On Friday we head to Maine for the annual weekly family vacation with my family. We’re heading up a day early and staying an extra couple of days, in case we need some down time that a week with my family may not provide (my brother’s post from yesterday provides some indication on why we [...]
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The Move, or, How Many Parentheticals Can I Stuff into a Single Post?
Posted in family, reflection on July 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Internet Deaths also come in Threes
Posted in reflection on June 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Internet has connected me to hundreds of people I’d never know otherwise. Sometimes I know these people almost like they’re kin. Other times I read them from afar, reading their thoughts without reciprocating. Sometimes they’re causal acquaintances, occasionally business associates, but regardless, a connection is established. And when that connection is cut, I still [...]
Eastern Market
Posted in Neighborhood, reflection on April 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Weren’t you there when the carousel burned downThe fire and confusion, the smoke and the soundI swear you were there when the carousel burned downWe were all aroundThe rings charred and tarnished all over the groundAnd the heads hung downAnd we all left town the next day – Todd Rundgren, The Night The Carousel Burnt [...]
Example #769 on How My Life Has Changed From Last Year, and #34 on How it Hasn’t
Posted in reflection, Soccer on March 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last year I took late and long lunches to watch some of the first round NCAA basketball games. This year I didn’t watch a minute of them, even in the evening. That’s not to say that I didn’t even fill out a bracket, but still. * * * * * Wednesday evening the weather was [...]
12 Things to do Before I Die
Posted in Life, reflection on January 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In the realm of firsts, this past year I obviously became a father for the first time, but I also grew a beard and skydived (skydove?). All told, 2006 was an impressive year of firsts. But never mind what I’ve already done — what are some of the things left for me to do? 1. [...]
I Couldn’t Get By Like This, Could I?
Posted in family, politics, reflection on December 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
An article in today’s Washington Post discusses a group of friends who decided not to buy anything new for a full year, and who, now that they’ve done it once, have pledged to go another year. I’m mildly anti-stuff — I try to figure out whether something I’m considering buying is something I want or [...]
So about that Parenting Thing…
Posted in Emelia, Life, reflection on December 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I realize that while I’ve posted some pics, and mentioned what we’ve been up to with Emelia, I haven’t really discussed much of how I’m adjusting to the whole notion of parenting. The quick answer is that I’m truly enjoying being a parent — sometimes I feel like I could hold Emelia forever, singing her [...]
Just Give Me $100,000
Posted in reflection on December 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
That’s all I’m asking from whoever decides to take this great idea for an invention and run with it. It’s really very simple. Babies like motion — parents across the millennia have had to rock and pace their babies for hours upon end to get them to sleep. Babies are soothed by the sound of [...]
On Fear
Posted in reflection on November 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Fear is a funny thing. On 9/11, I had just gotten to work when a co-worker told me about the first plane striking the World Trade Center, and together we were watching live TV when the second struck. I was just across the river from the Pentagon when it was hit — I could see [...]
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Posted in reflection on July 7, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Will my back hold up for the remainder of my life? Does the fact that I jogged yesterday for the second time in a week mean that I hear the creeping of my mortality? Will all those games of Sudoku (and its variants) and Boggle stave off Alzheimer’s? Is going skydiving next month a sign [...]
