Category: Miscellaneous
Life is not only work.
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Mothman
Colorado’s Miller moth season is one of Biblical-plague proportions. Nothing can quite capture the sensation of retching disgust when one of these dusty insects makes its way into your hair, bed, cereal, or clothing. My homicidal rage only comes out on rare occasions. April is one of them, appropriately after tax season.
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Bulb go boom
There was a fishy smell in my daughter’s room the other day. It turned out to be a burned out CFB . And by burned, I mean burned. Take a look at this bulb and tell me this doesn’t look hazardous! The disturbing part is that there’s a UL mark right on the bulb. I…
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To do: create social media message bomb utility
I have this friend, let’s call him Marv. Marv can be a tough guy to get a hold of. So difficult, that I sometimes go crazy trying to plan my social calendar around his sporadic absenteeism. I vacillate between letting him be who he is and wanting to strangle him for his ways. I guess…
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Valentine’s Miracle
I wrote the following silly poem for Sarah a few years ago. I found it recently and thought I’d share it with the interwebz:
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Vegetarian resolutions
I’m not much for resolutions, but took the plunge this year and resolved something for the new year. I vowed not to eat meat.
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Vicarious entertainment
Pretty much right when we first found out we were pregnant with Iris, I got excited for the future of vicarious entertainment. I’m speaking of sharing great cinematic moments with my kid, allowing me to feel that same wonderment again through her eyes.
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Gizmodo link love!
Wow, I just got pinged by the Spanish version of Gizmodo, popular tech site. They have a post up based on the popular Vimeo series “Everything is a Remix” (a truly excellent series, by the way), highlighting in particular the many influences off The Matrix. In this article, they link to my page from 2004,…
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Metric?
The auto mechanic asks me, “metric?” I think a second. “I believe it is, yeah.” Sort of a weird question. I mean, most of the bolts are metric, but I think some of the other hardware is English. No, he was talking about the make of the vehicle. It’s a Toyota Matrix. MATRIX.
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musical aphasia
The similarities of music to language are very striking. While I fancy myself fluent in the latter (English, that is), I’m still very much a novice in the former.
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Getting things done
My marital partner has a concise and specific way of getting to the heart of the matter. She can see through the noise and distractions of my life in such a way that often escapes me. This is one of the many reasons why I’m a better me with her than without. Take for instance…