Adventures From A Quagmire

Premeditated bouts with life experience

Thursday, March 16, 2023

Obsquatch On Ice - or - No Turtles All The Way Down

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Letters From the Bottom of the Earth, Part 2 - or - There Isn’t a Song About How I Feel

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Read Part 1 first for your own sake. *Originally written on Feb 9, 2023 at McMurdo Science Station in Antarctica* Hello again, Fair warning....
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Letters From the Bottom of the Earth, Part 1- or - Proof That Ice Numbs Everything

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 *Originally written on January 20th, 2023 at McMurdo Science Station in Antarctica* Hello, I’m not entirely sure how to write this.  I’m no...
Sunday, August 17, 2014

Family Reunion 2014 - or - Four Generations In One Creek

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It's been at least 15 years since all 7 of the cousins got together.  Can't stress how important it is to do things like this as o...
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Friday, January 24, 2014

Broken In The Summer But Working In The Winter - or - I Can (Not) Fly

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I fell over 30 feet this summer.  Broke my foot in seven places, and broke 2 lumbar vertebrae in my back.  I'm mostly fine no...
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Friday, December 21, 2012

Every Day I Wake Up - or - A Poem For The Last Class With My Students

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Everyday I wake up... Every day I wake up I feel the grind of the gears in my head, in my back, in my shoulders, in my knees, in my past, ...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

True Love - or - Sleep Talking Man

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This is just too good to pass. The moment you find true love
Sunday, September 09, 2012

Why You Haven't Heard Much From Me - or - The Paradox of Posting

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There is a certain fear in realizing that you’ve written too much, which is always followed by a certain thrill in holding down the “delete”...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

How To Learn Secrets

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"She talks. People talk easily to me. They think a bald albino hunchback dwarf can't hide anything. My worst is all out in the o...
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Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Lacing Up My Therapy Again - or - Don't Worry, That Noise You Hear When You Are Me Is Just A Bunch Of Brain Midgets

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“The little people in my head” is no way to start any kind of story that you want people to take seriously. That being said, the little peo...
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Tuesday, April 03, 2012

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...while we were having that dreaded conversation about not seeing each other anymore, I remember finding a hair of hers tangled in the fabr...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Windows In March - or - Cold Toes And Green Thumbs

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For the first time all winter, I am sleeping with the windows open. Actually, only one window, at the foot of my bed. I like the feel of c...
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Pock: A True Story

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I was young and stupid. I needed to learn a lesson, any lesson. There is a point at which you learn the consequences of your adventurous na...
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Sunday, January 29, 2012

Swimming Pandas and Jesus Lembas Bread - or - I Shared This Link On Porpoise

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This is the best YouTube wideo ever uploaded since God created YouTube and subsequently, the rest of the world, which took seven days. Side ...
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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Blank Pages - or - An Unmaned Bicycle Ride In A Snowstorm To The White Castle Drive Thru

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It is snowing in Chicago. It is cold and quite and crisp. I wore my boots tonight. The big honking winter boots that take ten minutes to ...
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