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I missed last Friday’s update because I was back home at a wedding, and I had neither time to write nor an internet connection. Being home was great. The wedding was spectacular–friends you’ve known since the first grade don’t often get married. (I’ll pause a moment to let you parse that one.) [Took me [...]

On September 16th, 2005, this was the truth. | (Tags: botulism, energy, food, heart attack, Internet connection, lower energy state, poisoning, stupor, Vancouver, Washington) | Comments Off

Yesterday was Labor Day, and the afternoon full of friends and food and games. So full, in fact, that I didn’t get to some other errands until quite a bit later than I expected. The good news: I found some excellent Labor Day clearance sales on things I’d been needing for some time, [...]

On September 6th, 2005, this was the truth. | (Tags: computer-related equipment, food, Frankln Street, Glen Ellyn, Labor Day, mother-of-pearl glitter paint, paint, USD, Will Provide) | Comments Off

My good friend and adopted sister1 Eleanor arrived Tuesday night for a visit. I picked her up at O’Hare with surprising little trouble (I don’t know what we would have done without instant flight status reports and cell phones, but it wouldn’t have been quite so easy). She planned to stay that night [...]

On January 13th, 2005, this was the truth. | (Tags: cell phones, food, Heather, New York City, O'Hare arrivals arena, Oak Park, USD, Wheaton College) | Comments Off

Happy Thanksgiving, to anyone who might be out there listening. Actually, I hope that instead of reading this, you’re out somewhere surrounded by warmth, family, friends, and good food. That’s where I’ll be soon. Let’s take a moment and be thankful for the abundance we are surrounded with every day of our [...]

On November 25th, 2004, this was the truth. | (Tags: food, Thanksgiving) | Comments Off

Welcome to my new site. I’ve changed some things around, given newstalk a new home (”newstalk.eykd.net”:http://newstalk.eykd.net), and switched to a new blogging platform, “WordPress”:http://wordpress.org. Lots of new nifties, like the new link list on the side there, and PurpleNumber links (for fine-grained addressing) at the end of each paragraph. Let me know [...]

On September 9th, 2004, this was trivial. | (Tags: food) | Comments (3)

So, rather than talk about how crazy and hectic the two weeks previous to this one were, let me instead say that I spent the last three days on the southern shore of Lake Superior with some of the other operations staff from camp. Though the water and the nights were both cold, we [...]

On June 3rd, 2004, this was the truth. | (Tags: bank, Ben, camp site, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, food, gas stove, giardiasis, Jesse, Lake Superior, Mike, Oxford University, Randy, sunburn) | Comments Off