Author Archives: Philip

So Many Clothes

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Philip

It’s not that I’m necessarily a bad person. At least I gave it some thought; a bad person wouldn’t have even considered it. That has to count for something. This week has been cold. Not Siberia cold, or even Midwest … Continue reading →

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Ten Years

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Philip

This morning, as I’m sitting at my desk creating complicated web-based data visualizations for large-scale client websites, listening to Brooke Fraser albums, soon to be munching on Tim Tams, my mind is thousands of miles away. Seven thousand, three hundred … Continue reading →

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The Hunger Games

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Philip

Late last night, when I should have been sleeping to give my body much needed rest so I could focus on the coming work day, I finished reading The Hunger Games. I borrowed them from a friend a couple weeks … Continue reading →

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Girls Around Me

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Philip

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The Bus Is a Funny Thing

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Philip

The bus is a funny thing. It’s one of those few places with a constant rotation of a completely non-homogenous group. School kids, openly amorous teenage lovers (gay or straight), homeless, those with disabilities (mental or physical), fathers with daughters, … Continue reading →

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Last Minute Changes

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Philip

In two days I’m heading to the apparently desolate and frigid land of Fargo. Did you know there are at least five other states with cities named Fargo? And it’s also not frigid there, at least not yet. While it’s … Continue reading →

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Writing More

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Philip

I decided several weeks ago I need to start writing more. Obviously that hasn’t gone well for me. Earlier this month I was reading posts from Jeffery Zeldman of his perspective during and after 9/11/2001. He lives in New York … Continue reading →

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Lessons from a Pre-Apocalyptic World

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Philip

It’s late-morning on Saturday the 21st. Jesus will be coming back to get us in a few hours and some (more) massive earthquakes will be set off (sorry to steal the limelight, Japan). Or was that rapture bit supposed to … Continue reading →

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For the Record

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Philip

I guess when you visit a single country four times people start wondering why you don’t just live there. I’m getting ready to leave for the fourth time, but am feeling less and less okay about that. I’ve had at … Continue reading →

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Heading South

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Philip

Hitting the road to Queenstown <– apparently I can’t embed a video directly.

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