October 2008
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I think being shy basically means being self-absorbed to the point that it makes...
– David Foster Wallace
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Road Trip
I’m taking a road trip soon.
Wasilla, AK to Seattle, WA
The entire pacific coast, stopping at national and state parks along the way
The San Diego area
Death Valley National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
Zion National Park
Salt Lake City
Jackson, WY
Brandenburg, KY
The details are here.
Suggestions for hidden gems (or must sees that I’m missing), reroutes; offers for...
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The aurora was active tonight.
Tristan looks out the office door. “Guys… it’s the Northern Lights!”
“What?! No, it’s just some low clouds or something.”
“Um…”
“No, that’s them!”
We run outside, standing on the edge of Wasilla Lake. It is 7°F. There is snow on the ground.
There have been other times. A few small shows between January and...
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amaranthine |ˌaməˈranθin; -ˌθīn| adjective
of an imaginary flower that never fades
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Joy Division - “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
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U.S. Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska found guilty of... →
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“Imagine I cut my hand off, he said, and moved the blade back and forth like the bow of a violin. And imagine now, he said, that after the wound heals I replace the old hand with a metal one. The metal hand is mine for a long time, and at some point (suspend your disbelief) I forget all about the flesh and blood that was there to begin with. I forget that I was once complete and come to...
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Farmer in Chief, an open letter to the... →
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Living in wild places, backpacking, etc., I’m always troubled by one fact: whatever illusions of living in nature I might currently be having, I’m still tied back to big systems that I don’t like by food. Backpacker food is a sustainability nightmare, consisting of dehydrated, packaged, and processed everything. And while there’s one exception I can currently...
To hate injustice and stand on righteousness is a difficult thing. Furthermore,...
– Hakagure, The Book of the Samurai
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