February 2012
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Every silver lining is darkest just before the...
I sprang from my bed this morning like one of the more limber cast members of Cirque du Soleil. I felt rested and fresh.
I made what was arguably the best vacuum-pot of coffee I have tasted in years.
I had an absolutely perfect shave, making my head and face as smooth as a newborn dolphin’s belly while managing to spare myself even a single nick, and leaving 100,000 follicles as cozy and...
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I don't own a bicycle.
But we can still be friends, right?
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So, wait - there's a football game on TV today?
If that’s true, then they’ve done a terrible job of advertising that fact, because I had no idea.
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I JUST SPENT A DOLLAR. HOW YOU LIKE ME NOW?
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If I were to describe my day, it would likely read...
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January 2012
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Sometimes when my phone rings, I think "Hey,...
But it usually isn’t.
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Wait, what?
So my last post showed up on the Tumblr Radar for about 30 minutes and then disappeared from the rotation.
I guess it was just on there as a fluke or something.
At least I have 50 new Indonesian pre-teen followers now, so I guess that’s nice.
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"Cephalopoddery Barn"
I don’t know either.
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Chew this.
Two novels in progress.
Plus a freelance career.
Plus a part-time museum archival gig.
And now I’m contemplating taking on an additional full-time gig?
I’m already proficient at biting off more than I can chew, but this verges on swallowing a whole steer without so much as a sip of water to wash it down.
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Hey foodies, lil' help.
I have come into possession of just under a pound of thin-sliced Parmacotto pork loin.
What should I do with it?
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Cooking tip
If you boil anything in beer and Old Bay seasoning for long enough, it tastes amazing.
On an unrelated note, my neighbor’s kid is at my door complaining about her “missing rabbits” or some such.
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Sometimes
Sometimes I think I say “I’m sorry” far too often.
Other times I don’t feel that I say “I’m sorry” often enough.
It’s an uncomfortable feeling.
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I'm surprised that no one has made a clever "wash...
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How much NyQuil would a woodchuck zzzzzz
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Things I think about before I've had coffee, #612:
We all think of R2D2 as your average hard-working blue-collar astromech. But picture him with a top hat and a monocle, and suddenly he becomes Arthur Deteaux, despised blue-blooded aristocrat droid.
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Truthful Tuesday: Neurosis Edition
I have a preoccupation with metadata.
I spend enormous amounts of time meticulously tagging every music file and digital movie in my iTunes library, as well as every book in my Readerware database. The thousands of photos in my Aperture library are just as thoroughly tagged and sorted.
And don’t even get me started on the overly complex naming conventions and filing schemas I use for my...
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“If you want to do this and be serious, you have to find your own rhythm...”
– David Bazan of Pedro the Lion.
The quote refers to his musical career specifically, but it applies just as well to any creative endeavor in general. Read the whole interview over at The Great Discontent.
December 2011
48 posts
New Year's wish
I hope that I will be able to look back on 2012 as “The Year I Dropped the Restraining Order Against George Takei”.
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New Year's wish
I hope that I will be able to look back on 2012 as “The Year I Finally Got Around to Reading Your 2009 Holiday Letters”.
New Year's wish
I hope that I will be able to look back on 2012 as “The Year I Didn’t Have to Explain Half of My Jokes”.
Arrivederci, 2011.
I can’t say that I’ll miss you.
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Pretty sure this is a sign of the Apocalypse.
Starting next week I’m going to be teaching 16mm film digitizing and editing to three rotations of film preservation MFA students at the Selznick School.
I’m not sure I have enough bow ties for this.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SANTA!
