The Crooked and the StraightIt's like magnetic poetry about my life, except without the magnets or the poetry.Spending a few days in New York City- March 28, 2006 I hadn’t been to New York City in something like ten years; not since my family took a short trip there. My parents, for whatever reasons, have always had a very different idea of vacation than I have. Their vacations involve waking up early every single day in order to take advantage of the (usually) free hotel breakfast, and then tearing off to parts unknown in order to cross off as many things on a To Do list as possible. Sometimes I feel as though I’m Neil Armstrong on the...http://www.headblender.com/joe/blog/archives/2006/03/28/spending_a_few_1/ Visiting my sister's school in the Middle of Nowhere, Indiana- March 28, 2006 My sister teaches at a private boarding school called La Lumiere somewhere in the middle of Indiana. The school is in a small town called Laporte where, as Rachael likes to say, “there are two streets, some antique shops, and some bars.” It’s true. I’ve been there. I’ve seen the antique shops and the intersection. Well, technically, the school is in an unincorporated part of the county that Laporte is also in, and so Laporte is merely the closest city and thus...http://www.headblender.com/joe/blog/archives/2006/03/27/visiting_my_sisters_school_in_the_... Getting caught up- March 28, 2006 Things I've done in the last few weeks:Read some good booksVisited my sister's school in the Middle of Nowhere, IndianaSpent a few days in New York CityMet some cool peopleStarted playing Dragon Quest VIIIBeen sleep-deprivedHung out with my cousinI'll get you all caught up, at least with 1, 2, and 3. We'll go from there.http://www.headblender.com/joe/blog/archives/2006/03/27/getting_caught/ It's simply a matter of contextual disambiguation- March 27, 2006 Things my father has actually meant when he's said "download" that were evident based on context at the time:UploadCopyBackupDeleteBuyTalk toPrint outSendCatch, clean, fillet, broil, and serveDownload Note 1: I may, in fact, have dreamt my father asking me to "download the fish." Note 2: Deprecated, apparently.http://www.headblender.com/joe/blog/archives/2006/03/27/its_simply_a_ma/ |