Month: April 2011

in the aeroplane over the sea

When I booked my tickets to Detroit, the email confirmation read “Republic Airlines on behalf of United.” This made me frown slightly, for Republic is not among the airlines at my tiny Santa Barbara regional airport, nevermind...

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until we meet again

Hey! Guess what! I’m going to Michigan this week! Right now, even, as this post goes up. Oh, how I wish I had a smartphone. If I did, I could use it to tweet things like, “Am sitting at airport bar.”...

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the breaks

Oh, am I ever in a foul mood. I feel fouler than a duffle bag full of post-game rugby jerseys....

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they call me spooky

Hand to God, my father — my rational, mathematically-minded, hard science-loving, fiscally conservative Republican father — swears he saw a UFO. He was 17, and on the tractor. He’d just made a turn when he looked up and...

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mixtape 14: feel it all around

So I know that last week I was talking about making a Cure playlist, which I never did get around to. Then again, last week was also chilly and rainy. Right now, not so much. Yesterday afternoon, in fact, it got so hot (87° F)...

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