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Eating Crow
Yeah, so I haven't posted in a while. I keep meaning to put up the pictures of my Boundary Waters trip, as well as do a little something to commemorate the fact that I have now been living in Minnesota for ten years ( Read more... ) -
Stabbing Preamble to the Boundary Waters
Around this time of year, me and some folks get together for an annual trek up into the BWCA, or Boundary Waters Canoe Area. It is a federal reserve at the northern part of the state where you basically have to rough it. No motor boats, no glass, no cans. You get a canoe and paddle until you run out of water, and then put the canoe on your head ( Read more... ) -
Coming Up for Air
I have been remiss in my posting of late. The tide of life has a habit of washing over you unexpectedly and then carried off into the deep water with the undertow. Since I have reached another ebbing period in the cycle, I aim to make up for some lost time. Hopefully this update will prompt me to up my posting frequency (again).
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Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged
It has been a while since my last post about fencing. This is largely because I have not competed all that much this season. That, in turn, is due to the fact that I have been volunteering to help run many of the local tournaments for the past couple of years ( Read more... ) -
Pointless College StoriesII: Fish Dates Outside His Species
captain_squid said yesterday that I should tell this story. It is actually a pretty good story considering the shocked response I get after having done so. However, I am at odds here because one of the tenets I had set for myself when posting here is not to talk about my love life (or lack thereof). It just seems like a bad idea to air that kind of thing on ( Read more... ) -
Pointless College StoriesII: Fish Becomes a Ham
While plenty stories remain to be told about college, it is becoming more and more difficult to bring them up without first broaching the topic of No Refund Theatre. It has certainly been mentioned in passing enough that it warrants its own attention. So here we go.
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Pointless College StoriesII: Fish Meets the Mascot
To continue this romp through the past, I am feeling awfully tangential. So for this third installment, I will recount an encounter I had with an agent of the dark cabal that truly runs everything on main campus.
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Pointless College Stories II: Fish Makes a Stand
In reviving the meme that word_geek started last year, I figure that it is only fitting that the first story I will relate took place during my tenure at the McKeesport branch campus.
( Paper is trash too )