Archive for July, 2006

The Birthday Party

Posted in Short Stories on July 31st, 2006

Here’s that short story I said was coming. Things are good here, we’re probably going to the beach to watch fireworks tomorrow. If you haven’t sent me your address for postcards, do it do it do it. We ran out of postcards, so we’ve got another round to go out as soon as we go buy more.

Um, that’s all, please enjoy my story. It’s kind of long.

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Twins

Posted in Thoughts on July 28th, 2006

If I had twins I would dress one of them like a robot and the other one like a robot.

New category, new short story soon (short stories sometimes take a while).

Postures #1 - In Class

Posted in Japan on July 18th, 2006

As anyone who has ever worked a full-time job knows, body language is one of the many Pavlovian mechanisms the man uses to keep us under his thumb. Well, I thought it might be interesting to describe the general postures and routines I use daily at my job and in my life in Japan. Here’s the first posture analysis: the Nova classroom.

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Mix #2 - For the Lady Who Follows You Across Oceans

Posted in Mix CDs on July 10th, 2006

Here’s another mix CD, for those of you who are inclined towards such pursuits. This one is of a more romantic flavor than the last, so please enjoy it with a crisp summer salad and a bottle of wine on the back porch. Hand-holding optional (but encouraged).

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Kyoto pictures

Posted in Entropy on July 8th, 2006

As promised, pictures have been uploaded from our trip to Kyoto. Unfortunately, I am not blurry in any of them.

Please go here to look at pictures of me not being blurry (also pictures of Kyoto).