The Season that Wasn’t
Way back when, I wrote about not wanting to jinx my chances for a job at the South Pole by writing about it. Well, apparently, by not writing about it, […]
The Last Good Day of Summer
There’s a belief among the Stoics that the best way to appreciate anything is to put yourself in the mind that this may be the last time you’ll ever experience […]
Best. Zombie. Apocalypse. Ever.
Or worst. Honestly, I didn’t have a preconceived notion of how to rate them. On one hand, we were still alive. But maybe that was just my pro-human bias speaking; […]
Since You’ve Been Gone…
It’s a bit over two months now, away from The Great Machine, and I’m surprised at the number of friends, and even family, who still haven’t heard that I left […]
Whew.
Okay, cutting to the chase: we won! Or, um, it won. “They”? I don’t know. It’s one of those dog show type things. But with airplanes. Let me back up […]
Disaster Pies and the Manly Art of Automotive Repair, Redux
[Warning: remember what I said about long, pointless posts?] “Hey Miranda, have I told you how awesome I am?” “Yeah, yeah, Mom told me.” “I think I need to write […]
The Last Night of Someone Else’s Memories
[Sorry – more random musings] Typical thread for the gang starts with “Hey – anyone up for climbing on Weds?” Others bounce back: “Weds is no good. Tue/Thu?” and eventually […]
The Little Things
I’m always kind of torn when I sit down to write here. Sometimes I’ve got something important to say (e.g., if I happen to have left my job), and sometimes I […]
Puttering – Oh, and the Middle East Peace Process
It’s just been a little over a month since I walked away from Google, but only in this last week have I been staying put enough to start, as I […]
Rooooaaaadtrip!!!
When they say “getting there is half the fun,” the implication is that being there is the other half, which doesn’t leave a lot in the First National Bank of […]
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