“Dear Katie, I have decided on what I’m going to do: I am going to take the train.” So began a 2:30am email from Cliff and our adventure through the tri-state area of the Ohio River Valley. I picked up Cliff from the Amtrak station in Indianapolis around midnight on Friday, and then turned around […]
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wiiiiiith a wing on the left
It’s a little after 9am and I’ve been awake for almost 4 hours already. I’m starting a new schedule at work with longer days and earlier hours and I was out the door and on the road this morning well before I typically would have been out of bed. The sick thing is, I kind […]
Read more...misdirected rage
Let’s get one thing straight. I’m not a racing fan. Occasionally, I’ll get caught up in the excitement and hometown pride of the whole affair, but it’s not a “sport” I follow at any other time of the year. And this year, especially—the 135th if you’re counting—I’m just not feeling it. When I was little, […]
Read more...house beer
It was warmer and sunnier in Seattle than in Louisville these past few days and that’s a sad state of affairs all around. I arrived in sunny Seattle late-ish on Thursday night after a bit of a dicey plane ride. I hate to fly anyway, and being sick only amplified my burning wreckage paranoia. I’d […]
Read more...I wouldn’t know
They tell me San Diego is gorgeous, and I’ll have to take their word for it, because on my recent work conference I only saw glimpses of America’s Finest City. I was there for the 2009 IACUC Conference and I tried really hard to keep my head down and network as little as possible. I […]
Read more...five days in three parts
Part One – I just can’t listen to Elliott Smith the way I used to. It was spring break last week [EDIT: last week –ish] for Adam and Chelsea and they drove all the way down from Madison, WI to Louisville to waste it with me. They arrived just after I got home from work […]
Read more...yep, that was me
I’ve been to a lot of concerts over the past few weeks, most recently Ryan Adams with the Cardinals last night at the Palace. Considering the last time Ryan Adams played Louisville, he wore a shower cap under his hoodie and never acknowledged the audience, last night could be considered an improvement, but damn that […]
Read more...why we go to Joe’s
It all began innocently enough. Matt’s little brother Greg was turning 22, and so (as if we needed an excuse) we all met at Joe’s for drinks. There was pool, there were shots, there was some Cupid Shuffling. Things didn’t really start to get interesting though, until the boys went to the patio to bum […]
Read more...what I think about giving up stuff for Lent
I think giving up stuff for Lent is stupid. It’s not that I don’t value life changes and sacrifice, and I mean no disrespect to Catholics—it’s really to the secular community that I’m referring. If you’re a practicing Catholic and got up this morning to have some ashes rubbed on your forehead, carry on. But […]
Read more...moxie
I ain’t got it. There are times in my life when I feel confident and self-assured, but that certain je ne sais quoi that pushes one over the edge into moxie territory is missing from my repertoire. I mean, I’m not afraid of confrontation. I was raised Southern (borderline redneck) and being confrontational is hardwired […]
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