03-29-11

In 2006 the British snooker player Paul Hunter died. Also, so did two other people I'd never heard of.

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03-28-11

When there is finally evidence of extraterrestrial life, I won't be the first to find out.

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03-25-11

When I think about people being ticketed for jaywalking, I have to tell myself it'll never happen to me.

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03-24-11

Nobody thinks it's wrong to shower before bed.

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03-22-11

8 hours to one person is about 4 made for TV movies to another.

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03-21-11

There's no such thing as a 'cool' back scratcher.

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03-08-11

There's no telling how many stranger's smiling faces I'd remember if I had a camera phone.

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03-07-11

Some people wear goggles when they cut onions.

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02-21-11

Now I know that being vegetarian just means you don't eat things that have faces.

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02-04-11

I've begun to suspect that there aren't enough proverbs to cover all the proverbial things.

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02-02-11

One of the things I'm not: in a band.

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01-28-11

I played baseball, something I haven't done years.
I had forgotten the sensation of the ball striking my mitt.
It felt good.

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01-27-11

I went for a walk, looking for a destination.
I found a quiet bar and a glass of whiskey.

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01-26-11

I am a terrible drummer but if I drink enough I think that I'm not.

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01-25-11

However improbable it might seem, I still hope to find a pepper mill that is both effective and free.

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01-24-11

Smoking pipe tobacco makes your mouth feel terrible.
Nobody from the 19th century warned me about that.

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12-29-10

I've started playing bar games,
pinball, pool, foosball, shuffleboard, etc..
I'm not good enough to win often
but it's easy to convince myself to practice.

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12-21-10

It's good to remember that we're spinning in space. Pictures of the earth remind me of that, so does a lunar eclipse in the morning.

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12-16-10

If I had the choice, I would trade all the psychics in the world for people who aren't psychics.

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12-15-10

Sometimes while daydreaming, I forget that it is more difficult to do something than to want to do something.

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12-14-10

When I lose something that I need, I buy another one.
That isn't as fun as buying something I wanted
and didn't have before.

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12-10-10

I slept in. It wasn't at all difficult.

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12-08-10

Sometimes forgetfulness makes me worry about what I forgot.

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12-06-10

I've been told that, when driving,
forgetting where and when to turn
makes the directions I give unreliable.

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12-02-10

The last time I remember being snowed in is yesterday.

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11-29-10

November 29th. While it's the anniversary of the release of Pong it is also a day when many other things occurred.

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11-24-10

My diet keeps me from really enjoying the holiday tomorrow.
I only eat things shot off of trees.

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11-23-10

I've got sandbags in the back of my truck and a windshield scraper in the cab. There is also snow on the ground and ice on the roads.

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11-22-10

If my math is correct, I've had at least 100 experiences.

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11-17-10

Whiskey isn't only good on Sunday. It's good anytime.

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11-15-10

I dreamt that I stayed up later than I had.

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11-11-10

I didn't know my own strength. Then I bench pressed 70 pounds.

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11-08-10

Buying sweatpants was not as interesting a process as I'd first imagined.

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11-02-10

Despite passing out very little candy on Halloween,
I didn't suffer any tricks.

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10-28-10

Fuck jawbreakers.

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10-26-10

I don't know what came over me
but I woke up earlier today than usual.

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10-22-10

Today is strange. There is absolutely nothing remarkable about it.

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10-20-10

If I could have my way,
I wouldn't have given away all of those pea coats.

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10-18-10

I've discovered a new drinking game. Tennis.

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10-15-10

I just remembered what the door mouse said: Feed your head.

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10-14-10

Two lanes of the freeway were closed this morning. I remembered that from yesterday, they were closed then too.

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10-13-10

I've fallen into a routine, toast for breakfast and coffee at work.

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10-11-10

I love that I was gifted a large cast iron skillet today. I also love that as a child that would have bored me incredibly.

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10-06-10

I'm not 100% sure but I do think I saw a face in the clouds today.

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10-05-10

There are a lot of soups out there.

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10-01-10

I began re-watching Twin Peaks last night and despite the murder and despite Leo, I still felt an urge to move to a small town in rainy northern Washington.

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09-24-10

I mistook Nick Hornsby for Neil Gaiman on the radio for a moment this morning.

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09-17-10

Today I allowed myself a one hour work day. I even slept in. It reminded me of not working at all.

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09-15-2010

I'm not an expert so yesterday when I got a blister, rather than deliberate on the benefit of that particular physical reaction I just decided that blisters are stupid.

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09-14-10

I bought a heavy wool blanket. I look at it before going to sleep, excited for winter to come.

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