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Richard Berman - You, Me, and Bobby McGee
Go listen to this song by Richard BermanI discovered it on my local public radio station as I was driving home from work this evening, and I sat in my driveway listening until it ended. Somehow it was just the right set of thoughts for right now ( Read more... ) -
Yes we did.
I cried twice yesterday. Once during McCain's speech; once during Obama's. That seems about right, really ( Read more... ) -
seven quirky facts
(tagged by kazulrwA. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself ( Read more... ) -
conversational nukes
Can I just say how tired I am of people using "well you wouldn't have those freedoms if it weren't for our soldiers defending your liberty" as a rebuttal for every. single. possible. complaint people have against the current administration ( Read more... ) -
metanalysis
Experience has shown us that virtually everything in the world can be seen as a metaphor for something else.
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Enterprise Rent-A-Car, you suck.
So, last Thursday (1/10/2008), I flew a friend to Burlington, VT, for some medical treatment. We landed at around 11:20, rented a car, and headed to the hospital. We returned the car at about 2:00 and flew home. It was a great day for it ( Read more... ) -
On finding ways to see people
So, I intended to go to Alumni Weekend this coming summer, but it turned out that I had booked a gig for that weekend before I'd know that it was That Weekend. This bums me out, because I was really hoping to go and see people ( Read more... ) -
The usefulness of uselessness
O friends,
In the course of cleaning old papers, I ran across my printed copy of Professor Kitao's essay entitled "The Usefulness of Uselessness". I remember that Swat had many pamphlets printed in that same garnet and ivory, covering all sorts of topics. Somehow, this one made it into my "take home" pile.
You can read it online if you'd like. I ( Read more... ) -
on yearbooks and life
I've spent a lot of time cleaning lately, working on getting things into a better order. Not spring, but I feel this instinctive need for it lately. At the bottom of a long-present pile, I found an unopened box from Swarthmore. Inside it, the 2003 HalcyonI saw many old friends, lots of whom I've come to miss more than I'd thought possible, but I ( Read more... )