Monthly Archives: July 2012

Roasted brains on dirty sidewalks.

I wrote for four hours last night and accidentally drank 5 blueberry-infused beers (lovely) and was suddenly too loaded to continue. Getting 5 beers deep led to way-past-my-bedtime Netflix hopping and this morning I’m uncomfortably one step behind everything. This … Continue reading

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It’s 1:45am, do you know where your mind is?

Has it been smeared all over the materials you had available? Pigment and sweat drops, an aching back and deeply stained nail beds are all that’s left. Cathartic flow under control. Look at the messages to myself in their miserable, disastrous glory, … Continue reading

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The coffee pot is full and the aroma is gritty, flavoring the entire living room and leaving it clear and creative. I can feel my brain reaching out and it’s time to give it space. Phone off. Music on. Brushes … Continue reading

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So the duck post is a little screwy, lately. I’ll do a new version over the weekend. It’s overdue. First, please check this out and watch the video: Second… I rewarded myself for having cleared the Big Presentation by buying … Continue reading

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39 minutes until the Big Presentation. I have absolutely no idea how this is going to go. The first half will be straightforward and potentially a little boring. It’s data presentation and discussion. The second half is totally open and … Continue reading

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23 hours until the Big Presentation. I’m about halfway prepared, I think. I gave it a good effort yesterday evening and into the night. But then I received an email from our building VP asking for my vote on a … Continue reading

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I took the Fantom (my kickass cross bike) up riverside drive from office to the other and just arrived. There’s no one here and the AC is great. The sound of this office is perfect. Here, I’ll record while I … Continue reading

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Sometimes I come home and I don’t recognize the smell of my apartment. It’s as if I’m entering someone else’s living space. I look around and recognize things, objects, but like the scent, they too seem to be without history. … Continue reading

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The “corporatization of everything” model isn’t unique to the US and the UK any more. It’s been enormously successful, akin to an early religion spreading across an illiterate people, and leaving exploitation and ruin wherever it goes. Of course, it … Continue reading

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Chestnut eats 68 hotdogs and the nation breathes a sigh of relief. The heat index is up, with 300 record high temperatures set for the month of June and now we’re at July 5 and it’s in the mid-90s again. … Continue reading

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