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Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
10 January, 2020

"Give me things that don't get lost*" (Why retirement is a myth)

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I never really noticed Dad's age, even when he got sick. He still went to work. He still attended Cincinnati Bengals home games. He w...
06 December, 2019

Spontaneous Nothing/ Done getting kicked

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Jean Baptiste Rochambeau: traitor but not bad game designer The aftermath of every major life decision is that my brain, my  old enemy...
13 June, 2019

Baboon Lumbering

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Compiled in the early 12th century, Konjaku monogatarishñ, or the "Tales of Times Now Past" is an anthology consisting of more ...
03 June, 2019

A Tip for Traveling Well (Back in the Tall Grass)

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Top of Iroquois Park, Louisville, KY: an Olmsted Designed Park The top level of Iroquois Park in Louisville, Kentucky is one of the m...
16 January, 2019

from Record of a Pair of Well-Worn Traveling Boots -- Anticipation

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I was traveling when my wife and got together. Our courtship was one of distance and of patience: letters, emails, phone calls when a ch...
26 December, 2018

On meditating with your demons

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Learn to meditate with the monsters. Sit down and sup with the demons. But don't let them feed you.  - from Field Notes: 26 Decem...
07 November, 2017

Just yesterday morning, Part 3

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All things are made bitter, words even / are made to taste like paper, wars gets tossed up / like soldiers used to be/ (in a child's a...
17 October, 2016

Notes from the Bunket #6: the grand experiment resumes

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Lord give me a job of work to do. - Tom Paxton Back to the work force for me. After nearly 6 months of drawing unemployment and tryin...
19 April, 2016

Old friends, new soil, and starting over

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Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best. -- John Webster There is only one day left, always start...
23 July, 2015

Superstition and Tradition

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Pictured left is my second round of drinks as a paid freelance journalist in Louisville. Nothing fancy. Just my usual round of Miller L...
22 August, 2012

Mick's Rules for Living: The Road Revision

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[It occurred to me that I haven't done a revision of this list since hitting the road. You can find the previous version of these rules ...
02 January, 2012

Scratching the Itchy Foot

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The first part of the trip will be to go visit my daughter, Stella. It's been a couple of years since I've seen her and I want to ma...
19 December, 2011

Ain't It Grand, These Culture Wars?

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There's no subtlety to any of it. Grand circle jerk symmetry internet artists (not) extraordinaire. It's all too easy. Buy into the ...
18 May, 2011

Open Letter to the Alumni Association

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Dear Sanctimonious Leeches and Intellectual Parasites: I would very much like to thank you for the glossy quarterly publication in which you...
18 September, 2009

Art and the Yahoos

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E verybody’s got a flag to plant. When I was a kid, it was the churches: pews stuffed with people full of faux piety in need of soothi...