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Archive for October 2004

ax to bump and to grind

On 27 October 2004

A COLLECTION OF INCOHERENT TIDBITS, OF THE SORT THAT MAKE ME WISH I HAD A “WEBLOG” 1. We had a fire drill at work, and people walked SO SLOWLY in the stairwell that it drove me batty. Yes, it is just a drill, but can we strive for a little verisimilitude? CAN WE PLEASE STRIVE […]

slithering up to unsuspecting targets

On 22 October 2004

NOISE BAND OF THE FUTURE Last night I taught Nora to yell “ONE TWO THREE FOUR!” before banging away on her little electric keyboard, and also to say “THANK YOU!” when she was done. Now we just have to work on “HELLLOOOO CHICAGO!” and the rest of her rock and roll patter. We spent a […]

quid pro snow

On 17 October 2004

I drove the car! Wait, no, listen: I drove the car! ME AND DRIVING: A SHORT HISTORY SO YOU WILL KNOW WHY THIS MATTERS High School: I take Driver's Education through the public school system, which consists of goofing off during the classroom portion, crashing a lot during the simulator portion (those things are ridiculous), […]

just a buffalo

On 11 October 2004

Hey hey, that was a great weekend. My parents watched Nora on Saturday night so LT and I could BOTH go to a “wine party.” The invitation was a little unclear as to what a “wine party” meant, and I never got around to asking the hostess, but thankfully it turned out to be more […]

fish fry fish fry going to the fish fry

On 6 October 2004

Guess what we had? Oh guess! It was a magical, blistery thing! Nora is just now getting over hand-foot-mouth disease, otherwise known as the Coxsackie virus. She was out of sorts on Saturday night, but we had company and I was drinking wine, so I assumed it was simple crankiness and put her to bed […]