I seem to be one of The Few, The Proud, The Brave who had power restored yesterday. It came on about 6pm. It was beautiful. This morning, I saw three power trucks on the road, and though there were still quite a few street lights out on my route in, and several blocks still without […]
Tonight it’s 20 minutes swimming and 25 minutes running. These are the times at which I start to get a little nervous. I’ll do fine and all, but you start giving me 30 min of an exercise (my first 30 min swim is next week) and 20-30 of something else, and… whew. It’s the anticipation
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Ellen and Portia got married. This makes me terribly happy.
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Graphic designer: Wow, you look nice today. Did you iron that shirt and everything? I love my coworkers. (P.S. I did, in fact, buy 3 no-wrinkle shirts this weekend, for just this reason. I’ve begun looking a lot like Raggedy Ann again.)
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I’ve lived in Alaska. I’ve lived in South Africa. I’ve lived in rural Washington. The longest I’ve ever gone without power was while living 5 miles outside of downtown Dayton, OH. Seriously, people. Went off about 1pm yesterday, and still isn’t back on as of this morning. The only real annoyance was lack of any
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Insulin pumps are really awesome when they work. They aren’t so cool when they don’t work. Since getting the new pump, I’ve been able to eat more than 2 pieces of pizza at a go, which is pretty awesome. Longtime readers may remember that pizza has pretty much been my death food since I got
I’ve been thinking about it more and more lately. I usually do, around this time of year. Here’s why I still think of it so fondly (this post originally appeared here): Drunk & Unpublished at the Edge of the World My first year of undergrad work in Alaska, I met a girl named Lou who