Posts by hamblog
binary day
Good things and bad things happened to me on April 7. No in-between. All black or white. Yes or no. THE BAD THINGS Woke up to the sound of scraping and spackling — the house painters have arrived. Didn’t we just have the roof replaced (aka the apocalypse)? Yep, and so what? Why not have…
Read Morefirst quarterly report of 2011
It is apt that my end-of-first-quarter-2011 report (self-imposed) is late. I’m behind with everything; March kind of kicked my ass. Anyways. Here is a roundup of the first 25% of this year of Goals, Challenges, and Regimens. Well, at least the workouts, the flossing, and headache monitoring. Workouts in Hours – First Quarter 2011 (January…
Read Moremaking art from love
This is timely. Here’s an interesting creative piece based on data from dating sites. Description from BoingBoing: R. Luke DuBois’ latest project, “A More Perfect Union,” was spawned during several years of online dating. DuBois became fascinated with the language used in the profiles. So he overlaid data from 19 million online dating profiles onto…
Read Moreand i talked
Lyn, Cynthia, and yours truly, in an orange-flesh hue (?) So I had a pretty good time talking about online dating on the radio. I don’t think I sound too much like a freak (I toned the freak component waaaay down – this is a pretty conservative county after all,) and I got most of…
Read Moregarbleblurgle
Today (Monday April 4) I’m going to be blahblahing live on the radio! About my online dating life! You, my dear reader, of course have heard some (but not all) of the interesting moments in this, um, voyage. Apparently you will be able to listen live and online, and even call in. Dear lord. “Women…
Read Moreunseen (to me) hand
I’ve shared before that I am frightened by things that move that aren’t supposed to move, particularly the scene in Poltergeist where the kitchen chairs got stacked, suddenly, by an Unseen Force: [direct link] My office is located above the theatre in which I do improv. I pass through the stage area often throughout the…
Read Moregentle punking
Yesterday, my colleague sent me an email. My colleague’s daughter K. is 13: Guess what K. did, without asking… Her friend’s mother pierced her tongue! Later, I listened to my favorite WFMU show, Downtown Soulville with Mr. Finewine. Mr. Finewine plays old soul 45s. Until this particular show, when he started playing “Your Song” by…
Read Morehigh impact
I am lying on my bed, pressing my left hip into a frozen water bottle and making ouchy sounds as I wait for the anti-inflammatories and Heineken to kick in. I inadvertently took a spinning class yesterday — long story, just know that I “pushed it” and “worked it” and “upped the resistance” and all…
Read Moresweet babboo
Thank you for suggestions on what to write about — all were great and I promise I will answer all of them! Jeana asked a two-parter (the first was about my engagement), so here’s part two: How about telling us about your first crush? Keith M, first grade, Hopi Elementary School. I thought he had…
Read Morerules of engagement
Thank you for suggestions on what to write about — all were great and I promise I will answer all of them! Now it’s time for number two (oops didn’t mean to say it that way.) This time, from Jeana: I’m curious about when you were engaged just because I never knew that you were…
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