bullets

as is my style lately, i’m updating in bullets. here’s what’s on my mind: josh ritter makes me smile. i had only heard his music a few times before jon got tickets to his show at the high noon last month. wow. maybe it was my lack of expectation, but the show kicked a$$. i can’t remember [...]

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catch up

it’s 4:40 on saturday afternoon* and i’m sitting outside milwaukee’s alterra on the lake, my favorite alterra in this city. i’m waiting for my friends erin and katherine who will be showing up eventually once they make it through chicago’s nasty i-94 traffic. i’d like to call my friend laura to come hang out with [...]

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sites you must see.

with the server still down, and the extent of what i can accomplish today sans email quite limited, i’ve resorted to list-making. enjoy today’s highlights. 1. my friend erin forwarded me a 20-minute video called the story of stuff, which discusses the relationships between extraction, production, distribution, consumption, and disposal of, duh, stuff. it’s an excellent short [...]

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