On a bright and breezy Sunday I slammed into the whooptie* and shattered the silence of the canyon. A whole-hearted expletive was crushed short by the sound of a 1988 Honda impacting the desert landscape, rider akimbo. Sound is such a tenuous thing, and died a quick death against the powdered talc and rotten slate [...]
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Posted in California Dreamin', Crazies on Jan 1st, 2009
I’m always one of those people who waits to the very last second to decide what she’s doing on New Year’s. It’s not that I don’t think about it well in advance—heck, I’m usually wondering how I’ll be ringing in January 1 way back in October—it’s just that New Year’s is totally stressful and nothing [...]
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Posted in California Dreamin', Crazies on Jul 11th, 2008
You see, we live in a neighborhood in the ‘burbs of San Francisco. And in neighborhoods, you have, well, neighbors. (As you do anywhere really, unless you live on a farm in Iowa or an iceberg somewhere near Greenland, s’pose.) I’ve lived her going on six months now and cannot tell you a single one [...]
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Posted in Crazies, The Travel Bug on Jun 26th, 2008
I came across this video a few days ago and have watched it so many times, I just had to share. I challenge you not to laugh (and cry) while viewing. Oh, and make sure to watch it with the sound on; it’s more touching that way.
Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding [...]
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