Denver was a city that was really easy for me to figure out. When it came to Denver, I found that appearances and by extension, first impressions often fulfilled their expectations. It’s a town that loves its arts scene, its proximity to the mountains, its music, its beer, and of course its John Elway.
Seattle, on [...]
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The Emerald City
Posted in Uncategorized on September 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Movement
Posted in Uncategorized on August 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“The heavens themselves run continually round, the sun riseth and sets, the moon increaseth, stars and planets keep their constant motions, the air is tossed by the winds, the waters ebb and flow, to their conservation no doubt, to teach us that we should ever be in motion.”
-Robert Burton
In a self-admittedly audacious move, I bought [...]
Searching for the Write Words
Posted in Uncategorized on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I find myself confronted with a quandary. Fueled by my discontent over having not written a blog entry in close to (or is it over?) a month, I am presently situated in a coffee shop, laptop in lap, nearing complete caffeination and ready to rock out some verbiage for the selective masses (read: you and [...]
Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs
Posted in Uncategorized on May 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I have always been a champion of the debt-free lifestyle. I would tell myself that if I didn’t have the money in my bank account, I simply could not afford the item I wished to acquire. Credit cards? Sheesh. Those are for crazy people that want to wallow in perpetual financial chains. I still don’t [...]
Everything’s coming up rock
Posted in Uncategorized on May 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A few weeks ago, I was standing outside a divey establishment on Colfax Avenue, waiting for a couple friends to arrive. I met a young man and for the sake of my truncated memory, let us call him Kip. Or Steve. Kip or Steve just flew into the Mile High city and wanted to know [...]
on small talk.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
There is a big difference between not liking small talk and being incapable of engaging in small talk. Personally, I have nothing against small talk. I think it is an excellent way turn marginally awkward situations into unbearably uncomfortable exchanges.
I just wish I was better at it.
At work, I try my darndest to strike up [...]
Things that make you go Twitter.
Posted in Uncategorized on March 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I still have no idea what this twitter is all about. Yes, I think I understand that it is a way for people to tell the world that they just picked a sesame seed from between their teeth or that they are now driving 23 rather than 19 MPH down the freeway amid rush hour [...]
Au Revoir Chômage
Posted in Uncategorized on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Goodbye Unemployment
I was sitting on my porch just a moment ago and noticed that amid the ridiculously powerful wind gusts, a softball-sized bird nest kept intact between two quarter-inch thick branches on an 11-foot tall tree. Across the street, a 65-gallon trash barrel filled with refuse was knocked on its side, spreading the neighbor’s discarded [...]
JINX!
Posted in Uncategorized on February 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I didn’t want that library job anyway. Bunch of khaki-wearing bibliophiles.
I wasn’t exceptionally surprised and as a result, even less discouraged when I received the results from my library exam. I was not in the top 6% of those test takers that were graced with an opportunity to interview for the position. I was, however, [...]
Learning Curve
Posted in Uncategorized on February 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
One of the perks of not driving every day is that on those occasions that I am required to drive somewhere, I’m actually kind of excited to do so. I really missed driving when I was in Burkina Faso. When in the capital, I would fantasize about how cool it’d be if my taxi driver [...]
