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Roy Orbison in Clingfilm
I don’t really see my blog as a catalog of links of interest, but when a site intrigues me enough that I remember it later and look it up, I think it has influenced my life sufficiently to warrant a log entry. Such is the case with the simple but strangely fascinating Roy Orbison In…
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Nathan Lorenz
My close friend from my school days in Chicago, I’m honored that Nathan will be attending my wedding both as friend and photographer. Nathan and I are not only college chums, we have also wandered Europe and spent many happy hours in some of Chicago’s finer establishments together. Photo alterations by Andy Sheppard, original photo…
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Not Climbing
Ann called me last night and asked me if I’d like a visit – of course I said yes – and she was already in the driveway! Tricksy girl. She’s made the day special and distracted me from the fact that I need to continue resting my ankle and abstaining from climbing. She wants to…
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Big White Guy
This BWG pushes T-shirts featuring himself to finance his stories and pictures about being a giant gwai lo in Hong Kong.
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Spoonerisms
I hadn’t heard this term until somebody caught one in my last post (I had demon- instead of denom-inational, yikes!). My favorite that I’ve committed though was in my fiancee’s parent’s car as we were looking for a place to get ice cream. We passed a shop trying to see if it was open, and…
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We have a minister
We found a minister to officiate at our Joshua Tree wedding: Reverend Irma Kaye Sawyer. She is a non-denominational minister who has a home in Yucca Valley and loves doing wedding ceremonies in the park. Just what we were looking for! We met her this weekend and are excited and relieved to have another piece…
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The Beach
I have now lived in southern california for a year and a half, and finally went to the beach. Ann and I pulled into Huntington Beach about noon with all rest of the beachgoers and fought for our parking spot in the midst of many driving maneuvers that were new to me. Walking down the…
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Feedster
Today I discovered the blog search engine Feedster, because I was getting some referrals from it. This is cool – a search engine that actually indexes current content. For instance, I typed in “Swiss Arete” and got my trip report from two days ago. I guess b2 must be sending RSS content there for me.…
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Tenosynovitis & dislocating tendon
This is the official diagnosis of my ankle after an ultrasound examination by my new podiatrist, Dr. Horn. Tenosynovitis is irritation and swelling of the sheath around tendons. I need to take anti-inflammatory drugs and rest the ankle for three weeks minimum, then ease back into activities. The dislocating tendon will continue to move around.…
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Wagon Wheel
Had a nice bouldering session with Ted near the Big Loaf today. Did some long, slow traverses to warm up. The temperature was perfect, a little windy, but good. I felt good for a while, then as I landed a few times my ankle started to hurt again. Soon I realized it wasn’t ready for…