The stomach flu epidemic started on Saturday afternoon right at the end of class when I started feeling nauseous. I attributed it to hunger, as I remember having a similar feeling a couple of weeks before at about the same time. I met a few friends for drinks. Someone ordered a nacho potato thing with, … Continue reading stomach flu sweeps through co-op house, seven ill
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a fire but no owie at the Baha’i conference
Soundtrack in my head: Liz Phair, "Supernova" I snapped this photo of an early morning sunrise over Green Lake as I found myself up early on a Saturday morning at the Baha'i Conference with nothing to do but reflect. There has been a lot for me to reflect on and think about as I've made … Continue reading a fire but no owie at the Baha’i conference
Thievery Corporation reads between the lines on the television screen
Soundtrack in my head: Thievery Corporation, "Culture of Fear" Once again, Thievery Corporation tells it like it is--with help from Mr. Lif--and you can't resist dancing to it. This one's been going through my head more lately. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApK0kcy7U0Q&w=560&h=315
welcoming a new housemate in their transition to co-op living
Soundtrack in my head: Glenn Yarbrough, "Sunshine Fields of Love" Last week a woman in her thirties and her young son left behind a condo and a significant number of possessions to transition to co-op living and join our community. This is no small deal--I remember what it was like to leave behind my large … Continue reading welcoming a new housemate in their transition to co-op living
a Soundpool of good vibrations, amplified
Soundtrack in my head: Soundpool, The Divides of March With two papers and a presentation due in less than two weeks, I haven't had much time to write. So I thought I'd take this time to share with you a clip from one of my favorite bands, Soundpool. They mix shoegaze with a bit of … Continue reading a Soundpool of good vibrations, amplified
Fuzzbox: another band from my generation goes on a reunion tour
Soundtrack in my head: Fuzzbox: Love Is The Slug Robman94 [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)] You know you're getting old when the bands that you listened to in college start going on reunion tours. I chronicled the 2010 comeback of The Primitives in a previous post. I didn't know until later that a more obscure group … Continue reading Fuzzbox: another band from my generation goes on a reunion tour
nothing like a blizzard to motivate me to say hello
It's easy to have the best intentions about keeping a blog updated. I was doing a pretty good job at it for a while (i.e. December). But then the new year hit like a whirlwind, and it was all that I could do to take a breath and get enough bearings about me to even figure out where I was.
1991 revisited through my journal
The year 1991 felt like a bucket of cold water being dumped on my head.
seven years of co-op living
Moving from Chicago to Madison was a major change in my life. Practically everything changes when you change cities. Looking back, I can also now see that 26 December 2002 marked a significant correction in the course of my life.
at last, a co-op christmas tree
This may sound nit-picky, but for years it has bothered me that co-op life has often left little room for a Christmas tree.