October 2006

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General
A Proposal
10.26.06 | Permalink | Comment?

Mrs has been in Ioway but returns today. This morning as I got out of bed I stepped in cat vomit. Thus is illustrated how a day can start poorly but is guaranteed to improve. If there was a daily scheduled return of a loved one, then every day would gain from that certainty of [...]
General
Citizen Policing
10.22.06 | Permalink | Comment?

Back from the Midwest. It is odd to join in the experience of major college football; folks flying in and driving in from all over the country, parking in huge fields, tail-gating, guzzling crap beer (right up to the stadium gates, there being no booze allowed inside), then trying to sit on uncomfortable benches. [...]
General, Writing
Sickago
10.19.06 | Permalink | Comment?

This Saturday is birthday number Thirty-seven. But I shan’t be in Portland to blarg about. Mrs and I are flying to Chicago tomorrow, accompanied by Pater and Sister and Brother-in-Law. From there we drive to Oak Park, where our hotel is. From Oak Park we will drive to South Bend. Itinerary: in Oak Park to [...]
Music
More ipod foolery
10.13.06 | Permalink | Comment?

Since I enjoy conflating randomness with predictive or normative value as much as the next person, herewith another ipod meme makings its was along the infobahn:

IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that’s [...]
Writing
New Story
10.01.06 | Permalink | 2 Comments

My story, Boxes of Prophets, is now online in the new issue of Wanderings magazine.