Archive for the ‘Ramblings’ Category

Bittersweet transition: reflections on my impending life change

Without waxing poetic, I’d like to scribble down some of my thoughts over the past few weeks. These will mostly be disjointed, stream of conscious kind of thoughts: I’m very excited about my move to Florida, and I know it is a completely positive change for me.

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Moving back to Florida

I’ve accepted a job offer in Gainesville, FL and I’ll be moving back in a couple weeks. I don’t have too much to say about it now, but I’ll write more soon. UPDATE: I’ll be leaving Dallas on Monday, October 2 and should be arriving in Gainesville

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Have you seen the high waters?

I’ve noticed a disturbing fashion trend here at work: lots of dudes’ pants are way, way too short, or they’re hiked up way too high. I don’t pretend to be a fashionista (indeed, I have a pretty unique “style”, but it centers almost exclusively around comfort and

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Book recommendations for a buddy

A friend of mine recently called to ask if I would recommend some books for him. He wanted me to recommend good stuff that he was probably supposed to read in high school, but didn’t. He also mentioned that he wanted to read stuff that might be

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Geometry Wars!

Rick: “Dude, have you played XBOX 360?!” Me: “Nope.” Rick: “Man, there’s this really awesome game called Geometry Wars!” … Me: “Go on.” Rick: “If you played this game on LSD, your head would explode.”

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Amazon knows me oh so well!

I just got the following e-mail from Amazon.com: Dear Amazon.com Customer, We’ve noticed that customers who have purchased books by David Sedaris often purchased books by Nora Ephron. For this reason you might like to know that Nora Ephron’s newest book, I Feel Bad About My Neck:

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Tired adventures

Tired adventures Where to begin? I guess I’ll begin in the middle (beginning at the beginning is worn out and beginning at the end is feaux ironic). Saturday afternoon, I took my car to Discount Tire to have the tires rotated. I had been holding out because

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9-Ball is totally… hilarious?

Today, as on many other boring Sunday afternoons, I turned to ESPN to keep me entertained. Sure enough, there was some Women’s 9-Ball Championship action, and it couldn’t have been more hilarious. Before you can experience the hilarity, it’s necessary to invest a little time watching a

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Back to the… Office?

Back to the… Office? I passed a Delorean on my way to work this morning. I think I’ve only seen one other Delorean on the street, and that was eight or nine years ago. I was just humming the Back to the Future theme song and thinking,

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Thoughts from Florida

Thoughts from Florida NOTE: I wrote most of this late one night as I sat awake at Dad’s house, just sitting and thinking. I don’t really remember what I wrote… I’ve been in Florida for about 48 hours and I’ve only sneezed three times. I’m not sure

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