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Month: December 2008

  • Temos Neve

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    It seems like just yesterday, I was complaining about how is was so warm and rainy, so close to Christmas. Well, shut my mouth. My parents are in town this weekend (more about that later), and they brought one of those patented Utah snow storms with them. They arrived on Thursday night, and woke up…

  • Filling the hours

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    Surfing and shark riding, binderclip man. Backside kickturn on a spreadsheet Arms straight out, like those guys who surfed in the 50’s With the modular orange head

  • Lights and Palm Trees

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    I took this shot of the WFC  winter garden, last night on my way out. This time of year, it really lives up to its name. The picture doesn’t really do it justice. The lights juxtaposed with the palm trees, create a kind of cool motif. Even though it is a very large space, it…

  • La Musica Coolica #6 (Nelly F.)

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    Alright, this one may be a bit surprising. Nelly Furtado. Yes, that girl who sings “Promiscuous.” I first heard of NF, when I picked up the Whoa Nelly! demo at some record store in SLC. I liked “Well Well,” pretty much right away. I admit that it was mostly for the way it sounded in…

  • Let it snow

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    This is the view from my floor, today. Fitting that the blizzard really kicked in, right as our floor’s Christmas lunch party was getting going. Woo Hoo!

  • Weekend o’ holiday partaaayyys

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    We were able to attend  a couple of Christmas parties this weekend. The first was was at our church. It was a pretty entertaining program, until Reagan got a mouth full of fake snow, hahaha. Speaking of church, the music on Sunday was outstanding. We go to church with some very talented people. Sometime I…

  • PJ, this weekend

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    We had a pretty good visit with Piper, this weekend. She wasn’t diggin’ the trache collar too much on Friday or Saturday, but was back in the saddle, on Sunday. It was a lot of fun spending time with her, either way. Reagan played dress up with her, on Friday. You can read her post…

  • Shoe Attack

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    I was so curious when I read about the shoe attack, this morning. I almost died when I saw this video. Honestly, what is the world coming too? Above all, I was impressed with Dubya’s ninja like reflexes, while dodging the flying footwear.

  • It’s all about perspective

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    I love the recent HSBC ads like the one above. I really like the way that these ads distill down the idea of subjectivity. I tend to get so wrapped up in my opinion, that sometimes I feel like there is no other way to see things. Maybe part of that is NYC rubbing off…

  • ‘Tis the Season (for wallets and ninjas)

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    It’s that time of year where you start getting all of these random bottles of wine and boxes of chocolates in the mail. It is kind of nice to get presents from random people who you have only met once or twice, but do a lot of biz with. It is also nice to see…