I hadn’t planned on seeing much scenery while in Utah. Work took me out here, and I flew in late on a Sunday night and fly out dreadfully early on Friday morning. My days here are busily occupied in a glass building in an office park in a room with whiteboards on the walls and [...]
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Leafing through old (very old, these days) notebooks from college attests to the fact that I was back then (and occasionally still am) a doodler. Which does not mean I wasn’t paying attention in class. In fact, the secondary task of doodling can demand just enough cognitive function to keep the mind more attentive to [...]
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New Year’s Day 2009 Run!
Originally uploaded by Ernesto and Kristen Burden
Mulling over some resolutions for 2009 during my run today. I came up with a long list of ever more complicated resolutions, many with clauses, appendices and exemptions, some with deeply-nested if-then statements. Embarrassing, I realized as I sat down to type [...]
One of the best parts about in-town living is the great neighbors we have. And though we all get along and really like each other, we don't see them all that often. Busy lives, different schedules. But almost every time there's a good snow, you're sure to find neighbors from two or three of the [...]
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I rented a tux for a buddy's wedding a few month's back, and got a coupon for Men's Wearhouse. So I took the coupon and went 'back-to-school' shopping and bought a new sport coat for work. It had been quite a few years, and my old ones were starting to look threadbare…Anyhow, I loved the coat, [...]
USPS: We care (?) Originally uploaded by Ernesto and Kristen Burden
The latest issue of Guitar World arrived today… shredded (ha!). The note on the bag holding torn up mag (no way to decipher the sheet music in there!) and shattered instructional DVD: we care. But then no evidence in the following three graphs [...]
A neighbor yells at kids for climbing a tree in front of their own house. Then after the mother refuses to make them stop, the neighbor calls the police. Sheesh.
Makes me happy to have always had great luck in neighbors. The ones with kids have known first hand the fine line between protecting them and [...]
The bluest sky
Originally uploaded by Ernesto and Kristen Burden
We hiked Uncanoonuc with the kids. Now I’m lying on my back on a rock at the summit while the kids gambol about the alpine meadow. The sky is as blue as a painted ceiling. Sweet.
An annual part of moving from spring to summer for me is the ritual transition from the beloved warm amber of the single-malt Scotch to the icy clear shimmer of the gin martini, up, dry, with a twist of lime. Which is not to say that I’d decline a Scotch June, July or August, [...]
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