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Monthly Archives: January 2009

the hazy blur of the brand new day

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Usually this space at about this time is the Mystery Hunt wrap up where I talk about all the stuff we did and how we still didn’t come in first place anyhow. This time is no different except I was less helpful than usual. For some reason — planetary alignment, bad juju, overconfidence — instead [...]

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the secret is not to breathe

Sunday, January 11, 2009

One of my pseudo-resolutions was not really to update this any more than I generally do. Once a week, maybe more if something big is happening. And yet, I feel that I’m really trying to avoid BIG things to the extent that I can. Last night it snowed. This morning I was out on the [...]

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my year in cities and towns, 2008

Monday, January 5, 2009

Places I stayed in 2008. Again, I’m heading in an upward direction. I think this will change this year. However I said that last year. Here’s a picture and a list. Here’s the list for 2007 of places I stayed that were not my house. As before, stars indicate multiple visits to the exact same [...]

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what 2009 means to me

Friday, January 2, 2009

A day late and a few words short. I was snowshoeing. New Years wrap-ups will be late this year. I do have a few resolutions which can be summed up easily. 1. The internet neither smells nor tastes like anything. Make up for this by making the rest of the world smell and taste awesome [...]

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