I had to get some Scooter loving before I headed into the wilderness. …
The Acela rules. 3 hours to Providence, relatively cheap. Cell phones are disallowed in the front car and every seat has an AC outlet. It’s so much more posh than the bus.
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I’m sick of Robert Evans.
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SOTD: A picture of everything.
I had to get some Scooter loving before I headed into the wilderness.
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The Acela rules. 3 hours to Providence, relatively cheap. Cell phones are disallowed in the front car and every seat has an AC outlet. It’s so much more posh than the bus.
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I’m sick of Robert Evans.
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SOTD: A picture of everything.
Arghhhh! I’m leaving at 7 tonight to go camping in Vermont. This morning while getting ready, I put my camera battery in the charger for some final juicing up. Guess where that battery is right now? Looks like I’m going home for lunch. …
Condolences to my VT friends. I know how that feels. You still can beat Miami, though!
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This site also acts as a bit of an archive for me. Here is my camping pack list for my own future personal reference:
CAMPING PACKING LIST:
WHAT WE NEED TO BRING AS A GROUP
Tent
Stoves & Fuel
Picnic Table Tarp
Matches
Chairs
Cooler
Pots & Pans
Plates/Silverware
Cleaning Supplies
Cooking Utensils
Maps
FirstAid
Camera
WHAT YOU SHOULD BRING FOR YOURSELF
Hiking Boots 1pr
Hiking Socks 2pr
Sock Liners 2pr
Shorts 1pr
Light Pants 1pr
Underwear 3 pr
Long underwear
TShirt 2
Long Sleeve Wool Shirt 1
Small Backpack 1
Fleece Jacket or Wool Sweater 1
Rain Coat 1
Rain Pants 1
Baseball Cap 1
Light Gloves, Scarf & Hat 1pr
Camp shoes 1pr
Heavy Pants 1pr
Flashlight
Towel 1
Sleeping Bag 1
Thermarest 1
Bowl/Mug 1
Spork 1
Toothbrush & paste 1
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I’m glad all the gear is packed and I can have my couch back.
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SOTD: The weather in Vermont. God loves to water us. And keep us cool. Or cold.
Arghhhh! I’m leaving at 7 tonight to go camping in Vermont. This morning while getting ready, I put my camera battery in the charger for some final juicing up. Guess where that battery is right now? Looks like I’m going home for lunch.
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Condolences to my VT friends. I know how that feels. You still can beat Miami, though!
…
This site also acts as a bit of an archive for me. Here is my camping pack list for my own future personal reference:
CAMPING PACKING LIST:
WHAT WE NEED TO BRING AS A GROUP
Tent
Stoves & Fuel
Picnic Table Tarp
Matches
Chairs
Cooler
Pots & Pans
Plates/Silverware
Cleaning Supplies
Cooking Utensils
Maps
FirstAid
Camera
WHAT YOU SHOULD BRING FOR YOURSELF
Hiking Boots 1pr
Hiking Socks 2pr
Sock Liners 2pr
Shorts 1pr
Light Pants 1pr
Underwear 3 pr
Long underwear
TShirt 2
Long Sleeve Wool Shirt 1
Small Backpack 1
Fleece Jacket or Wool Sweater 1
Rain Coat 1
Rain Pants 1
Baseball Cap 1
Light Gloves, Scarf & Hat 1pr
Camp shoes 1pr
Heavy Pants 1pr
Flashlight
Towel 1
Sleeping Bag 1
Thermarest 1
Bowl/Mug 1
Spork 1
Toothbrush & paste 1
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I’m glad all the gear is packed and I can have my couch back.
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SOTD: The weather in Vermont. God loves to water us. And keep us cool. Or cold.
Erik stopped by for some Playstation while I packed for my weekend camping trip to Mount Mansfield, VT. It’s currently 36 degrees there. …
RIDDLE OF THE WEEK:
The king dies and two men, the true heir and an impostor, both claim to be his long-lost son. Both fit the description of the rightful heir: about the right age, height, coloring and general appearance. Finally, one of the elders proposes a test to identify the true heir. One man agrees to the test while the other flatly re-fuses. The one who agreed is immediately sent on his way, and the one who re-fused is correctly identified as the rightful heir.
Can you figure out why? You are allowed to ask yes/no questions.
Answer to
last week’s: 2nd place
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SOTD:
Eliot Smith dead at age 34.
Erik stopped by for some Playstation while I packed for my weekend camping trip to Mount Mansfield, VT. It’s currently 36 degrees there.
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RIDDLE OF THE WEEK:
The king dies and two men, the true heir and an impostor, both claim to be his long-lost son. Both fit the description of the rightful heir: about the right age, height, coloring and general appearance. Finally, one of the elders proposes a test to identify the true heir. One man agrees to the test while the other flatly re-fuses. The one who agreed is immediately sent on his way, and the one who re-fused is correctly identified as the rightful heir.
Can you figure out why? You are allowed to ask yes/no questions.
Answer to
last week’s: 2nd place
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SOTD:
Eliot Smith dead at age 34.
In the olden days of journalism, edits were often scrawled in pencil over hand typed stories and sent to the type setter. To differentiate between what was to be included in the story and side notes, editorial instructions were intentionally misspelled; “lead” became “lede”, “head” became “hed”, “paragraph” became “graf”. For text that needed to be changed or fact-checked, “to come” became “to kome”, and then “tk”. Now “tk” is used everywhere in journalism to note that something needs to be added or fixed. More journalism jargon.
(TK: Write something funny about this picture, girls, and pigs.)
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SOTD: What is more annoying than improper grammar? Old British people bitching about it.
In the olden days of journalism, edits were often scrawled in pencil over hand typed stories and sent to the type setter. To differentiate between what was to be included in the story and side notes, editorial instructions were intentionally misspelled; “lead” became “lede”, “head” became “hed”, “paragraph” became “graf”. For text that needed to be changed or fact-checked, “to come” became “to kome”, and then “tk”. Now “tk” is used everywhere in journalism to note that something needs to be added or fixed. More journalism jargon.
(TK: Write something funny about this picture, girls, and pigs.)
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SOTD: What is more annoying than improper grammar? Old British people bitching about it.
Weekend Recap: Friday night was dinner with a friend and then all the kids took a roadtrip to WXOU Radio in the West Village, which is the sister bar to WCOU Radio—also known as the “Tile Bar”—in the East Village.
On Saturday, I spent the afternoon in the park just wandering. No fall colors, but I found all sorts of sights, including the fountain above, Holly and Ben, and people ice skating under green trees.
Sunday was a day of rest.
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The sleep you get after hitting the snooze button is like sloppy seconds compared to the sleep before.
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SOTD: A column, I really liked, the Tuesday Morning Quarterback is gone due to remarks that appeared anti-semetic, even though he apologized.
Weekend Recap: Friday night was dinner with a friend and then all the kids took a roadtrip to WXOU Radio in the West Village, which is the sister bar to WCOU Radio—also known as the “Tile Bar”—in the East Village.
On Saturday, I spent the afternoon in the park just wandering. No fall colors, but I found all sorts of sights, including the fountain above, Holly and Ben, and people ice skating under green trees.
Sunday was a day of rest.
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The sleep you get after hitting the snooze button is like sloppy seconds compared to the sleep before.
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SOTD: A column, I really liked, the Tuesday Morning Quarterback is gone due to remarks that appeared anti-semetic, even though he apologized.
I took my bag of hats off the shelf last night to dig out my Sox cap in case they won. My condolences, Scott. Instead, I pulled out my hat from when I was working on Cape Cod as an assistant shellfish biologist. I always wanted to start wearing it again, but the trucker hat craze came along and ruined it.
The hat is helping me do research for a story I’m writing about being an assistant shellfish biologist. I found lots of info online, including pictures of my old boss and our boat; soft shell clams, oysters, mussels, quahogs, and razor clams; a tidal creek and marsh; and a map from Cape Cod Chips that shows the office.
I like writing fiction better than non-fiction because you can do so much research online and not call people.
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SOTD: A cool game. Click until stuff moves. Email for hints.
I took my bag of hats off the shelf last night to dig out my Sox cap in case they won. My condolences, Scott. Instead, I pulled out my hat from when I was working on Cape Cod as an assistant shellfish biologist. I always wanted to start wearing it again, but the trucker hat craze came along and ruined it.
The hat is helping me do research for a story I’m writing about being an assistant shellfish biologist. I found lots of info online, including pictures of my old boss and our boat; soft shell clams, oysters, mussels, quahogs, and razor clams; a tidal creek and marsh; and a map from Cape Cod Chips that shows the office.
I like writing fiction better than non-fiction because you can do so much research online and not call people.
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SOTD: A cool game. Click until stuff moves. Email for hints.
I could never write a short story with more intensity or suspense than the tale of how this guy watched and felt about last night’s Cub game. D’oh! Unhappy endings are a bitch, dead man. …
If the Yankees beat the Sox (I don’t really care, I’m a suffering Pirates fan), the World Series will be the most boring, ever. The Yankees are just dull. They are like the old Dallas Cowboys, or Microsoft. Only assholes root for them.
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I’ve been going to the Upper West Side every Wednesday for a workshop. It feels like Mars up there. I would take some pictures, but I’m too disoriented. Maybe next week.
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SOTD: From my sister-to-be, Kelly, Waitresses Complaing
I could never write a short story with more intensity or suspense than the tale of how this guy watched and felt about last night’s Cub game. D’oh! Unhappy endings are a bitch, dead man.
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If the Yankees beat the Sox (I don’t really care, I’m a suffering Pirates fan), the World Series will be the most boring, ever. The Yankees are just dull. They are like the old Dallas Cowboys, or Microsoft. Only assholes root for them.
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I’ve been going to the Upper West Side every Wednesday for a workshop. It feels like Mars up there. I would take some pictures, but I’m too disoriented. Maybe next week.
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SOTD: From my sister-to-be, Kelly, Waitresses Complaing
And boy did he smash up the place. Looks like a hurricane hit. …
Erik “Job-hopper” D ambled into the EV to celebrate his one hour old resignation, so I joined him for dinner at Ike, on Sixth Street and Second Avenue. On the way over we walked by scattered Boston fans smoking dejectedly outside of bars, freshly reminded that God hates them. I had the Corn Flake encrusted fish with chips. Erik had salmon in a coconut sauce.
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RIDDLE OF THE WEEK:
If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
Answer to
last week’s: dwarf, dwell, dwindle
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SOTD:
Be a ninja in a jiffy
And boy did he smash up the place. Looks like a hurricane hit.
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Erik “Job-hopper” D ambled into the EV to celebrate his one hour old resignation, so I joined him for dinner at Ike, on Sixth Street and Second Avenue. On the way over we walked by scattered Boston fans smoking dejectedly outside of bars, freshly reminded that God hates them. I had the Corn Flake encrusted fish with chips. Erik had salmon in a coconut sauce.
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RIDDLE OF THE WEEK:
If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
Answer to
last week’s: dwarf, dwell, dwindle
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SOTD:
Be a ninja in a jiffy
Weekend recap: Friday, I stayed in, drank tea, and read Ulysses until I fell asleep…in five minutes. Saturday, after working all morning, I walked out to see architecture. On my way, I made the mistake of stopping by Colleen’s to watch college football. The Apartment of Slack took hold I never made it to see any architecture, but I did get drunk and stay out very late.
The very awesome, Anne and James, were in town. All the kids went to see Eddie Izzard, so Janine and I tried to sneak in. Despite making it to the front of the cancellation line, we didn’t get in. Notice the Izzard look-alike behind me.
Turned away, we went to Rudie’s, home of the free hot dog, and held a booth for five hours. Anne and Colleen got a little tipsy and Anne invited everyone, including a drug dealer on a pay phone, to celebrate her recent Phd. A fine, fine, evening, but Sunday was hard on all the folks, especially the doctor.
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SOTD: Choose your own NYC
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On a side note, this really make me laugh, but you might not like it.
Weekend recap: Friday, I stayed in, drank tea, and read Ulysses until I fell asleep…in five minutes. Saturday, after working all morning, I walked out to see architecture. On my way, I made the mistake of stopping by Colleen’s to watch college football. The Apartment of Slack took hold I never made it to see any architecture, but I did get drunk and stay out very late.
The very awesome, Anne and James, were in town. All the kids went to see Eddie Izzard, so Janine and I tried to sneak in. Despite making it to the front of the cancellation line, we didn’t get in. Notice the Izzard look-alike behind me.
Turned away, we went to Rudie’s, home of the free hot dog, and held a booth for five hours. Anne and Colleen got a little tipsy and Anne invited everyone, including a drug dealer on a pay phone, to celebrate her recent Phd. A fine, fine, evening, but Sunday was hard on all the folks, especially the doctor.
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SOTD: Choose your own NYC
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On a side note, this really make me laugh, but you might not like it.
This ia a shot of the Trailer Park Bar on 23rd where I went with my friend Sarah. The decor includes an actual trailer and an odd assortment of camp carpeting the walls. …
Tomorrow, I’m buying pants. What are you doing this weekend?
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SOTD: Album ripoffs
This ia a shot of the Trailer Park Bar on 23rd where I went with my friend Sarah. The decor includes an actual trailer and an odd assortment of camp carpeting the walls.
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Tomorrow, I’m buying pants. What are you doing this weekend?
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SOTD: Album ripoffs