Archive for December, 2005
Friday, December 30th, 2005
It’s a Yin/Yang Kinda Morning
I think most of my posts about living in NYC have trended towards the positive but I need to take a moment this morning. The day started well enough, I woke up next to the woman I love. Always a plus. Drinking coffe with her in the morning is one of [...]
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Thursday, December 29th, 2005
Supporting Character
I work for a major museum in the city. Every day as I come and go I must pass scores of tourists many of which are taking pictures. It occurred to me that I must be in the background of lots of these photographs. I’m not sure how I feel about that. [...]
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Monday, December 26th, 2005
Christmas Follies
I tried to sell used Metrocards as Christmas ornaments this year. None sold but I’m pretty proud of the attempt. I think I needed a photo of it hanging on a tree. Hmmm, Valentine’s Day is coming up. Is the world ready for Metrocards cut into heart shapes?
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Monday, December 26th, 2005
Athletic Queerish Meeting
The Turkish version of Kinder eggs that I discovered back at the beginning of the month continue to amaze me. I’ve bought two since then and I fear there will be many more in my future. Each chocolate egg contains a toy and each toy is part of a series. A little piece of paper [...]
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Friday, December 23rd, 2005
Illuminating Excursion
There’s no greater pleasure than taking something that’s been neglected or broken and bringing it back to life. It gives me such an immediate sense of accomplishment. I’m sure it’s related to something in my psyche about bringing a state of order to chaos but I’ll leave the psychoanalysis to someone better equipped than I. [...]
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Thursday, December 15th, 2005
What do you mean it glows?
Gadget purchases continue unabated over here at “The next stop will be….”. The latest, like 10 minutes ago, is this sweet little baby.
I actually have a decently valid reason for buying it, not that one is necessary when buying gadgets. The power strip for my desk is completely filled with cords from my PC and [...]
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Wednesday, December 14th, 2005
Headline Insanity
These are the headings of drafts that I never finished.
Science is fun
Toilet Repair
Where’s my doppelganger?
