Aug
31
Everybody needs a little help sometimes…
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I know that I’ve been really quiet recently, and I promise that I’ll update soon, but between unpacking and getting settled in here and the virus that hit me last weekend, well, I’ve been busy to say the least. That’s why I dedicate this Sunday Share to something that’s helped me out with some of those problems I had:
This software alone, while only being a 30 day trial, helped me out because my Norton’s was expired. And at about $35 a year? Can’t top that. My protection files update regularly overnight, and its caught anything and everything and even some trojan related files that I never knew I had.
So while I get this all back together? I’ll let you take the time to download and protect yourself…
Aug
24
Good Sunday morning, friends… I just wanted to have a friendly Sunday Share from Champaign-Urbana, Illinois as we’re fully moved in and rip-roaring ready to go.
Yesterday morning we went to the farmer’s market in downtown Urbana. An area that we just started to explore yesterday seeing we’ve mostly stuck with Champaign and the west side of the town, its got a small gorgeous main street type area with a very nice sized farmer’s market. And if you’ve ever been to the one in Winter Park by Orlando? Imagine that, but about three to four times the size, with various live musicians throughout, and produce that’s even fresher, naturally baked bread, and very uncommercial arts and crafts.
And amidst all of that, we found something that was commercial and familiar. See, back when Sarah lived in Utah, there was a bread store that she really enjoyed and that I enjoyed when I got to try it on our honeymoon, and apparently? There’s another in that chain here:
Sadly, Orlando and Florida friends, the closest you get to something that has this sort of fresh quality that I know of is Yalaha Bakery, but even still? It just isn’t the same…
Take care, and I’ll be back soon with a fuller update!
Aug
19
A quick little note, because it would be wrong of me not to say something…
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Right now, its 12:08am EST, and I’m sitting at 11:08pm CST.
21 years ago today, my little sister was born. Happy birthday, Nava.
And as a side note, for those wondering about the move? Things are fine… Just unpacking now and looking for a job. Some site updates in the next few days when things are cleaner…
Aug
17
Okay, so I know that I take way too many political shots on my blog, but this is one that I just have to share, especially after a contribution I passed along recently.
An all around fun site that even if you are a Republican, you can always find some humor if you look past some of the partisan shots. The webmaster does a great job with his finger on the pulse of the age issue with humorous posts and other videos that show arguments in the perceived judgement of John McCain.
Sure, I know I’m in the can for Obama, but even not being solely for him, I think that there’s enough things on here to consider what’s up with this nominee… By the way, if you’re curious my submission? Head over here and read it.
Aug
16
A letter to myself from 7 years ago today…
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A note from 2008: When I was cleaning up my room a week or so ago, I happened across a ton of old papers and things that I had written. Amidst them was this letter that I had written in August of 2001. I wrote this while on a REEL retreat with the LEAD scholars program, and it was in a sealed envelope that was marked not to open till December 25, 2002–at a time where I would have completed my first year and had one semester left in the LEAD program.
When I opened this letter up for the first time in a long time on August 5th, 2008, I smiled, and I thought that this would be appropriate to share with my family and friends here. I was just entering into a new adventure in my life and I was about to start college and classes in a day or two.
And now, as I get ready to head out in a 26′ moving truck, I think its only fitting to share this letter in its unedited entirety as I hit the road ready to start a new adventure in my life with my wife as she starts law school in only a few days time…
16 August 2001Hey You! With the Weird Hair!
Listen man, don’t get a haircut. You’ve had your fun and you gotta know whats real too. There’s always dreams and aspirations, but heres a few for dat good ol’ city to make a utopic paradise: everyone has a purpose, so letthem live in it; shower others with the same love and respect that YOU want to get it back; remember that there’s idiosity in everything, let it live the way it should; everything is all zen bullshit, life is like that; and you just live.
If you want a perfect society… you can’t have it! BUT you need to TRY. Let everything just flow out and the rest will follow.
Keep it all up and keep it all real. NEVER FORGET WHO YOU ARE, AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO!
Peace, Love, and Music,
Adam J. Cohen
Aug
10
The old games are the best ones…
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I’m very much a vintage sort of guy, and I love playing all of these old games. Recently, I lucked out and I happened to find this little freeware gem…
Remember the old JezzBall game? Well, first of all, this isn’t JezzBall. The concept is similar, but its just as fun. Oh, and my old laptop? This one works just fine on it. A brilliant time waster. Love it.
Aug
5
Big yellow taxis for you and me…
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There’s a line in the Joni Mitchell song that really always sticks with me: You don’t know what you’ve got till its gone. I think that’s a truth we all don’t really understand.
First off, thank you to all of my friends who have congratulated me on my graduation. I walked across the stage only once, under the drab tassel of my Business degree, but I held my white tassel for my English degree high in the air. All about keeping the representation solid.
And now, we look at today. Representing solids.
I’ve been up since about 7:30 this morning, working on small things around the house. And I look back at the calendar, and I look around my room. About seven years ago, I was in this room, trying to clean it as well. I was about to head off to college and I had just broken up with the girl I was seeing at the time. I was eager, and full of dreams and hopes and every platitude that you could imagine. I believed in always remembering my friends and making sure that I kept them dear and near to me. I remember thinking of them all as I went away, and I remember getting letters in the mail from some of them. I’ve run across some of those letters that I didn’t burn or rip up and throw away. I tried to move on and grow up once I got there.
And why is it now that I’m here at home, cleaning as I did seven years ago, this time with my wife sitting on the couch and soon to be moving far far away from Florida, that I miss all of these simple friendships?
Maybe, its exactly as they sing… you don’t know what you’ve got till its gone.
They were people who didn’t judge me. They were people who still believed in all of the potential we could have had. They were people who saw me everyday for almost 13 years of my life, and we grew up and learned together.
It counts for more than you think.
The more and more I think about it, the more and more that I think I might want to return to my ten year reunion for Springstead High School. Sure, everyone went their separate ways after the class of 2001 graduated, but maybe we all went a little too far. Or maybe I’m just a sappy guy.
Spring Hill? Thank you for giving me what I needed, and I wish I could find those friends whom I’m missing… I know that you never truely lose a friend. I hope that all of those lost and gone along these last seven years find their way back to me one way or another, even if its just to say hi, give a quick handshake, and go our separate ways.
Afterall, we did all go our own ways and made our own paths.
And I should finish cleaning so I can follow mine…
Aug
3
Another freebee site that I enjoy hitting up is actually a daily changing one…
Game.Giveaway of the Day.com
Both of them are run by the same folks, and they have some great software items pop across their pages. On the game giveaway site, each and every Saturday and Sunday, they give away games that normally run $15-20 or sometimes more. And on the other site? There’s everything from DVD ripping/burning programs, computer memory and tweaking utilities, to screensavers. All in all, it doesn’t hurt to add the sites to your RSS feed and just see what pops up and each and every day, maybe find a free little piece of software goodness…
Aug
2
Pomp and Circumstance…
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Today, my friends, marks the end of seven long years and the beginning of the rest of my life…
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Thanks for stopping by, folks! My name is Adam J. Cohen, and I'm a guitarist/songwriter in Champaign, IL, recently relocated from Orlando, FL where I'm a UCF grad. Here, you'll find vignettes on my life, setlists from open mics and reviews, and whatever else crosses my mind. Enjoy!