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"I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry...

Goal #43: fill the Goodwill box. I have been working on cleaning out my closet and just trying to be a bit less sentimental (and/or more r...

Every now and then, I'm in the mood for some Bill Bryson.  This time, it's At Home: A Short History of Private Life , in which he ex...

A conversation in #hashtags . The 9 types of physics seminars (also note the blog subtitle). More old photos, colorized . Terrible ne...

It's interesting to look back at your life and wonder how the heck you go from there to here, yet the same time know that all roads ine...

Just a couple of days after my last trip to the symphony, I was lucky enough to be taken by P to go see Evita at the Fox . The musical was...

Goal #42: write two cards, deliver a gift, make food to share, pay a visit. So many things!  Here's the breakdown: - I have a card an...

A couple of weeks ago, T and I had occasion to pay another visit to the St. Louis Symphony .  The show opened with Gershwin's Cuban Over...

I ordered a copy of a client file from the firm that previously represented her.  It came in this box: I expected a miracle to fly out w...

From an article on the Grantland website: "St. Louis is a city that lifts its team every October, and together they hit greater hei...