. Holes
5. The Westing Game
4. Matilda
3. From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
2. A Wrinkle in Time
1. The Giver