This is beautiful. It sets my heart on fire.

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Emperor penguins, adorable and noble though they are, really got a raw deal in life. They live on ice, in bare feet, eat on average about every three months and live in a place that, at its warmest, averages -58 degrees. On top of that, they never listen to Mozart, read stories by Edward Gorey, drink chai tea, or fly on airplanes ( Read more... )

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A great song by "Absiv" of Pinback

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free me.
thank God for freeing me.
so done so done so done so done so done so done.

when everything goes to seed
pray
then play the clarinet
and stop worrying

Cher France:
Please, please stop rejecting my visa. Really, there is nothing wrong with it or me. I need to leave in six days. Please don't hold me back; I don't want to stay here anymore.

*My mom is really a wonderful, wonderful woman.
*I have a nasty stomach bug.
*I love it when you can hear someone smile when he answers the phone ( Read more... )

DAD IS OUT OF THE INTENSE CARE UNIT! We unhooked his monitors last night and put him in a wheel chair so he could come see the sunset behind Pike's Peak. God be praised; he is healing ( Read more... )

I just bought a nifty little camera. I am re-discovering the "shutter-bug" in me.
Here is my flickr account where I am keeping all my photos.
I plan on "photo-documenting" my life in Europe next year.
I plan on photo-documenting all life, actually. I love it.
Anna's and my photographs always make Dad really proud.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ ( Read more... )

Do Everything in Life Naked!

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This song is ridic (using Grinnell terminology).
Just too good.