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Day 1535 – Been That Kind of a Day

11:26 pm - June 15, 2009
I would argue Margurite Duras would not have favored the majority of today's blogs.
3:12 pm - May 2, 2009
Finally. I’m finally getting rid of as much of the crap i’ve been hauling around. Annette and i don’t own all that
3:18 pm - April 24, 2009
I'm a theme junkie. I simply can't stop trying new themes on my old content. The fact i used the same "magazine" theme for almost half a year is an ongoing mystery.
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Day 1400 - Fur is Good  | read this item

Observations

2:17 pm - February 1, 2009
Check it out... Day 1 of the month of my 45th year falls on Day 1400 in Boise, and again this year my birthday occurs on Friday the 13th. 1400 days... i'm unsure what the total of days was for Minnesota, but we're getting close.
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'm choking on the price, but more than that i'm choking on what spending that kind of money represents. It would me giving up the idea of permanence. It would mean surrendering to mobility.
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Day 1520 - Newlyweds  | read this item
The past week has felt far more similar to the week after we got married (ten years back) than i ever would have predicted. It's nice to keep being surprised in this way. I recommend it.
11:08 am - May 17, 2009
Idaho City is just a short ride up rt. 21. It’s an odd assemblage of buildings and people that simply refuses to
10:31 am - May 8, 2009
Wow, it only took one day. My rosy web glow from An Event Apart Seattle has pretty much drained out of me as the realities of my current job reassert themselves.

Opinion

2:11 pm - January 30, 2009
Is it odd to see similar cold/flu symptoms in persons 2,684 miles apart at the same time? Maybe there's a new virus in town, one that also sickens nation's economies.
9:27 pm - January 12, 2009
No, there's no art for this post. A post about the crappy state of the Idaho economy and Windows does not deserve art... well, maybe a Hieronymus Bosch painting would sufficiently describe the place my mind goes when i'm forced to use windows.
11:30 am - January 18, 2009
A few injuries among the 155 aboard, nobody on the ground hurt. I’d say these guys earned their pay for the week.  Enough said. Photo: Trela Media/Associated Press (from the NY Times)
10:30 pm - January 1, 2009
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Day 1369 - 2009 Begins  | read this item
Welcome to 2009. Inauguration Day is nearly here and hope is brimming both for the future of this grand experiment called America and for future travels in and around... oh... just about anywhere.
By jspeer
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Day 1309 - Low Water  | read this item
Not unlike the current economic cycle the local reservoirs are low.
11:51 pm - May 4, 2009
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Day 1493 - AEA09 Thus Far  | read this item
And i was equally giddy this evening when i insinuated myself into the discussion going on at a table at the Pike Brewing Co. between Dan Cedarholm and Ethan Marcotte and made Dan laugh when i said something witty.
By jspeer
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Day 1491 Cont'd - Goin' A-Conferencin'  | read this item
I'm off to An Event Apart in Seattle tomorrow.
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191 Clinton, photo by Douglas Palmer

191 Clinton, photo by Douglas Palmer  | read this item
This photo is by Douglas Palmer. Annette and i own #3A and lived for just about one year before departing for Minnesota
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I look back on the majority of High School as a nightmare; something i'm grateful to have survived. But then i watch "The Virgin Suicides" and i think back to the women i knew all those years ago, and i realize i didn't have a clue.