AUTHOR: Nate
DATE: 2/17/2008 03:22:00 PM
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<div style="clear:both;"></div>This is a test.  I just recorded myself on my new iMac.  Exciting.  Yay.  Anyway... this is a song I wrote this past year.  Called, "Coney Island Elegy".  Enjoy or not video form.  If you are bored, watch Jake my cat.  

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COMMENT-AUTHOR:<span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon blogger-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" style="display:inline;" /></span>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/09953432873343313650" rel="nofollow">Mandy</a>
COMMENT-DATE:3:23 PM
COMMENT-BODY:So many things to comment on!  This is a broad-response post, not necessarily to your song (very  nice, btw (ps- totally hate myself for just having typed btw)), but to other posts, as well.  <BR/><BR/>1)  How come Polly gets to take lessons from you?  I mean, just because she has a guitar AND lives in NYC, I don't see what makes her so special.  I'm requesting you do lessons via youtube.  Or skype!!! <BR/>2) HSM and  Hannah Montana are pretty hot right now.  Did you know that Hannah's best friend on the show is played by Haley Joel Osment's little sis?  (Why do I know this?)<BR/>3)  Virgin America is starting a new rewards program based on the dollars you spend.  5 points for every dollar you spend on a ticket.   You get a flight in as few as 4 trips!  Too bad they don't fly to Charlotte.  I guess you're SOL.  <BR/><BR/>That is all.  I'm clearly procrastinating at work (still waiting to become your bass player and/or personal assistant)!<BR/><BR/>Mandy<BR/>(Yes, I realize that this could have all been said in an email.  And, yes, I realize I love to use parenthesis a lot.)
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COMMENT-AUTHOR:<span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon blogger-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" style="display:inline;" /></span>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/07163776570641532475" rel="nofollow">Nate</a>
COMMENT-DATE:10:06 PM
COMMENT-BODY:ooops.  i just realized that is actually my cat Roberto and not Jake.  Umm... sorry guys!  More in a sec, Mandy!
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AUTHOR: Nate
DATE: 1/15/2008 10:17:00 AM
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<div style="clear:both;"></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shelktone.com/uploaded_images/march-707466.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.shelktone.com/uploaded_images/march-707460.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>

Yesterday, I felt like Kyle Chandler but not as the coach of a h.s. football team, but from his first gig.  That of the man who receives a newspaper the day before so he is able to know the future.  (And of course change events for the better.)

Except I am only able to change the future of cats.  Because instead of the local paper, I received Cat Fancy.  And it's from March.  

Now, I'm not certain how often Cat Fancy is published.  But unless it's bi-monthly doesn't that seem a little extreme to be putting out your March issue in mid-January?  

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Isn't there all sorts of cat news that might be coming around the bend that they missed because of their absurdly early deadline for their issues?  What if a cure for feline AIDS is discovered(as March it hasn't folks)?  Or cats learn the ability to talk?  Or a certain cat is shown to be really great at poker?  

All I know is I need to stop this certain evil dictator cat who is causing trouble in the Third World.  I'll let you know how it turns out.  In March.<div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div><p class="blogger-labels">Labels: <a rel='tag' href="http://www.shelktone.com/labels/cats.html">cats</a></p>
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