I was supposed to drive shannon to Mardi Gras in NOLA this weekend. But work overload and weather and general stress fatigue prompted abandonment of that plan.
Still desiring an escape on Saturday morning, I snagged tickets on Amtrak to Kansas City for the afternoon, and a single night at the Westin. We parked […]
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Planes rather than trains
February 4, 2008 – 7:52 am
Planes rather than trains
February 4, 2008 – 7:52 am
I was supposed to drive shannon to Mardi Gras in NOLA this weekend. But work overload and weather and general stress fatigue prompted abandonment of that plan.
Still desiring an escape on Saturday morning, I snagged tickets on Amtrak to Kansas City for the afternoon, and a single night at the Westin. We parked […]
doubleplusparty
January 20, 2008 – 11:40 am
Yesterday, shannon & friends celebrated her birthday and all things 1984 at the loft with music and video from the eighties and glowing helium balloons.
People began arriving by 19:00, and many did not leave until 2:00. About 70 cups were left lying about and nearly half of the 200 white and purple balloons had […]
Two Ton Boa
January 7, 2008 – 8:06 pm
8 years after the demise of my previous favorite band, I believe I’ve found their heir: Two Ton Boa opened for The Dresden Dolls, and I’m in love.
2007 in review
December 31, 2007 – 11:29 pm
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Not the best year…
↓ disaster
↓ oklahoma
↓ death
↑ seattle
↓ death
↓ breakup
↓ death
↑ girlfriend
↑ birth
↑ chicago
↑ birth
↑ fort myers
…but clearly looking up.
2007 in review
December 31, 2007 – 11:29 pm
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Not the best year…
↓ disaster
↓ oklahoma
↓ death
↑ seattle
↓ death
↓ breakup
↓ death
↑ girlfriend
↑ birth
↑ chicago
↑ birth
↑ fort myers
…but clearly looking up.
Broken
August 27, 2007 – 8:09 pm
By now, close friends and family are all aware, so I can “publish”: I broke my engagement with Kristan on the 18th.
While there’s nothing minor about ending a 5 year relationship scheduled for marriage in another year, it has been remarkably facile. All of my stress was experienced over the last two months, agonizing […]
Broken
August 27, 2007 – 8:09 pm
By now, close friends and family are all aware, so I can “publish”: I broke my engagement with Kristan on the 18th.
While there’s nothing minor about ending a 5 year relationship scheduled for marriage in another year, it has been remarkably facile. All of my stress was experienced over the last two months, agonizing […]
Seattle 2007
June 13, 2007 – 11:36 am
Some quick thoughts from Seattle, WA:
People here aren’t afraid of each other. Much of the “feel” of this city seems to grow from that foundation.
There is a taxidermied dog at the SAM, sitting on a chair in a fairly obscure corner. A group of teenagers (from South Korea, I believe) streamed by it as […]
Bob Valentine 1946-2007
April 27, 2007 – 7:41 pm
This is just a place:
we go around, distanced,
yearly in a star’s
atmosphere, turning
daily into and out of
direct light and
slanting through the
quadrant seasons: deep
space begins at our
heels, nearly rousing
us loose: we look up
or out so high, sight’s
silk almost draws us away:
this is just a place:
currents worry themselves
coiled and free in airs
and oceans: water picks
up mineral shadow and
plasm […]
