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Keeping Your WIP to Yourself

November 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Daily

Most people have a series of good ideas in varying frequencies. Some of us tend to think that most of our ideas are great ones and announce them all to the world. Blogs give the more gregarious of us the ability to elaborate on them at length. Twitter and FaceBook let us spit them out [...]

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From Dog-Hater to Puppy-Lover in 30 days

August 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Daily

Ok, so it’s been far fewer than 30 days since I made the very quick transition from “Hell no, we’ll never get a dog!” to “OK, OK, you win! We can get a puppy! Shit, we’ll get two, or a hundred, just please, put down the electric carving knife!” It’s kinda like a shotgun wedding. [...]

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Thanksgiving and Post-Turkey Day Were Great

November 26th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Daily, Potpourri

1. We have very little leftovers. 2. Today is B’s berfday! 3. If anyone out there is driving from DFW to Beaumont in the next week or so, please let me stow away with you. Otherwise, I’m going to book a one-way flight sometime later this week. Long story.

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I’ve gotten lazy with this, so sue me

November 15th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Daily, Potpourri

I truly have very little to report. I’ve been working and sleeping, occasionally eating. Today I took my car to the shop for a checkup and had breakfast with Rob & Chloe. Battlestar Galactica sucks balls. Hard.

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I shit you not

November 13th, 2006 · No Comments · Daily, Potpourri

This weekend I became a godfather. The designation is largely honorary, but I’m nonetheless very touched that Kenny and Cathy asked us to be a part of their daughter’s life in this manner. It never occurred to me to ask them what led them to choose us, or whether there was much deliberation involved. To [...]

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