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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.
Tag Archives: personal
2007 in review
December 31, 2007 – 11:29 pm
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 […]
OKC
April 24, 2007 – 8:09 pm
Oklahoma City is tiny. Bricktown is sterile, but for the cowboy panhandlers.
And it’s all entirely too close to Texas.
But the baby is baby-cute and healthy.
…this is the third time in a row I’ve returned home to the relatively-big city. Next trip needs to be to civilization.
Violence, sex, heroism, treachery, revenge
March 9, 2007 – 10:44 pm
My microreview of 300: This is why God gave us Hollywood.
Monster Trucks
February 17, 2007 – 9:57 pm
Ryan and Kelly talked me into joining them for the Monster Truck Jam. Kelly’s a fan. It was everything I expected.
The national anthem was preceded by a cheesy ritual of military personnel being asked to stand. Then veterans. Then their parents. Then police and fire fighters. I was disappointed […]
Chat of the week
February 15, 2007 – 9:55 pm
J: I may or may not be in this afternoon
HG: which way will you be spinning?
J: not sure yet
HG: I guess we’ll know when we measure
J: are we talking about the same thing?
HG: quantum physics humor?
J: i guess not
The Meaning of Life
February 11, 2007 – 9:04 pm
For me, the meaning of life is to leave the world a better place than you found it. Many of us will come and go, leaving ripples that fade over time into the noise of history. A select few, though, will play the role of chaos theory’s butterfly. Through actions that perhaps even appear insignificant, […]
Finally getting along
February 10, 2007 – 10:33 pm
The Angry Professor: I no longer view Hans as a huge pain in my ass. I can see a big, goofy sweetheart in there.
