i don’t personally recommend taking the Bad Route Road exit. even if there is a Rest Area. this was in Montana, btw.

Posted on August 14th, 2007 by mike
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so, at 33, there are things i’ve been doing the same way for most of my life. one of these things, is how i tie my shoes. i didn’t think much of challenging this convention, until i picked up a pair of skate shoes to kick around in (proverbially speaking… i haven’t actually kicked around [...]

Posted on April 26th, 2007 by mike
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riding the bus in today, i saw an enormous boeing vehicle transporting some very long piece of machinery on the highway. the front end looked like a normal semi tractor. the curious part was, this little cabin attached to the rear wheels of the trailer: and yes, there was a guy back there. presumably to [...]

Posted on April 9th, 2007 by mike
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this is my favorite photo from our visit to chicago in 2004: yes, that’s a ladybug on the outside of the window, on the skydeck of the sears tower. 1,353 feet up.

Posted on March 24th, 2007 by blog
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i invite any mathematician or physicist to explain how an antenna ball (in this case, a Jack-in-the-Box reindeer antenna ball) can hold this much snow.

Posted on March 20th, 2007 by mike
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