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Month: September, 2008

10^100, and a Sunday morning disaster

I make an effort to see that odfm is updated at least once a week, and often that happens by me writing a post on Sarong Sunday and post-dating it to publish on Monday or some other day of the upcoming week.
This week was no exception.
Just a few days ago, I came across something Google’s [...]

big week in Rains County

There are, I’m sure, several joys of living in a small town. Perhaps no rural-life pleasure is quite as tangible or rewarding, though, as the [Small County Name] Sheriff’s Report.
Sheriff’s reports are nothing more than a public documentation of calls that the local sheriff’s office received on any given day. You wouldn’t think something that [...]

the Roommates

There are certain things in this world that — when they cross your path — affect and influence who you are in such a dramatic manner that you find it hard to imagine where you’d be if they hadn’t found their way into your life.
One such thing in my life happened in college in the [...]

why I’ll miss Blake

For those of you who either aren’t paying attention or who have memory issues, let me remind you that the people around me, nearly all of them, are finding their way into engagements and marriages.
One of the folks who is in the engagement boat is Blake Cooley, my roommate for another few weeks. He’s engaged [...]

a close-up on my insecurity

Though I didn’t fully realize it until college, I believe that I’ve always been somewhat of a thinker. I spend lots of (read: too much) time in my head: analyzing, criticizing, contemplating, and breaking down everything from the remotest corner of my own being to society at large.
As such, every once in a while I’ll [...]

real job people, get your headphones*

My friend, my friends! I have pretty great news for you. Andrew Peterson’s got a new album, Resurrection Letters Volume II, coming out next month, and you can pre-order it now (2 copies for $15… pretty good). As neat as that is, it’s not even the “pretty great news”.
Here it is: You can stream the [...]

Thank you Gustav

I’ve greatly enjoyed driving with my windows down the past 24 hours. Sincerest thanks.

Skylar sips slowly

I did my fair share of driving this weekend. Skylar started out with a full tank and a tripometer of zero, seen above. Three days and 13.721 gallons later, her indicators looked like this. She broke her previous record and is now in good spirits when it comes to visions of a 500 mile tank.

So [...]