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Seven Things You Might Not Know About Me; Or, Seven Things Expiring Minds Want to Know

1. In 1977, the sun, the moon, the stars and my parents' pocketbook aligned and I was on my way to spend a year in Israel. They gladly paid for my plane ticket (were they trying to get rid of me? hmmmm....) I spent a year in a program sponsored by the Israeli government which was based on Peace Corps. As I was preparing to matriculate from grad school #1 (see below), I mentioned to an instructor that I was applying to the Peace Corps to go to Madagascar (this was before the cartoon). He suggeste… Continue

Added by Andrew Ball on January 22, 2009 at 10:00pm — 16 Comments

What's Up with McCain's Concession Speech

Is it just me or did McCain sound racist in his concession speech? It sure seemed to me that he over focused on Obama's race. What the h%^* does a candidate's race have to do with anything? Continue

Added by Andrew Ball on November 4, 2008 at 11:42pm — 20 Comments

Did the 3rd Debate Change Your Vote?

After watching the 3rd debate my choice for President has not changed. What about your choice? BEFORE YOU ANSWER HERE'S THE RULE FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS BLOG: DO NOT SAY, INDICATE OR OTHERWISE INTIMATE WHO YOU ARE VOTING FOR. What I am interested in is whether or not the debate actually changed opinions, strengthened already existing opinions or had no affect. Got it? Continue

Added by Andrew Ball on October 15, 2008 at 10:30pm — 13 Comments

Political Polls or How Do You Spell Libertarian

This evening I got a call from 999-999-9999/Out of Area (per my caller ID). I was skeptical but feeling feisty after a particularly grueling day at work so I answered. Too bad for the caller. It was a political poll taker and he immediately launched into his questions. Before I had a chance to think he asked my presidential choice - Obama or McCain? I told him (I won't tell you because it's not germane to my post). Then he asked about my gubernatorial choice - Daniels or Long-Thompson. But by th… Continue

Added by Andrew Ball on September 4, 2008 at 6:22pm — 4 Comments

The Magical Worlds of Andrea Merlyn and Madame Esmerelda

I had fun tonight at my 6th show of the Fringe season. The magicians I sat with had fun tonight. The other Fringe actors I sat with had fun tonight. Taylor Martin had fun tonight. And what makes this last comment ~~amazing~~ magical is that after the revealing light at the beginning of the last show (you'll have to read the blog on the last show) a trick went bad tonight but yet Andrea picked back up… Continue

Added by Andrew Ball on August 26, 2008 at 8:57pm — 1 Comment

A Day at Indy Fringe

Lorraine and I spent about 12 hours at the Fringe Festival on Saturday which gave us plenty of time to see, hear, taste and experience the annual Mass Ave event. We saw 5 plays, 2 music acts, 1 street performer, 1 Indian dancer (or should I say, dancer from India), Erik Deckers and many, many other friends. We ate at Yats,… Continue

Added by Andrew Ball on August 24, 2008 at 11:26am — No Comments

The Birdmann Flew Away

After spending the entire day at the Fringe Festival, the Birdmann would be our 5th and final play of the day. We began the day on a high note at Assholes and Aureoles and ended it on the low note of the Birdmann. This was by far our least favorite of the day. The Birdmann, Trent Baumann from Surfers Paradise, Australia, flew over here to present his one… Continue

Added by Andrew Ball on August 24, 2008 at 9:10am — 3 Comments

Zoning Board Travesty

For the past 8 years, I have been on the board of the Nora Northside Community Council. We are a civic organization on the north side of Indianapolis that provides monthly public forums to review land use, zoning and variance cases going before the Indianapolis zoning boards. This past week, the Zoning Board approved a variance to the billboard zoning regulations for a billboard located at the David Wolf bridge at 86th Street and the White River (near the Fashion Mall). This variance approval fl… Continue

Added by Andrew Ball on August 15, 2008 at 8:16pm — No Comments

Blogging on the Circle with Smaller Indiana

It's a beautiful day for blogging on Monument Circle. About 50 Smoosiers showed up to blog and enjoy the fresh air, sunshine and camaraderie of fellow bloggin' Smoosiers. If you weren't able to join us, you missed something special. Hopefully you'll be able to attend BlogIN 2008, the Unconference, on April 26. Continue

Added by Andrew Ball on April 14, 2008 at 12:58pm — 6 Comments

EARTH HOUR 2008 - Saturday @ 8:00 pm (March 29)

I admit that I am not the "greenest" person to ~~walk~~ drive on this earth. But lately I have been giving some thought to what we/I am doing to harm our global home and what we/I can do to help. One way is to participate in Earth Hour 2008. For one hour Saturday night at 8:00 pm, people all over the world will be turning off all the lights in their homes, offices, buildings - wherever they are. The impact can be dramatic. HOW DID IT START? It started in 2007 with a question: how can… Continue

Added by Andrew Ball on March 24, 2008 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

Have an Affair or NOT Run for Office

For quite some time, I have toyed with the idea of running for public office. However, using the New York Rules of Public Office, since I have never had an affair, I find that I am not qualified to serve the public. I thought about taking applications from women who would want to help me become qualified. But because it would most likely "upset" my wife and because I don't have a spare $4300 sitting around I am hereby notifying the world, that I, Andrew Ball, will not accept a nomination to run… Continue

Added by Andrew Ball on March 19, 2008 at 7:49am — 3 Comments

My Life in Six Words - revisted

Early in the life of Smaller Indiana, my wife, Lorraine, posted a blog titled "My Life in Six Words". She asked us to share our life stories in 6 words. Since that time our community has grown by more than 800% and it is buried deep in the archives (who would have thought we'd have archives after 3 months...) For me personally I think so highly of the concept that I thought it would be fun to revisit it now that we have more than 1600 members. Here's the link:… Continue

Added by Andrew Ball on March 16, 2008 at 9:00pm — 6 Comments

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