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1. Just a Point and a Click: (Social Commentary); ... number' didn't even resemble a residential phone number in the United States, let alone MY home phone number! At this point I was beginning to get a bit paranoid. "Could I be on a phishing site?" I checke ...; Created on 12 December 2007
2. Moving Monique - Part I: (Chris's Blog); ... there isn't really all that much stuff...” she protested. There was. And I hadn't even seen the disaster area of her bedroom at this point. “Who else is going to be helping?” I asked, not realizing tha ...; Created on 25 February 2015
3. Don't F@#$ With The Duck: (A Bears Own Story); ... fatherly as I could, but still couldn't help but snort. “Ducks!, ducks, ducks, ducks, ducks, ducks, ducks, ducks!” The closest one started repeating. Yeah, ok, I got the picture at that point. You see, ...; Created on 24 May 2014
4. Lesbian Partyjacking: (Chris's Blog); ... and what-not back to back each evening. A group of us had gone ahead to one of these a few blocks away and were planning to then rendezvous at some point for the later soirees. Hours later we still had ...; Created on 19 May 2014
5. We're Really No Bette: (Chris's Blog); ... PARAGRAPH that was edited down to only report what was SURE to elicit anger and outrage. This was a textbook instance of deliberately removing context. And no one cared. After pointing out the fact that ...; Created on 19 December 2012
6. Facebook... just can't handle i: (Chris's Blog); ... log back in. What a ..... disappointment. But I still have 22 comments waiting for me. So it wasn't a 'System Wide Failure' Whatever. ________________________ 4:17 pm CDT 10/17/12 The next day. ...; Created on 17 October 2012
7. Dangling Outliers: (Social Commentary); ... radio, on-line or blogosphere reporting in the past 9 months can tell you that. It's escalated past the “This shit is crazy-fucked-up” point. Back to discussion of groups. I've been wondering lately how ...; Created on 04 September 2012
8. Inevitable: (Chris's Blog); ... I was expecting something more dramatic.” I raised my eyebrows and asked, “First storm?” It was. I let him know this was mine too, but rather than be disappointed that 90% of the city WASN'T flooded, or ...; Created on 01 September 2012
9. "There's a Light........: (Chris's Blog); ... us through. The occasional text message from a friend here in the city breaks up the monotony. It's nice to know we're all going through the same thing. We're getting reports of higher winds from points ...; Created on 29 August 2012
10. The 'Stuff' of Dream: (Chris's Blog); ... arrived at a sane stopping point somewhere around 3-4pm. Dave M. and Matt were probably about ready to strangle me, but they stuck it out and finished the job. (I've helped Dave M. move... I forget how ...; Created on 11 July 2012
11. A Test is Just a Test: (Chris's Blog); Saturday, July 23, 2011 - It was a week and change before we'd be leaving. Our carefully laid plans to this point had, for the most part, panned out. There were some major exceptions to that statement. ...; Created on 10 July 2012
12. A Friend In Need: (Chris's Blog); ... I could do or say to him, other than feel shock. As he told me what little he knew at that point I was also overtaken with a sense of grief... for him, for his family, for her. Our friends are our 'families ...; Created on 15 October 2010
13. A Spot In The Sun: (Latest); ... ‘cat,’ I would say. She liked to sit on my desk under the halogen lamp, sometimes baking to the point that I expected her to burst into flames -- she hated the cold. Her propensity to sit on the remote ...; Created on 14 September 2010
14. Inside The Yellow Box: (Social Commentary); ... there, retiring in 1986 after 42 years of service. Most of my family either worked there, or had at some point spent time with them. Needless to say we took pictures...lots and lots and lots of pictures. ...; Created on 29 June 2010
15. The Little Things: (Latest); The idea of Memorial Day weekend wasn't even on my mind when we decided to travel a month ago. The main point of the trip was to attend my niece's birthday barbecue and see my father. Ok, the real ...; Created on 02 June 2010
16. It's sad to say this..: (Latest); ... new home this time next year. Why New Orleans? It was a hard sell actually, for me. Dave fell in love with the city the first time he went there back in 2004. It grew on me over the years to the point ...; Created on 27 May 2010
17. Remembering: (Latest); ... a little taken aback then smiled a wry smile. In hindsight that might not have been the most ‘sensitive’ thing to say, but at that point she told me she was just so tired of being treated with kid gloves. ...; Created on 28 October 2009
18. "War," Sarah Palin said with seeming utter sincerity, "is hell: (Chris's Blog); ... this talking point and move on in Charles Gibson fashion. Stephanopolous corrected Fiorina when she falsely claimed that Palin had “rejected the money for the Bridge to Nowhere.” Fiora's answer of course..."The ...; Created on 14 September 2008
19. Straight Outta Compton: (Chris's Blog); ... on the act for many, many years. So in the spring of this year when California began allowing same sex marriages we thought, 'Hmmmmm.' (Massachusetts had allowed for marriages to that point, but you ...; Created on 10 September 2008
20. "Someone Left the Donuts in the Rain...: (Chris's Blog); ... isn't about donuts, so before you feel the need to point that out, just don't, ok? You see, I am strangely attractive to certain women, in social settings, usually out of doors, especially in parks, who ...; Created on 25 August 2008

A Spot In The Sun

I started the word processor at my desk, after sitting here for the past hour thinking...

The Day They Gave Brains Out

Late summer, 1998: The rain was whipping up outside my office windows. Hurricanes...

Dead Man's Wabbit

The Terracotta Army was buried with the Emperor of Qin (Qin Shi Huangdi) in 209-210 BC (his...

"Baby... Dats BaNANas!"

There is a roiling controversy in our house. And like all things we disagree on, it just doesn't...