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Category Archives: Writings
Palo Alto
I’m into health and safety, but here’s evidence that I’ll play with a camera while driving. Unwise. I’ve worked in Palo Alto for two weeks. I’m familiarizing myself with one neighborhood. It oozes plainness and strangeness. My co-engineer at a … Continue reading
Trivia Night
Trivia night frustrates me because I don’t care to know the answers to most of the questions. But I love spending time with my roommates drinking and chatting. When tonight is trivia night at Cato’s Alehouse, the two come hand … Continue reading
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New Waves
Inspired by Casey’s Framed Fractions, I purchased a Holga 135 from the FourCornerStore. In past photo experiments I used SLR and digital cameras. They easily answered my biggest questions: Where is the edge of the frame? What object is in … Continue reading
Road Fooding
More photos from my cross country adventure with Erin. 4 quarts of food, cooked in the Badlands during a rainstorm. Uneaten. The badlands campsite. Nighttime Cooking. Crabill’s Hamburgers Tiny burgers in a tiny diner Mug n’ Buns Drive-in Paper menu … Continue reading
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Wordsmith Words
limen (LY-muhn) noun A threshold of response: point at which a stimulus is of sufficient intensity to generate a response. [From Latin limen (threshold).] Pygmalionism (pig-MAY-lee-uh-niz-uhm) noun 1. The state of being in love with an object of one’s own … Continue reading
Car Tripping
All from a cross-country drive spanning June 7-21. A low-riding Volvo from New Jersey to Philadelphia… …drove to Kooser State Park in Pennsylvania on June 7… …through Ohio to Shades State Park, Indiana on June 9… … to a campsite … Continue reading
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Words from The Illuminatus! Trilogy
I just finished the The Illuminatus! Trilogy. I toted this tome in my bag for two months, going across the country, coming back, and breaking to read other books. Even though I’ve been very committed to the novel, I’m not … Continue reading
Wordsmith Words
More words I like from the Wordsmith Word-a-Day Mailing List Star Chamber A court or group marked by arbitrary, oppressive, and secretive procedures. Locum A person filling in for another, especially for a doctor or clergyman. Steenth 1. Latest in … Continue reading
Buckeye Arizona Morning
March 21, 2010 – Buckeye, Arizona I wake up in a smelly motel room. Time to talk awake, and take a walk. I start on the sidewalk. Then I take to the road. My destination, a big statue, stands 40 … Continue reading
Nintendo and Chamber Music
I played tons of video games as a kid; one of my favorite themes was from the Nintendo game “Metroid”. Here’s the theme if you don’t know it. It gets good at 30 seconds if you want to skip. 8-bit … Continue reading