"He whom you cannot teach to fly, teach to fall faster." -Nietsche

Just when I get one car repair done, a radiator hope bursts. Oh, well, at least this is one I've done before.

After more than 20 years of riding bikes, I just changed my own tire for the first time. I'm such a man! Now I have to cook dinner.

It's such a beautiful night. I'm walking three miles to pick up my car. It'll give me time to do some thinking.

Bowling: 102, 118, 102. Not bad considering I haven't bowled in a long time.

No kid tonight! So what are we doing? Bowling. We're party animals! Somebody stop us!

First decent ride on the new bike last night. After that too-small mountain bike, it was like flying!

Dave Shembry. Remember the name. Phenomenal blues harmonica.

Sunday might blues jam at a local biker bar. Great stuff, especially an Aussie harp player who's tearin' it up.

March of the Penguins was pretty good. My son enjoyed it, though he was upset by some of the sadder scenes.

Planning to see March of the Penguins tonight. Will report later.

On the other hand, we had an ultrasound today, and our little one to be is a strong, healthy little boy!

Out of gas. Lovely. I guess this'll be a longer lunch break than I planned. I'm missing my son's school open house, too. Grrrr.

Just bought my ticket for the Tulsa Overground film festival this Saturday. <a href="http://www.Tulsaoverground.Com">Details</a>.

Tonight is the staff picnic for the library, at the Drillers' baseball game.

Unhappy today. Lonely a little, I guess, the way you can be even surrounded by people. Out of touch and socially inept.

I finally replaced my bike with a good used road model, a Lotus. Since I rode a Ferrari in HS, I've got some bragging rights. :-)

I always know it's back to school time when I start to see naked ladies in people's yards.

Too much input today. My eyes are throbbing from staring at computers all day, except on my breaks, when I was reading instead.

Saw Colin Hay, frmrly. of Men At Work, in concert tonight. The show was ruined by some backup singer chick who kept upstaging him.

Serious thunderstorms outside Limon. Quite a show!

On my way to Denver from Tulsa for vacation. Just bought some of the world's best beef jerky at Pat's in Liebenthal, Kansas.

We just wrapped 50,000 miles on the Mitsubishi. My life is a series of insignificant milestones. Well, except for that baby thing.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BABY!!! Due in mid-January. Yay!

We remain the same until the pain of remaining the same is greater than the pain of change.

My son just graduated from preschool tonight. I'm so proud!

If you aren't watching Hell's Kitchen, turn it on now.

Hey, we lost power. Half of Tulsa, evidently. What fun!

Oh, man! Danger Mouse will be released on Region 1 DVD for the first time this weekend! This makes me disturbingly happy.

@?&*%!! Less than 2 miles into my bike ride and my back wheel starts wobbling. I think the bloody bearing went out.

Let's hear it for real bipartisan compromise in the Senate!

I was just thinking I could use a little snack & found donuts in the kitchen. Now I'm thinking I could use a little money...

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You know what would be a great pornstar name? Paris Econolodge.

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It's a beautiful day at the park.

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Tonight the "young families" group from church went to Incredible Pizza for food, games & bowling. Good times were had by all.

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So much for choosing an African or Latino.

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Oh, boy! Nazi Pope!

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I have succumbed to the lure of the dark (chocolate) side of the force, and it tastes GOOD!

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I just gave blood for the first time in ten years. I feel a great joy.

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Tonight we have a special guest at my church: a Swiss yodeling choir complete with alphorn. Magnificent.

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Such a beautiful day today. Just right for a trip to the zoo.

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I'm being followed around town by Chrysler 300s. Should I be scared?

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I saw Napoleon Dynamite last night & hated it. I found him unlikeable because he was all the things I hate in myself.

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We just left my son's parent/teacher conference. His teacher told us he wants to be a librarian when he grows up!

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NPR just played an instrumental of the Beatles' "Martha My Dear" to cap a story about Martha Stewart's prison release. Nice touch.

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"I am like East Berlin. I have this wall, & what I know about the freeworld is I can see their fireworks & I can hear their radio."

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Alright Topeka! Told Fred *ptui* Phelps to stick it in his hateful little ear. Almost makes up for the evolution debacle.

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SNOW!!!!

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My favorite word is "interstices". I love the way it feels on the tongue, and it's uncommon enough that it's always a surprise.

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We get to go to the circus today! Unless I'm mistaken, this will be the first time I've ever been to one. I know it's my son's 1st.

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Kim has a handbell festival today. We dropped her off downtown, and it's gonna be a boys' day. We're starting out at the park.

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This afternoon was the handbell concert. What an amazing experience. 400 ringers all playing at once is incredibly humbling.

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Had a small dinner party with a colleague and his family tonight. A lovely evening. We need to do this more often.

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I'm beginning to wonder if I'm talking to myself. Do me a favor. If you are reading this right now, leave me a comment. Topic: fish

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Just saw my first daffodil of the year. Spring is coming, ready or not.

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Yesterday I recieved a shipment of Ubuntu Linux CDs. It's a free distro that can run from CD or be installed. I'm very impressed!

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Today was great. Kim worked, but I didn't, so I hung out with my son all day. Saw Racing Stripes, and it was pretty good.

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So, the billboard has a big pic of a Filet-o-fish sandwich and says, "I can almost hear the ocean." How dumb do they think we are?

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I just finished watching Whale Rider. God, what a wonderful film!

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I was born exactly 33 years and 4 months ago today. I'm officially an L.P.!

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Earworm: "Pulled into Nazareth, I was feelin' 'bout half past dead..."

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Last night Ch. 8 had "Are the End Times Near?" on regular broadcast news! I was so mad I could spit.

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Just watched Super Size Me. If you haven't seen it yet, do. Even if you don't, please reconsider eating fast food, for all our sake

Well, I don't know what exactly is going on here, but something is getting messed up between my cellphone and my blog. It's always been the case that an entry I e-mailed from my phone would appear in the blog within half an hour or so. The recent spate of posts are items that either never came through, or came through long after they were sent (in one case, they came out of order!)

I'll be watching more closely over the next few weeks to see if the problem clears up (and if any of my stray e-mails appear as duplicate posts). Sorry for the big dump.

[2/15/2005] I slept almost 11 hours last night and I still feel like an elephant sat on me. I'm definitely getting sick.

[2/13/2005] I just finished reading The Known World by Edward P. Jones, the book that all Tulsa's supposed to be reading. Extraordinary.

[2/11/2005] Went bowling tonight with some folks from church. Didn't score very well (92, 100, 88) but the company was great!

[2/11/2005] RIP Arthur Miller

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[2/10/2005] This has been a crazy week. On top of my regular work, I've taken two classes, taught one, and hosted two other programs. Whew!

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Today I an in dire need of a dandelion patch.