I think, despite it all, that I live with a lot of illusions. Key among them, perhaps the biggest of all-time, is that there is some place – a brief stopping point or a full destination – where everyone will…
Category: A Day in the Life
Transcript of Notebook Jottings from October 2007 Fast
The following is a direct transcript of the notes I took while immersed in my ~40-hour fast in the woods (41.5 hours of water fasting, 31 hours in the woods). Background information available here and here. I briefly thought about…
Who’ll Stop the Rain?
When it rains in the Tenderloin, it’s easy to lose your footing. Not only is the rain itself slick in this oft-forgotten neighborhood of San Francisco, but the sidewalks are so often coated with various debris that it mingles with…
Out of the Woods
Just dropping a note to let everyone know that I am out of the woods (literally), having spent about 31 hours immersed in the woods and 41.5 hours without food. I wrote extensively in a notebook while I was out…
Fry Day
It’s Friday, I’m in hate. I didn’t write anything here last Friday, save for posting the week’s final Duck and Cover. It was about an Embassy, which is supposed to be an extension of diplomacy and peace, being unable to…
Save the Drama for Your Llama
When work feels like sixth grade, there’s really something wrong. I didn’t even go to sixth grade! Is this the penance I have to pay for that small feat of elusion? A house divided against itself cannot stand. So who’s…
Fasting is Fun!
Oh John Schneider, where are you now? When I was in high school, I was something of a firebrand. I won the Bible-beater “award” (really a gag gift of a stolen hotel Gideon) four out of four possible years at…
Vermont: Neither Green nor Mountain (discuss)
Emily and I spent the weekend in Vermont, with roughly 20 hours in the air (and airports) and 36 hours on the ground. We went to witness and celebrate the marriage of Stina (Robison) Gagner and Dav Gagner. Congratulations! A…
Assorted Thoughts Before Vermont
All right. Turns out that this whole “keeping posts long and narrative” idea works pretty well, but seems wholly unfitting for times like the morning before I depart on a big trip. I have a long-standing personal tradition of firing…
Of John K. and Signage (or: I Have All the Cool Experiences)
I am not, by nature, someone who is particularly prone to planning ahead. Unlike some people who one might classify as “flaky”, this is a deliberate choice and not something I internally struggle with. I like not planning. I have…