My commute is roughly 25 miles each way, so I spend a lot of time in the car/on the train. I kill most of that time listening to audio books. I discovered audio books in college while driving back and forth from Seattle to Indiana, and though I’ve got a lot of music on my [...]
Entries from March 2008
March 17, 2008
In Which I Shake the Hand of Bono, or My Brief Encounter with Irish Politics, in Commemoration of St. Patrick’s Day.
One cool thing about working at a newspaper is that you never know who you might run into in the hallway. A few years back, Bono stopped by for a chat with the editorial board about his organization that promotes assistance for Africa. He was in town to meet with Bill Gates, who had given [...]
March 7, 2008
In Which I Talk About Love.
Finding an old computer disk is like finding a time capsule. It’s always fun to see what kind of projects I was working on, what else was going on in my life, and what kind of memories it brings back.
Recently I found some old emails that my now-wife and I wrote in college. We all [...]
March 7, 2008
In Which My Wallet Says “Ouch.”
Today I paid $3.70 for gas. And that wasn’t even downtown.
March 4, 2008
In Which We Enter The Playoffs.
I’m a political junkie. My wife and I don’t give a lick about football, but the passion with which others follow the season is a pretty accurate way to describe how we’ve followed the primaries.
I’ve never understood the concept of watching SportsCenter every night without being bored to tears; heck, I love (LOVE) baseball, but [...]
March 3, 2008
In Which I Post A Reading In Honor of Read Across America Day.
Read Across America Day was today, so in honor of the event (created to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ Birthday), I’m posting a reading I did for a class in college.
I was doing an internship for a small magazine and one of my jobs was to scour newsletters sent in by churches and other ministries for items [...]
