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- blogging (16)
- co-op life (33)
- fat politics (8)
- madison (44)
- music (11)
- personal (46)
- politics and culture (23)
- random weirdness (19)
- save the internet (10)
- spirituality (27)
- the seasons (43)
- travel (8)
Entries by Title
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- well, i'm here
- music to pack by
- another co-op beckons
- ladders, paint splatters, and other transition matters
- time capsule 2003
- time capsule 1973
- the tea-kettle consensus
- laptop nomads seek air conditioning
- cave day!
- more life lessons from a kayak
- the different drummer soundtrack--now more different than ever...
- ker-plunk!
- deejaying a baha'i devotional
- summer rain
- meanderings on the longest day of the year
- wet and woolly wisconsin
- trying templates (and potential car wrecks) on for size
- prayers for good health
- the different drummer goes against the grain
- unusual travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God
- invasion of the festival people...do i know you?
- in the woods, on the water
- exile on mifflin street
- one, two, three, four, what the heck am I writing for? (or,“vacation, all I ever wanted”)
- shaken, not stirred? no...i was stirred by the shaking
- where have our elections gone? long time passing…
- celebrate march 32nd! er, um, april fool!
- the realm of unmatched socks, pocketed business cards and unused social networking pages
- i am a total calendar geek
- random thoughts 47 hours before the baha'i new year...
- daylight savings time
- tell me again, why did i move to wisconsin?
- happy ayyam-i-ha! (aye what?)
- paper swimming pools and fear of the future
- paper swimming pools
- ya hey dere, BBC... have some cheese curds
- just how bad is the weather in wisconsin?
- the pitter-patter of...uh-oh
- all i want to know is, are you kind?
- runaway yaks!
- go ahead, make my day :)
- mulk comes in like a lion
- i don't get drunk, i just absorb other people's hangovers
- what if a badger saw his shadow instead?
- five years in madison, wisconsin, part III
- linkin', linkin', i've been thinkin'
- five years in madison, wisconsin, part II
- five years in madison, wisconsin: part I
- my DJ set from the other night
- the end of suburbia
- a fresh little dusting of snow makes me re-think winter
- untitled
- january 3--only 78 days until spring! yay!
- a new new year's eve
- visons of orange street lights dancing in my head, part II
- it's almost christmas day
- visions of orange street lights dancing in my head, part I
- baha’i humbug? no, christmas still has meaning to me. um…can you tell?
- cutting, splicing, and digitizing a piece of christmas past into the present
- a co-op holiday pageant starring Charlie Brown, Andy Williams, and a gefilte fish
- declaration party
- two years of the different drummer soundtrack
- synchronicity (first in a “God has a sense of humor” series)
- random thoughts on post thirty of thirty for the month of NaBloPoMo—whoops, i mean november
- just what is in that needle, anyway?
- da bears, da...bluegills?
- a co-op house public service announcement
- nablOCDpomo
- pulp diction
- baha'i bar-hopping
- can't they all just play nice with each other?
- giving thanks to many people…including some i scarcely remember
- random thoughts on post twenty one of thirty for November
- "highway P" revisited
- declaration
- speaking of kiddie food...
- the masters of their craft
- documentary night at the co-op house
- rarified air
- tonight's dinner? here's the kiddie menu
- 2010
- quiet
- devotionals, music and a long walk amid the leaves
- random thoughts on post ten of thirty for november
- the day the sun crossed the equator
- me, in the driver's seat?
- steve's ankle-cam: day eleven
- whittling away at internet freedom
- rolling clouds, a rainbow, and a prayer
- the previously unknown world of sunday morning
- evidence against former astronaut rejected by florida judge
- thirty blog posts in thirty days, oh lordy lordy lordy
- a scarier halloween costume than anticipated
- end of four-year rant (surprising results of a co-op food experiment)
- on a quiet walk through james madison park after dropping a heavy piece of news
- the mask crumbles
- sunsets rediscovered
- a war on obesity or a war on obese people?
- toward a (achoo! cough, cough) "touchable world"
- white knuckles tightly gripping the steering wheel in Chicago
- someone sneezed. it must be a sign from God.
- greetings from the log cabin off the information superhighway
- pleased to meet you. i'll be living with you for the next year or so
- a star "bangled" banner night
- black, white and "purple rain"
- the dog days of august seem to have a lot of fleas this year
- welcome to my new media
- keep your distance from me--i'm fat and contagious
- what's the big deal about harry potter, anyway?
- beating the heat sans air conditioning
- marooned in madison
- looking in a mirror at myself looking in a mirror at myself looking...
- the madison blogosphere and the threat to the internet's "first amendment"
- from thirty-nine to "thirty-ten"
- housekeeping the different drummer soundtrack
- my skinny on fat
- it's the end of the world as we know it, and--oh i guess it passed to the north of us
- sinners (burp!) every one of us! part 2
- the government's treatment of internet radio--wouldn't it just be easier to legalize mugging?
- back from limbo with an upgrade into life 4 . 0
- the “capital i song” and the damage done
- now THAT explains a few things
- maybe too much rain
- me today
- the making of the legend of dave handy*
- a nice little gem of a band
- in defense of the art of DJ'ing
- leave the poor lady alone, please
- diamonds under the snow and other tangential thoughts
- tribute to d. boon
- put on your swimsuit—and your snow shoes
- dreams are made of chicken stock
- the evolution of little bunny foo-foo
- when i grow old, my blog shall wear purple
- how can you stand to live in a house with twelve other people?
- casual bail
- dance as if i'm in the DJ booth
- random thoughts for valentine’s day 2007
- ladies and gentlemen: for your entertainment, the media presents its “freak of the week”
- greetings from the groundhog capitol of the world
- the champaign-urbana bowl?????
- passages
- breaking the silence on what had been heretofore a private matter
- in a city twice as big and twice as old
- ridin' on the southwest chief (somehow sung to the tune of "city of new orleans")
- albuquerque bound
- what is the sound of a round object spinning--part two
- under the holiday lights, looking back on one year of blogging
- trying to get my foot out of the vise
- an eighth grade science experiment
- oh yah, i'm really in the zeitgeist now
- hooray for our side?
- see? i am not a discipline-challenged food fetishist contantly stuffing twinkies into his hapless gullet...
- sealed in for a...ah...um...wait a minute!
- sealed in for a long winter's nap
- the senator & me
- the good humor man he sees everything like this
- ma bell is back--in lockstep with big brother
- shadow dances with motion sensors, part II
- indian summer, brisk autumn, and the winged monkeys in between
- why? why? why? why? why?
- me no tube, you tube
- seasons change and so do i
- friday night co-op dinner: jazz improvisation in two parts
- all come together now
- crumbling buildings and crumbling delusions--9/11 reconsidered
- getting lost and loving it
- shadow dances with motion sensor lights
- v for vendetta, p for prairie dog
- feedback is not just an eight-minute song by the grateful dead
- in-between days at the co-op house
- now that’s alternative…it’s alternative to alternative
- it's your armageddon fantasy, dude--not mine
- he might even scare away miss piggy
- chicago seen through cheesehead glasses
- stupid middle eastern wars
- today begins the 40th year of the rest of my life (that does not mean i'm forty, though)
- net neutrality is 100% american--just ask the zuiikin gals
- freedom of thought
- working-class hero boots (an afternoon at the Farm and Fleet)
- an irritating y'accent
- shameless self-promotion department
- read this, but maybe not right before bedtime
- ...and the waters parted
- a lazy night watching the rotating ceiling fan blades
- two big shout outs
- the coup d'etat is not being televised, except maybe on C-SPAN
- would a medical condition by any other name be sweeter?
- time to stand up and be counted
- monty python and the defense of organized religion
- the death of independent thought
- what is the sound of a round object spinning?
- save the internet update
- cat got your lung?
- sinners, every single one of us! (burp!)
- an "administrative professionals day" story, starring jimmy stewart
- save the internet!!!
- today is the ?th day of the rest of my life
- disclaimer about my last posting
- fear of a green planet
- community meets community
- i know your IP address, but really, i'm harmless
- talkin' between g-g-g-generations
- brittingham park, part 2
- ice fishermen vs. water skiers
- teacher, can we have class outside?
- times like these, time and time again...
- an epiphany
- talkin' about religion, talkin' about a revolution
- can the groundhog see his shadow under ten inches of snow?
- what would dr. phil say about my life?
- staring out the window in a dark living room, thinking
- soundtrack for a day worth remembering
- i got the fever, but don't want to boogie
- ice culture in the great (white?) North
- a new year in Wisconsin, don’cha know?
- pop go the bullet points
- the mad blitz (or blintz) to get dinner on the table
- christmas decorations and "deck the stalls"
- how John Lennon infiltrated the Glenview Naval Air Station (sort of)
- how do you drive this thing?
Entries by Month
Click on a month below to view a list of articles published during that month.
- September 2008 (2)
- August 2008 (4)
- July 2008 (6)
- June 2008 (7)
- May 2008 (4)
- April 2008 (4)
- March 2008 (5)
- February 2008 (12)
- January 2008 (10)
- December 2007 (9)
- November 2007 (30)
- October 2007 (6)
- September 2007 (4)
- August 2007 (4)
- July 2007 (7)
- June 2007 (6)
- May 2007 (5)
- April 2007 (5)
- March 2007 (5)
- February 2007 (5)
- January 2007 (4)
- December 2006 (5)
- November 2006 (7)
- October 2006 (4)
- September 2006 (7)
- August 2006 (7)
- July 2006 (6)
- June 2006 (10)
- May 2006 (4)
- April 2006 (8)
- March 2006 (6)
- February 2006 (4)
- January 2006 (4)
- December 2005 (5)




