Category Archives: Life

Amazon vs. Barnes & Noble

Posted on January 17, 2012

It’s not hard to find people, especially book lovers, who lament the downfall of brick-and-mortar bookstores thanks to the rise to dominance of Amazon.com. I could say “online retailers”, but let’s face it: it’s only Amazon. Barnes & Noble has … Continue reading →

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Observations from our Christmas road trip

Posted on January 6, 2012

Kathy and I recently drove from Ann Arbor to Atlanta for Christmas, from Atlanta to Tampa to visit her grandmother, and from Tampa back to Michigan with an overnight layover in my parents’ house in Atlanta again. The trip between … Continue reading →

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Kristen Bell was Uda Bengt?!

Posted on October 29, 2011

I was shocked and amazed to find out recently that Kristen Bell, best known as Veronica Mars, also played Uda Bengt in Rob Thomas’s other show, Party Down. I had known Kristen Bell played Veronica Mars for several years, from … Continue reading →

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Watching the World Series at Bar Louie

Posted on November 1, 2009

When I heard that Pedro Martinez would start game 2 of the World Series for the Phillies at Yankee Stadium, I was excited to watch it, preferably with my other baseball-following friends. You can read a nice summary of Pedro’s … Continue reading →

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Ego bruising

Posted on October 18, 2009

While I was watching college football at a friend’s apartment, she brought out a few wooden 3D puzzles that her grandfather makes as a hobby, so we could fiddle around with them during halftime and when there wasn’t anything going … Continue reading →

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Homeless stories

Posted on August 28, 2009

These are a few musings I had that were unconnected except by virtue of the fact that they all have something to do with the homeless. My favorite game or segment on all the radio shows I’ve listened to is … Continue reading →

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A good appetite is attractive

Posted on July 14, 2009

The MSN homepage had a link to this article in Glamour magazine (I assure you, I would never go straight to Glamour.com on my own) titled “Five times you’re sexy to men”. It purports to inform women of the occasions … Continue reading →

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My 10k day

Posted on July 4, 2009

Today is my 10k day: the 10,000th day of my life. I guess that’s almost as special as being born on the 4th of July. I was planning on it being a 5k and 10k day: run in the 5k … Continue reading →

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Sandra Tsing Loh is a bad writer

Posted on July 3, 2009

I’ve thought of myself as a pretty good writer since I was in elementary school, having been told several times throughout my life by people worth listening to that I had a talent for it. I just haven’t had any … Continue reading →

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NBA Finals are lame

Posted on June 7, 2009

I can’t stand the NBA and especially not its playoffs. It drags on forever and I don’t understand why anybody gives a crap. I know there’s a lot more to it than this, but do you know what I see … Continue reading →

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Sympathetic tone and long-distance running

Posted on June 6, 2009

Last Sunday I ran in the largest road race in Michigan, the Dexter–Ann Arbor Run. All together, its three races (5k, 10k, half-marathon) have more participants than any other race in Michigan each year. I did okay, but I was … Continue reading →

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Food lines

Posted on May 9, 2009

I spend a fair amount of time thinking about how I could design things better than the people who designed them. One example is food lines, like you’d go through at luncheons or cookouts, for example. They’re set up poorly … Continue reading →

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Cold feet and denial

Posted on April 28, 2009

A really good friend of mine has been engaged to a guy for about three years and has been in a relationship with him for a total of six or seven years now. They’ve been together since early–middle of college. … Continue reading →

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