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DIALOGUES: November 2012
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A Few Discussions Worth Reading. A Few Not. Sunday, November 25, 2012. A Love Affar With My Washing Machine. If you were to walk around my apartment, one of the last things you might notice would be my washing machine. This is probably for a few reasons:. 1) There are more interesting things to look at, such as the view from my balcony, or the built-in seat in my shower. 2) The washing machine is standard-looking —. White, with stylish touches of chrome —. Probably anywhere from 1:54 -2:13. Fantastic, I ...
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DIALOGUES: Nine Stops
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A Few Discussions Worth Reading. A Few Not. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I kept reading as the train headed towards the second stop and only looked up because the people around me were moving and bumping into me. I do not like being bumped into and I wanted to give someone a dirty look. But the people were just making way for a mother and her little girl and they are what I want to tell you about. I went back to reading my Kindle (Brendan Early and Dana Moon were in a shootout with Phil Sundeen and his gang...
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DIALOGUES: May 2012
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A Few Discussions Worth Reading. A Few Not. Sunday, May 27, 2012. A Museum and My Family. Hemingway said you should never travel with a person unless you love them. I took his advice, and Kristin and I flew to DC. Kristin walked on to the plane that would take us from Austin to Chicago and said, " it smells like a grandmother's house.like old moth balls.you know? I nodded; I know what old moth balls smell like, though never once have I associated them with Granny. You see what I mean? And then I'd smile ...
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DIALOGUES: April 2012
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A Few Discussions Worth Reading. A Few Not. Tuesday, April 10, 2012. To Washington and Back, Part 1. My diesel truck became known as the "tortuga" for no real reason other than "tortuga" is a fun word to say, especially if you can deliver it with a thick, dramatic spanish accent like something straight out of a telenovela. It took practice, of course, but we had practiced it plenty of times on drives to and from swimming workouts. On one of those flights was a woman whose arms were bigger than Kristin's ...
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DIALOGUES: Q&A with my Dad, part 1
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A Few Discussions Worth Reading. A Few Not. Thursday, January 17, 2013. Q&A with my Dad, part 1. I sent this email to my Dad a few days ago:. I have a few questions I would like to ask you over the coming weeks and months. I have a feeling I am not the only one who would like to read your answers. If you don't mind, I would like to publish your responses on my blog. My first question is:. What are moments (or a single moment, perhaps), you find yourself thinking about often? I went to India.
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DIALOGUES: January 2013
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A Few Discussions Worth Reading. A Few Not. Thursday, January 17, 2013. Q&A with my Dad, Part 2. Lilly is 13. She tells you that she thinks she loves a boy, but isn't sure what love is or what it feels like. What would you say if she asked you what you thought? Q&A with my Dad, part 1. I sent this email to my Dad a few days ago:. I have a few questions I would like to ask you over the coming weeks and months. I have a feeling I am not the only one who would like to read your answers. If you don't...There...
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DIALOGUES: December 2011
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A Few Discussions Worth Reading. A Few Not. Thursday, December 22, 2011. I've never been certain of what someone means when they tell you that such-and-such is a "real dive bar." I have an idea of what they want me to picture, but even that I doubt is very accurate. Dirt always finds its way into these dive bars I create in my head and so do wooden floors. I don't know why, but they do. The best way to describe this place is to tell you the story about a guy in a trenchcoat who yelled "WOOOOOOH! One of t...
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DIALOGUES: February 2012
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A Few Discussions Worth Reading. A Few Not. Thursday, February 23, 2012. This is our mailbox:. This is our mailbox after a typical delivery of "mail":. The mail, when taken out of the mailbox and brought inside, is full of gems like these:. And funny stuff like this:. All of which make me want to do this. A) I have no fucking clue who Gold Cat is and why I keep getting their mail. B) Is Gold Cat even a real name? Or is it a pseudonym? C) Who the fuck uses a pseudonym for their mail? Of course he wouldn't.
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DIALOGUES: August 2011
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A Few Discussions Worth Reading. A Few Not. Wednesday, August 24, 2011. But obviously there are more than trees, dirt, and a pool in this park. The title gave that away. There is also a green bench. And on this green bench there is a simple plaque attached to the center which reads:. And so I sat on this bench, blanketed by the shade of the tall trees. I thought about writing, about what lies ahead, and about what my plaque would read if I were gone tomorrow. Sunday, August 21, 2011. When one is a godfat...
