Essays from a guy with too much pontification on his hands
January 3rd, 2012
My posts have been way heavy the past couple months. I think part of that is because when I sit down to write I have it in my mind that I am Sitting Down To Write. That’s fun for awhile, but also a little tiring to read.
I need to shake it up a bit, so here’s a video I shot today. My wife and I signed up for Amazon Fresh, which is online grocery delivery. Only Seattle-area so far, so I guess we’re lucky on that count.
But the bonus is you get dry-ice with the cold stuff.
December 30th, 2011
Here’s to a fun year. If that guy who misinterpreted ethnographer’s misinterpretation of the Mayans is right, this is the penultimate day of the penultimate year. Seems auspicious.
December 28th, 2011
but man this place is weird. I’m learning I have preconceptions, expectations, and prejudices about certain things that just don’t work out here. I’m having to come up with an entirely new model for people.
December 26th, 2011
Getting older is weird. I’m unsure if things get more complicated or I just become more aware/exposed to complications. It’s hard to know for sure, because anyone you ask isn’t going to remember it right anyway, since the very things that might cause you to notice things more now are affecting the people you would ask in the first place.
December 23rd, 2011
Today, or maybe yesterday, an acquaintance posted a small diatribe on Google+ about how he dislikes “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Holidays”. He hates how it’s all mysticism and people hiding their minds from reality, etc. It was pretty involved and filled with passion, some of the points I agree with some I don’t. But it’s exactly the same as other friends who post on Facebook who post that “Jesus is the Reason for the Season”.
December 22nd, 2011
Work sent me to a class for Sencha Touch 2, the past three days. I had some interesting experiences that I’d like to write about, but not right now.
Right now I just want to say how happy I am to have a short trip to work.
December 19th, 2011
Adelaide, I have now been your dad for one year.
