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Singing at my uncle’s funeral
I sang Amazing Grace at my uncle Gordon’s funeral this morning. It was both harder and easier than I expected. Harder because the whole day was hard. My uncle died entirely too young after a simple outpatient medical test went … Continue reading
Ovid’s Metamorphosis
I went to the National Gallery of Art with the express purpose of seeing the Edvard Munch exhibit — a small exhibition of his work from their collection. I’ve always been a fan of the Finnish artist, and I enjoyed … Continue reading
One dog steps into a gap left by another
Last night I had another one of those “missing Madigan” moments. I grabbed the big green watering can and filled it to go out and water plants as I have done hundreds of times over the years. I’ve even done … Continue reading
Playing with the Royal Name Generator
During the five minutes I spent browsing facebook posts between meetings, I found a link to USA Today’s very helpful Royal name generator. I’m going to pause my thought here to briefly rif on the fact that I find it … Continue reading
Bicyclists in Downtown Traffic
As I was driving home from work, there was a report on the radio of a bicyclist struck two blocks from my office. My first thought was that I hoped it wasn’t someone I knew. I have a number of … Continue reading
Halloween and weather
Sandy was here and she made life hell. Thankfully, my trees all stayed upright, my house dry, and the power on (though the power was never really in doubt since in my neighborhood the power lines are under ground). My … Continue reading
Who are you?
I wish more Americans would fight back against the “work more, live less” philosophy that seems to be entirely too pervasive in American culture. It isn’t healthy, and we shouldn’t be proud that we spend so much time “busy, busy, … Continue reading
If I Hit The Mega Million
Yes, that was a hashtag on twitter today. As I was listening to a report on NPR, of all media, about the big MegaMillions jackpot currently in play, I started wondering what I would do if I had almost hundreds … Continue reading
The generation still looking for its car keys
The generation that would change the world is still looking for its car keys. The Rainmakers sang that line back in the 80’s and this GenerationX kid thought it was an entirely too apt description of the Boomers, those flower … Continue reading
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My brother was right
I just glanced back through some old posts and saw that I had noted that my brother said we’d finish construction in September. Technically, he was right with that guess, because we did the punch list last week and they … Continue reading
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