2020-06-23
For much of my 20s many of my jobs looked suspiciously like backpacking and I lived for weeks or months at a time in tents.... cont’d
2019-03-27
Human beings are machines designed to walk.
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2019-03-15
There always comes a point where I can’t finish “designing” something in my head. I have to start building it to find the edges.
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2018-08-16
Discerning whether something is real or a fantasy is no longer a salient problem for daily existence.
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2018-05-18
Nostalgia is a dangerous impulse
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2017-07-26
Pondering the distinction between being right (correct) and right (moral).
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2016-02-21
Everything you want to work on, work on it with both hands.
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2015-08-06
I reckon the statute of limitations is probably up on this lie.
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2015-07-04
Delivered at the Merna Community Cemetery, July 2nd, 2015
Dad was not a Churchy man and while he liked to discuss religion, he didn’t often... cont’d
2015-05-01
Over the last four years I wore a literal groove into the gravel behind the bleachers at the Lewis and Clark baseball diamond. This narrow... cont’d
2014-11-30
The dirt in my father’s blood
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2014-11-18
About twelve years ago, in the middle of my divorce, my father paid me the greatest compliment I have ever been given.
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2014-03-17
Scenario: a bike is broken down. Probably a flat tire. Bike and cyclist are on the roadside and might need a little help…
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2012-06-25
Bicycles are a metaphor
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2011-08-17
I like my commute so much I make it longer, and do it on the weekends
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2009-12-31
I don't know anyone who says anything other than “good riddance” to the first decade of the 21st century.
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2008-07-11
You can use a Swiss Army knife to cut your fingernails in two different ways: with the scissors, or with the knife blade.
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2008-06-18
You can’t learn to plow by reading books
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2008-04-21
Why I left, and what I miss
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2007-07-03
In the last 24 hours the feeling finally hit us: OK, we're actually leaving.
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2007-02-26
Dear Honored Foreign Designer,
The following is a guide to the use of color in Chinese graphic design. Unlike foreign color symbolism, in which colors... cont’d
2007-02-18
I realized on this trip that I don’t particularly care for travel. For me this is a big admission, although in retrospect it’s kind of... cont’d
2006-08-09
After about 25 hours of transit we are finally in Xiamen. Flights were all smooth, after a delayed departure from Portland. The delay actually worked... cont’d
2005-08-30
1990 Honda Civic, Runs, Sort of - $250 (SW Portland)
Reply to: anon-xxxxxxxxx@craigslist.orgDate: 2005-07-24, 6:47PM PDT
This is a Champagne (transl: “Gold”) 1990 Honda Civic... cont’d
2005-03-18
As I Learned Them from Seven Years of Anthropology Classes
Who you consider a “family member” is closely correlated with the list of individuals in... cont’d
2002-05-04
The last day of the most consequential bike ride of my life
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2002-04-22
Describe a perfect machine
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2002-03-13
The squall of March rain arrives like an announcement, travelling a patient course, propelled by 8000 miles of Pacific Ocean. I hear it crawling eastward... cont’d
