It’s been five months, now, since we uprooted and moved to Seattle. Long enough I feel qualified to answer “how do you like it” with some certainty. And while we spend most of our time on Capitol Hill and Downtown, our stomping grounds and social circles have expanded enough that I’m ready to […]
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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 […]
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, […]