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December 27, 2008

Holiday Adventures with the Clarks

I just spent the past four days peacefully with my family. We do three things a lot (and, I think, well): read play boardgames drink There was also a delicious dinner and some fudge in there. Here’s some video from the a...

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December 25, 2008

My Goals for 2009

I wanted to come up with three high-level goals to encapsulate how I’m approaching 2009. I made this video this morning at breakfast, and I’ll be explaining them more in depth soon. For now, here’s what I’ve got:

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December 19, 2008

A Slippery Ride, a Scary Ending

Heading into the office late today, I just happened to be on I-5 shortly after the two charter buses crashed into the guard rail. To say they were “dangling” over the freeway is an exaggeration, but there is no doubt in...

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December 16, 2008

Who Exactly Are We Kidding?

Listening to talk radio this morning, the host asked listeners what the deal was with their reaction to the financial situation of this country. Why aren’t they panicking? Why is everyone continuing on as if nothing ha...

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December 11, 2008

Have You Forgotten How To Love Yourself?

Love yourself with great music. This song resonates with me deeply, and while I’m on this Mark Kozalek kick in the blog I’ll include a video that has the song (a redone version of the original) in it, AND scenes from one...

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December 10, 2008

Meg – My Uber Talented Lil’ Sister

Megan just sent me this video of her playing John Denver’s “Around and Around”. If you know much about me or my musical influences, you’ll recognize John Denver as one of my earliest folk singer favorite (thanks to summ...

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December 6, 2008

Narcissism

I came across this post by Randy Zuckerberg (via Valleywag) on her (or “our” since she’s speaking for The Daily Beast) dislike of lip-dubs. How perfect for follow up to my post on lipdubs in mainstream media. She says...

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December 1, 2008

Tech Events Updated at Seattle 2.0

The Seattle 2.0 events calendar just got some much needed TLC from yours truly, and I’ll continue to update it with events as I find them. Marcelo gave me some serious props in his post today on resources for Seattle en...

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