Monthly Archives: June 2006

The New Face of Failure

The USA is down 2-0 in their most important game in this “World Cup.” It also happens to be their first game, so we went from overhype to crushing disappointment in about half an hour. I’ve been watching the game, … Continue reading

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I am looking at the ocean right now.

This internet thing seems to be working right now, and that’s exciting. Yesterday I got up at 4am and flew standby to Portland. It took us 11 hours of waiting to get there, and then we stayed up another 9 … Continue reading

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So We’ve Established There Will Be Internet…

…so I WILL be posting next week. This week has been sparse because of training, leaving my job, packing, delivering pizzas, etc. Next week should be crazy-good, unless for some reason I still can’t get online. Tomorrow I’m flying with … Continue reading

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A New Writing Habit

Everything’s changin’, peoples. This week, I won’t be able to blog at work because I’m training a guy to do my job — that’s right, I’m leaving on Thursday! No, not Papa John’s, I’m leaving my real job. Then, starting … Continue reading

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Ramblings from Last Night

I’m now working in Ubuntu Linux 5.whatever (the breezy badger — what a South African native-sounding name), with Open Office.Org’s 2.0 version. It’s kinda cool, and the bigger buttons (which are the new default) really make it seem more like … Continue reading

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Two Ways to Deal with a Bad Review

When I did my last Cavalcade of Blogs, I never expected to get a reaction from the Bloggers themselves. That was pretty stupid of me. You see, I took the time to look up “Epth” in Icerocket’s blog search and … Continue reading

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Writing Projects on which I am Working

A short story (that will probably turn out to be a novella) about a guy who becomes a “first person shooter.” It’s part of the soon-to-be-acclaimed “Mongolian Tiger Monkey Nonology.” That means nine books, people. I’m probably 1/4 of the … Continue reading

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2006 Milwaukee Bucks Draft Hat

Notice anything strange? We’re going back to Christmas colors, baby! The red and green I grew up with is coming back, and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop it! Seriously, purple is my favorite color, but I’m totally going … Continue reading

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If No Humans are Interested, is it Really “Human Interest”?

Last night as I watched Channel 8′s uptight-looking John McCaa fly solo on the 10 o’clock news, I wondered how it had come to this: The Mona Lisa’s lips were moving, and an Italian woman’s voice was coming out. It … Continue reading

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