Growing up, you learn in school how on the vernal equinox you can stand an egg on it’s tip, or how the summer solstice is the longest day of the year. Even…
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Approaching the Outer Marker
I’m up to chapter twenty of the book. Of course, this is a slight misnomer, because–with the exception of the four huge chapters–most are no longer than a few pages. This week’s…
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The Story of a Night
We get to the 16th floor and walk to the end of the hall. There is loud music playing inside, some Electroclash band. Her roommates are drinking and dancing around the front…
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SUNDAY MIX TAPE – VOLUME 20
Tonight my father, sister and I went out for a nice Italian dinner. At the table, trying to ladle balsamic vinegar onto a piece of chicken, my father–fed up with how long…
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How Not To Take A Piss While Sitting In Traffic: Or, A Bladder Threatening Trip To JFK Airport
Yesterday’s airport run quickly turned from sunny jaunt to frustrating mess. A trip that by all accounts should have taken no more than ninety minutes ended up lasting four-and-a-half hours. I left…
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An Update On My Book And A New Podcast Download
I spent the morning working on the short mini-chapters of my book. Some of them are 5-10 pages long, others barely ten lines. I’m pooling together transcribed audio from the tape recorder…
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World Cup Conversations And Stupid Phone Calls
This morning before I left for work I ate a banana. During my morning shift, I felt much more refreshed and awake after the banana than I do on days when I…
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Crossed-Fingers Close?
Fear, downright fear, Not some manifestation Of your higher brain, Is to blame for this mistake. Could you help it, or Could you deny it exists, It is safe to assume That…
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SUNDAY MIX TAPE – VOLUME 19
Today’s graduation party for my dear friend Jessie was quite fun. There were a few people in attendance that I knew from Muhlenberg, and others were faces that I recognized, but I’d…
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In Which I Predict The Coming Brit-Pop Revival
Never one to overstate my importance to the human race, allow me–if you will–to prognosticate on future cultural trends that will undoubtedly come to pass. Many scoffed at me that time I…