smokingpen | July 25, 2009
Well, back to the rapid fire blogging of an active residency (for me that is maybe more than once a day).
I did go home the other night, apparently minutes in front of a storm. The people who stayed, and were awake for it, said the storm that blew in was heavy and hard and that [...]
smokingpen | January 14, 2009
I think there is a tendency for people to (pretty generally) believe that I think everyone I come in contact with is an idiot. On the other hand, if people (in general) think that way, and there is a lot of evidence to suggest that is a pretty normal way to think (about me), then [...]
smokingpen | January 7, 2009
Well, it is true, for those keeping score, yesterday was my birthday and I did turn 35. Incidentally, I had a friend I’ve not been in contact with for about ten years get a hold of me and wish me a happy birthday. Once again, Facebook has brought two people together that had lost track [...]
smokingpen | December 2, 2008
I think our lives are filled with defining moments. Those are the moments that change us whether we want them to or not. In Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, a book I am writing a final essay on for one of my classes, it would appear that one of her defining moments, at least [...]
smokingpen | December 1, 2008
Today is December 1, 2008. The reason this is important is because on December 19, 2008, the day after, and not many hours after, my little family and I will be in a truck (along with Erin’s auntie and her brother) and driving due east. At the moment, and after a discussion with my parents, [...]
smokingpen | November 23, 2008
Erin and codename: CAMPER and I went to Borders down in the Riverwoods last night. We were there the night before, and I was going to purchase a book that Erin’s friend Anisa suggested to Erin that I might like, but left before we could buy the book (Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of [...]
smokingpen | November 11, 2008
I am offering the world my list of priorities. These are the things, and to some extent the order of priority, that I take into consideration when making some of the choices I make. Believe it or not, different priorities will leap to the top of the list that seem rather low. That is because [...]
smokingpen | October 28, 2008
Once upon a time I really enjoyed listening to Country music. Of course, that was before I went to a giant country music festival and sat, for an entire day and well into the evening, surrounded by people I probably wouldn’t associate with if I had free time and the desire to associate with people [...]
