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I’ve never been terribly into formulating resolutions at New Year’s per se, but I do set goals throughout the year. Here is some of what I tried to do last year.
Eliminate my bad debt
This is a strange thing to be proud of, since I only had to do it because I exercised poor judgment in […]

as requested by the Intellectual House o’ Pancakes:
The workspace:

The toys on the bookshelf:

Sometimes I will come in and someone will have been unable to resist the temptation to play. It’s a give-away if Transformer is not reclining or if Acrocanthosaurus is not attacking Corvette.
Not pictured: The whiteboard

My face is ever the battleground between my twin dislikes of facial hair and of shaving.

It wasn’t until I saw Richard Linklater’s Waking Life that I realized other people also had dreams in which they try to turn on light switches, and the scene fails to brighten. Being unable to shed literal light on the situation has been an attribute of my nightmares for as long as I can remember, […]

OMG I have to remember this dream so i can talk/write about it later.
No, that whole thing about having to fill in a timesheet after a dinner party isn’t really that interesting.
OMG it’s five! I have to get up!!
Wait, it’s Saturday, isn’t it? i don’t have to get up.
No, it’s not Saturday. I have to […]

Last I night I had a dream in which I was being haunted by the ghosts of (among others) John Lydon and Iggy Pop.

I think I saw Echo & the Bunnymen only once*, touring Songs to Learn and Sing. I remember very little of the show — it was at GWU’s Smith Center, parking was hellacious, and if there was an opener, I think we missed it. An intense rendition of “Over the Wall” was a highlight. I […]

Take a picture of a beautiful sunset.
(Larger version at flickr)