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2011 in the Rear View Mirror

a few of my favorite memories of 2011

Giving Thanks

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It’s not focused on buying tons of useless crap like Christmas is, and there isn’t too much ritual drunkenness like other holidays have. Just a good meal with people you love, or are at least related to. It’s kind of crazy to think that Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I’ve […]

Wells Fargone

I ended a relationship today.
Not the one with my girlfriend. No, this was a relationship with my bank.

Brown, Part II

A couple of years ago I went through hell trying to get a package delivered via UPS.

Change of Terms

Dear Bank who holds my MasterCard account

Another Year Gone By

As the year winds down it’s that time once again for reflection on the year past. Time to mentally catalog the past year and look forward to the upcoming year. Travel-wise it was a mixed year. This was a year of small weekend getaways instead of big trips. This is the first year in the […]

The Starbucks Dribble Cup

Starbucks cup lids suck

The Great Moose Conspiracy

A post about my distaste for contributing to the mindless drivel on the internet naturally has to be followed with a post full of mindless drivel. We love our conspiracy theories. Some people think our current president is secretly a Muslim Marxist. Others think the previous one somehow masterminded 9/11. People in groups fascinate me, […]

(In)frequency

“I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry” -John Cage I have had some sort of website for as long as I can remember now. I’m getting older and my memory isn’t what it used to be, so “as long as I can remember” may not mean much. I’d say […]

Time Marches On

“I’m killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness.”– Bill Watterson It’s hard to believe that it’s already August, yet here we are. My teacher friends are going back to work, and residents of the Gulf Coast are paying a little extra attention to the tropical storm activity which […]