As I was walking by the university library on my way to lunch today the automatic door slid open, temporarily smothering me in luscious air condition and that particular smell of library. I stopped in my tracks, caught in a Proustian flashback.
I’ve always been most comfortable in libraries. In Junior High school, my best friend and I used [...]
Archive for the ‘Missouri’ Category
Ramble up the stairwell, into the hall of books
I’ll walk right out into a brand new day, insane and rising in my own weird way
I’ve never been much of a devotee of the idea of ‘love at first sight’. Lust at first sight? Absolutely. I’ve ridden that train to its terminus more times than I care to count.Usually with predictable results.
But love at first sight is the stuff of bad fiction and the fantasies of teenage girls. Love takes [...]
Late evenings by the fire with little kicks inside her
I missed an important date a couple of weeks ago. Not really surprising as it’s not an official anniversary of anything. But in the scope of what I want to talk about today, it’s an important one. Eight years ago this month, on a frigid mid-Missouri winter night, I met Dr. O’C for the first [...]
Obamanation – Live Blogging Part 2
Noon – November 5 – Adelaide
Stowed safely away from high maintenance students. Let’s get down to business. Fox, always the stalwart of responsible journalism, has it Obama 81 – McCain 39. Clearly in the tank. NYT has Obama ahead in Florida 53 – 47. My former home of Columbia County voted 66 – 34 for [...]
Come On America!
8:11 a.m. Wednesday – Adelaide
Because I’m 15 1/2 hours in the future I already know who won the U.S. election. But to avoid ruining your election night teevee watching, I’ll keep quiet. But you might want to spend some time in the barrrrrrr tonight.
I thought I might try my hand at some live blogging today, [...]
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21 Oct 2008 at 10:26
A Free Man
Canada, Canadian Artists, Dr. O'C, Family, Florida, Missouri, Timmins, travel
The world’s your oyster shell
So what’s that funny smell
You eat the bivalve anyway
And you’re sick with salmonella
You get your Ph.D.
How happy you will be
When you get a job at Wendy’s
And are honored with employee of the month…
Toad, who is rapidly becoming my favorite music blogger, has been writing a lot about “Dad Rock” lately. You [...]
With a sawed-off .410 on my lap
Welcome to the Midwest edition of Deep South Smack Talk. The Dawgs are, thankfully, off this week. But looking westward to my graduate alma mater, there’s a big game brewing in Lincoln. Undefeated and fourth ranked Missouri is headed into a tricky match up with the 3-1 Nebraska Cornholers. Cornhuskers, sorry, I always get that [...]
A new parade of faith and sparks
Do you guys ever get the idea that you’re being ruled by a gang of not very bright, petulant children? One of the advantages of being an expatriated American is that I can typically watch the goings on back home with an air of detached bemusement. But sometimes devastatingly dumb decisions made stateside can spiral [...]
I guess all this history is just a mystery to me
19 Sep 2008 at 16:31
A Free Man
Australia, Football, Georgia, Georgia Bulldogs, Missouri, Music, expatica, link love
(For those of you who, inexplicably, couldn’t give a toss about college football, scroll down for some non-sports related fun and public humiliation. )
Lot of controversy on A Free Man lately, so I’ve decided to ease into something we can all agree as the weekend nears – the supremacy of my almae matres’ football teams*. Both [...]
Just so the sun don’t hurt you when you cry
Happy Birthday, Baby Z! No, Boy Z.
Happy Birthday, my pea. My chicken. My monkey.
Happy Birthday, Z-Man. My Super Z.
Happy Birthday, Zachary P. Quack.
It’s been a year, a year beyond my wildest dreams. I remember clearly, and hope I always do, the days leading up to your arrival in the world. I remember the seemingly endless [...]
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