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this is the song i wrote in the key of gladys

11.25.2011

ALERT! I’ve lost Gladys. I think she might have left me for a better musician. If you see a striking, dark-blue tuning fork with a friendly tone and a frequency of approximately 392 Hz, please ask her to come home. She has a “G” tattooed right above her… well, you know, her crack. I finally [...]

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this is the song i wrote in the key of clarence

08.08.2011

I got a little sidetracked starting my business and quitting my job, so my efforts to acquire perfect pitch this year were slightly delayed. But no need to dwell on the past. This is the present, and I have a sketch for you. It’s called “Smaller Steps” and it’s in the key of C (Clarence). [...]

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new project: perfect pitch in 2011

01.11.2011

As is the case with many of my often neglected side-projects and ill-conceived schemes, my latest project is inspired by my readings, conversations with friends and family, and the mish-mash of podcasts and video clips I regularly consume. This project resulted from a convergence of ideas around a similar theme which has been amplified by [...]

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combine 1 part michael pollan with 2 parts wendell berry

11.01.2009

The seven words that sum up Michael Pollan’s book In Defense of Food, “Eat food – not too much – mostly plants”, reveals three basic guidelines for every eater: Eat food. Don’t eat too much food. Eat mostly plants.

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3 bumper stickers – a total commitment

10.22.2009

You have to be serious when you put 3 bumper stickers on your car. Seen on Forest Park Parkway on the way home from work. Kind of hard to read in this photo:

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someone you care about seeks reconciliation

10.14.2009

Fortune cookie fail. If you had any superstition left in you, this will help you exorcise it. Does anyone know how many different fortunes the typical cookie fortune printer is working with? There must be hundreds of thousands. Is it rare to get the same fortune as your lunch date? I guess the gods just [...]

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trash can squirrel, i won’t hurt you

The lamest picture of a trash can squirrel. Ever.

09.27.2009

There was a squirrel hanging out in a garbage can in the parking garage at my office the other day. I tried to take some pictures of him, but for some reason he seemed a bit threatened when I pointed the camera at him. You should have seen me running around this garbage can trying [...]

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is dancing a skill or a crutch? ask oliver sacks

09.20.2009

Just finished reading Oliver Sacks’ “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat”. Based on the first few chapters, I thought I would really get into the book. But towards the end Sacks’ style was beginning to bother me a little and I sensed that the later stories were being scraped from underneath the [...]

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