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Bummer
I took the morning off yesterday – my second day at my new job – to drive to Denver to vote. It was another hour in line, this time in an elementary school. Kids went by in lines, some whispering ‘Kerry Kerry Kerry’ quietly as they went by. I had to cast a provisional ballot,…
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Movie: City of God
A harsh look at the brutal life of children in the City of God, the slums outside of Rio De Janero. This is one of those movies, like the The Killing Fields, that explores the role of journalism in showing us truths that we would rather ignore. It too is based on a true story.…
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The 2004 Election Fiasco Begins
Today I decide to take advantage of early voting while I’m in Denver for a meeting. I stop by a few polling places, but the lines are hours long. Finally I decide to get it over with, and stand in a line through the isles of a Safeway on Federal for over two hours. When…
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Book: Heir of Autumn / Giles Carwyn and Todd Fahnestock
Update: The book’s been published! It’s now listed on Amazon. One of the authors of this book, Todd Fahnestock, gave a xeroxed, hole-punched, string-bound copy to Ann for me to read. She worked for him last week on a temp assignment. I don’t know anything else about him, but it appears he’s doing pretty well…
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We Move to Fort Collins
Once again we schlep our stuff, this time from the storage locker in Denver to a house we have rented near campus in Fort Collins. The process looks eerily similar to the scene when we packed up last March.
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Movie: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Charlie Kaufman comes through with another great script. While it definitely has the originality you’d expect from him after Being John Malkovich and Adaptation, there are fewer stunts and more genuine contemplation here. He didn’t write himself into this one either, and I had to check to make sure he was indeed the screenwriter. The…
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I Surrender to the Pink Tide
Lately the hobolog has been receiving a hundred or more SPAM comments per day, mostly from online gaming places. I can’t keep up with deleting them all. For now I have resorted to comment moderation, which means that you can still make comments but they won’t show up until I approve them. I hope this…
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Movie: Together
A brilliant young violinist from the country seeks his fortune in Beijing. I’m a sucker for coming-of-age movies, and musical genius movies. This is both. The characters are quirky and good-hearted, and the soundtrack is gripping. I think I like these movies because I know that I too was a musical genius growing up. I…
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Protected: My Address
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Employment!
The phone call came today – I have been offered the job at Colorado State University! Ann and I will probably head to Fort Collins tomorrow to scope out a place to live. Sarah has a friend with a dog-friendly place to rent near campus, and there seem to be lots of others. Even buying…