Archive for December, 2009

6:26pm: “Happy New Year’s, man,” he says. “Same to you.” We hang up. My thoughts are happy, knowing that my pizza will be here in an hour. Mexican pizza. And Mayday and I will get to enjoy it together. Two weeks left here, and I...

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This is my last day here at the ‘rents place for the holidays. It’s been nice. Pleasant. It’s been good to see my parents. And family. Some funny moments, some awkward moments, some tense moments. I’m flying home tonight and I’ll be moderately glad to...

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An odd link showed up in my stats today on Flickr. So I visited the page that brought the viewer to my stream. This was it. Click to enlarge. This is the full quote at the bottom of that page. Listen, I’m not here to...

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So Flickr. Let’s talk about it. You know, I had all of that trouble where my account got deleted and whatnot and so I’ve been building it up again from scratch. And I’ve been watching my numbers grow again. Um… I’ve had my numbers wrong...

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So I came away from the party my parents had for their Sunday school class the other night relatively unscathed. No bolts of lightning. No stoning. I did nearly choke to death while talking to one of the THREE pastors that was here. But other...

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Today, my youngest son turned 15. I talked to him on the phone. He’s one-hundred and some odd miles away. He was happy. I was glad to hear it. It bums me out that I didn’t see him today but I’ll see him soon. My...

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I left South Beach earlier today. Flew to the Carolinas to spend some of the holidays with my parents and my kids. It’s night and I haven’t been out among the peoples so I kind of forgot about it, but it crossed my mind a...

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Accomplished today: Got up, worked. Picked up surprise gift for friend. Got a haircut. Scootered to Lincoln Road for photos. Ran into a friend, always a pleasure. Got a psychic reading with her from a woman who happened to be passing by. Came home, worked...

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