Primer
On the advice of Kottke I watched the movie Primer last week. I’m still not sure I get the film (or the exact workings of the time travel it portrays) but I had fun in my confusion. If you were ever...
View ArticleThis is just a test
Recent events have transpired to show me that WordPress isn’t secure enough for me to continue using as my blogging platform. The 5by5 crew may get me to use SquareSpace yet. Stay tuned.
View ArticleIt Is Known
The wonderful/frustrating/truest aspect of blogging (or any writing for that matter) is this: thinking about doing it and actually getting it done are two very different things. I’m the undisputed...
View ArticleMorning Chat
While I haven’t always relished my time alone, I’ve certainly been given a lot of it recently and I’ve grown accustomed to it recently. I’m also lucky enough to be spending this week with Raelyn (9)...
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Seth, I am your Father’s Day
As a father of four, I didn’t harbor any hopes of sleeping in this past Sunday. I expected maybe some breakfast in bed, but I knew I was in for some kind of surprise. I awoke to the best kind of gift:...
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Tuesday Night Hot Sauce Club
Welcome to yet another installment of my sporadic and food-centric series on me eating hot sauces I get from Firehouse Subs. (I know, right? This is like a highlight reel of all Blogging ’12, but stick...
View ArticleThe Return of Flash Fiction Friday
I’m getting this in just under the gun this week, but here’s my “entry” in this week’s Flash Fiction Challenge from Chuck Wendig: That’s My New Band Name. My band’s name, per this site, was “Possessed...
View ArticleNuts!
My nine-year-old daughter brought forth the following question while we drove home from Hogwart’s Camp the other evening: why does boys call “them” “nuts”. I had to stop from driving into a ditch...
View ArticleLucky Baker’s Dozen
As today is both my 13th wedding anniversary – [hold for applause] – and the second day of the new school year, in which we have two of our FOUR children in public school, you could forgive the Miller...
View ArticleThe Only Way Out Is Through
I’m a longtime listener (first time caller, natch) to 5by5′s Back to Work podcast. I was out of work for a while earlier this year; I got laid off. I’m in a new job now. New company. New role. New...
View ArticleSo Says I
Listening to a Spotify radio station just now (feature parity with Pandora, IMHO) I got The Shins’ So Says I. If you’re unfamiliar with the song, it’s a great, rocking tune from a band probably better...
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Battlefield Canine Doctor
I haven’t often blogged about our aging Weimaraner, Lucy, but she’s always been a playful, loyal companion and an awesome family pet. Over the holidays Lucy had a real scare. She could hardly make it...
View ArticleDinosaurs, Death & Doozers
As I hotly debate (with myself) taking Owen [5] to see Jurassic Park 3D this weekend (too scary?), I found this great “supercut” video of Fraggle Rock and it’s apparent obsession with the topic of...
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Every bit the collector
I’d say I was obsessed, but I think that’s burying the lede a bit. I’ve always been a person who enjoys collecting things: comic books, Magic: The Gathering cards, withered looks of derision. You get...
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Sunday Funday Runday
Since the weather was so gorgeous on Sunday, I decided to go for a run on the Silver Comet Trail and have one of our younger daughters tag along. She needed to take a nap – and wouldn’t fall asleep...
View ArticleWednesday, May 8
This is writing as catalog. Writing as journal. Writing as catharthis. Maybe this is a blog post. Maybe it’s a memory. Maybe I just need to write. On Wednesday, May 8th at around 10:50 am I texted my...
View ArticleAgape
I can remember first learning about the concept of “agape” in church when I was younger. Maybe even in a Sunday School class on a cool, Michigan morning. Either way the word sounded foreign to me, much...
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Muppets, Found on FFFFOUND!
Sometimes surviving Hump Day means you have to post a bunch of Muppet comics images. It’s clear there are two artists here, but I don’t know either one and I’m not up on the Muppets comic books at all....
View ArticlePromoting Pi
If you follow me on Twitter you’ll know that, recently, I’ve been doing a ton of running during my lunch time. The vast majority of this running is done on the campus of the North Avenue Trade School...
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Coffee Talk
References to Linda Richman & the Holy Roman Empire notwithstanding, it’s a great time to be a fan of good coffee. I wasn’t really a big coffee drinker until sometime between when my son was born...
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