Winning and Losing

Been meaning to let folks know for a while that I didn’t get the job in NYC, so I’m defaulting back to the plan of spending a long time in Nuevo this December and maybe tackling the NYC non-profiteering gigs…

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Shadowy Dusk Through Twilight Trees

I’ve been really sad today. A little angry, but mostly profoundly sad. I decided it was time to take a walk. Here’s what that looked like: Long road ahead. Mysterious ground-seeking tree. Groundcolor. Camouflage. An opening. Upon reflection. Knock here.…

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Thank You, Mr. Niehaus

Dave Niehaus died last night at the age of 75. Most of you probably don’t even know who he is, but the picture above might give you a running start. He was the man who single-handedly (or voicedly) convinced me…

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Long Overdue

I meant to post about this article when it came out. That was in April 2008. Which was a while ago. Even longer ago in feeling than it is in calendar months. I try to get a sense of it…

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Housekeeping

I’ve been hearing something going bump in the kitchen periodically since moving to my new domicile and am beginning to see traces of evidence that something small and squeaky is dallying in said room for late-night snacks. This at least…

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Albino Water Buffalo

This is an albino water buffalo: I post it in lieu of a picture I took of Fish & the Madster while they were here for almost a day which they asked me to refrain from posting. The unposted flick…

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Other People’s Words

The sidebar on this blog looks a little different now – I’ve manually added a bunch of links to the only active blogs I know of that my friends are keeping. If I overlooked yours, let me know and I’ll…

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Budget Update: October 2010

There are a lot of one-time costs associated with this chart that are hopefully more inflated than they’ll regularly be. Suffice it to say that I overspent this month by a decent, though not atrocious margin. Still, this included bills…

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Tuesday’s Alive

“It’s because you’re not trying to be happy or wondering why you should have been made unhappy, because you’ve stopped thinking in terms of happiness or unhappiness. That’s the enormous stupidity of the young people of this generation,” Mrs. Quarles…

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Sun Cracks Horizon Dawn

Forgive the use of the Star Warsy sounding subtitle in the new logo up top, but it’s really the most accurate thing I can convey. There’s a reason that film was a smash hit, and if you go back and…

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