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Monthly Archives: July 2006

Darlene, the Avid Anti-Intellectual

One of the perks I’ll miss about living where I am right now is our chatty, chain-smoking, Renaissance costume-designing downstairs neighbor, Andy. He knows everybody in the area, including all the regular drivers on our bus route, the apartment managers, and the various oddball characters who are permanent fixtures in Lawrence. Andy himself is kind [...]

Box Hunters and Gatherers

The boy, Paul and I made a run at Wal-Mart two nights ago to pick up some boxes for moving. Paul, generally baffled by simple logistic tasks outside the lab, was unsure about how to approach the simple act of box-gathering, until I explained that it was just like a video game. “See? Look for [...]

Mr. Snootypus, Octopus Regalus

We are not amused. In the chaos of moving plans and gathering boxes, I discovered that Paul is moving out in two days (!), so I whipped up a going away gift – a knitted octopus. He likes the color blue, it matches the bunny I gave Abigail, and octopi are a rather simple, fast [...]

Oh God, it burns!

I don’t know, I could be wrong, but I think the end times are coming. Be the first to like. Like Unlike