Hi, all. I decided today to do something really silly and practical but also hilarious in what I might pick– to memorialize the birthday of the Tumblr blog for that class I taught on lists,[…]
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Category: memoir
Day 347: Skeletor
When I was in kindergarten, I broke my leg. Well, a drunk driver broke my leg, or gravity broke my leg… my leg was broken is the takeaway here. During the year I spent off[…]
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Day 345: The Cold
It’s like supernaturally cold right now. I think this might be true everywhere, but it’s an interesting feeling for me because I’m almost never cold. I’m always too hot. But when I experience time like[…]
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Day 342: Ten Years ago today…
I remember the drive back to Michigan from Richmond on NYE 2007– vaguely snowy, low traffic. I listened to Counting Crows for most of the ride. You can play almost their whole catalog on that[…]
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Day 336: Just a little memory
Once, circa 1993, I took a friend of mine from high school to X-mas shop at a mall in Dayton, OH. At that point, for anyone who is local, Dayton was starting to have teen[…]
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Day 332: Why X-mas matters to me
Full disclosure– this might seem like a self-pity post. It’s not. Believe me, it’s not. But it’s a sad set of memories. Growing up, X-mas was a real hit/miss thing for me. For one thing,[…]
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Day 331: My first memory
I am sure that my first memory is planted by others– I can’t possibly remember something from such a young age. But when I was still in the crib, a spider descended on a thin[…]
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Day 330: Soundtrack IV: the ending
Back again to my Soundtrack to Phill. Again, the rules: 40 songs, no repeat artists (though side projects and solo work from bands is acceptable). Songs must fit onto the list because of one or[…]
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Day 329: Soundtrack III
Back again to my Soundtrack to Phill. Again, the rules: 40 songs, no repeat artists (though side projects and solo work from bands is acceptable). Songs must fit onto the list because of one or[…]
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Day 328: Soundtrack Part II
After a day’s break, back to my Soundtrack to Phill. Again, the rules: 40 songs, no repeat artists (though side projects and solo work from bands is acceptable). Songs must fit onto the list because[…]
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