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2009

December 47

November 51

October 53

September 45

August 77

July 53

June 77

May 64

April 86

March 106

February 106

January 80

2008

December 23

November 103

October 116

September 95

August 112

July 133

June 90

May 105

April 96

March 98

February 62

January 46

2007

December 32

November 31

October 12

September

August

July

June

May

April

March

February

January

I woke up this morning with a ferocious desire to consume...

“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark. ...”
— -Ayn Rand “Atlas...

It feels like I could write forever...

When really, I know I should not write anything at all. I should be silent, composed, gone. It is...

GPOYW Things I Won’t Admit at Work, Where I am Bubbly,...

A funny thing happens

So tonight, you leave the little Vietnamese noodle palace, wave goodbye to your cheerful young...

expectingrain: Smog, Dress Sexy At My Funeral Speaking of songs that make you feel like you...

Brit pop, huh? Inexplicably, you still make me smile. I guess that’s why they call it...

So what then will you do

with the sweet memories that shimmy to the top even in this flurry of change, even amidst this...

Between anger and this no longer welcome longing, the former...

I’ve never been too raw for words; Yours or mine -...

This guy gave me a walking stick but it was too short, so I...

More From the Craigslist Learning Annex: I’m never...

It is too late for thinking. Take the boys and close your...

I thought the Craigslist post meant Crate & Barrel couch...

GPOY shopping for furniture / funhouse mirror edition.

Outside Quilatola, Ecuador. Yesterday, I found a fortune...

Almost got in an accident watching this beauty on the drive...

Laughter at someone else's expense is...

There are few things more hilarious and heartening than having lunch with old coworkers and hearing...

Someone told me the other day that the...

That in grief, you rage first to understand, questing for reason, for cause. It’s self...

A collection of wisdom for this...

There are worse things than silence. And stillness doesn’t have to be unbearable. You’ve always...

Packing up the contents of a life…of a life that no longer...

GPOYW - without makeup at a Crater Lake edition.

At this altitude, you don´t sleep well….even though...

I promise you this place is real. (Cotopaxi, Ecuador)

At 5,000 meters on Cotopaxi Volcano.

Above Quito, Ecuador

Well Ecuador, you are winning my heart in record time. Have...

Airport departure photo tradition lives on…

“Just met Dave Couillier from Full House. Ah Bozeman...”
— Just received the Greatest....

Loading up my pack. Would rather be sleeping. I guess...

Shit.

There’s still no one else who makes me grin like you do. Be well.

Ecuador.

So here is a truth for you: The past three weeks have been among the hardest of my life. The...

So ladies and gentlemen, micro-film connoisseurs and the tragically bored: The moment you have...

tylercoates: Juliana Hatfield - “Everybody Loves Me But You” In high school, deep in the midst...

Former Wolves: Yes, we miss'em

On arranging old photographs.

The first thing you need to know about Kraab is that when he travels, he transforms. Within minutes...

Proud of you.

Ordering flowers at the shop next to my work is...

So at my annual review lunch last week, my boss and I got...

The Truth the Dead Know

Gone, I say and walk from church, refusing the stiff procession to the grave, letting the dead ride...

I must remember that I only get this year once. This hour,...

Heartbreakingly, it’s time to put down my camera. I...

My nephew’s breakfast of champions: bacon and jello. ...

This is only half of the bounty. Let’s do this,...

Dear Independence Day, Thank you for providing a socially...

Minnesota! Thanks for not letting a lack of stupid book...

via youcankeepthechange Zooey knows just what kind of song you need to sway your hips to on a...

coffeymuse: “Lukenbach Texas” - Waylon, of course I gotta go; You enjoy this as much as very...

So far my morning off has included a nice long walk through...

To say I am not an IM afficianado would be a significant...

Why the hell wasn’t I informed that these happened?

One in a series of mental polaroids

How can you forget being a kid who was sick? When the fever burned from inside your eye...

tylercoates: Dinosaur Jr. - “Start Choppin” Will I never outgrow Dinosaur Jr? Someone, I forgot...