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April 02, 2006 05:07 PM EDT -- So it was, a year ago today. We  had three houses scheduled; numbers nineteen, twenty and twenty-one, I believe. Chill gray, an insistent spring rain, patches of snow holding on to dead lawns. We . . . more
February 24, 2006 08:38 PM EST --   So I'm inching toward the register at Petco. This Petco is especially ghastly, with particularly horrible service. No-doubt these hirsute bongo-manglers are slowed down by too many bong hits . . . more
My Life in Retrospect
by Brian Westbye
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February 19, 2006 10:39 PM EST -- I was just sitting with my wife  watching the Italian Cross-Country Relay team (I think!) listening to their anthem while receiving gold in a Turin snow. What a moment! I don't care what nation: . . . more
February 21, 2006 09:05 PM EST -- One of those nights where I'm catching up on what all my Gather peeps have been writing at the expense of writing my own stuff. This is a good dilemma, however. I love the community. . . . more
March 14, 2006 08:47 PM EST -- My back is still flaming, but I, like Gloria Gaynor, will survive. I'll survive the rest of the night in bed, however. Please return tomorrow, and tell a friend.   more
January 31, 2006 08:54 PM EST -- Snow, snow, freakin' snow. We're in a pattern now, and I'm bloody well sick of it. I don't often think of the fact that I could be living in Seattle right now, where a cold snap means 30's . . . more
February 09, 2006 09:02 PM EST -- Achhh...hack!...ahack!.... Touch me, I'm sick. I felt the cold coming on in the cube yesterday. It presented itself just after noon and kept building over the day. I went in this morning to get some . . . more
February 13, 2006 09:27 PM EST -- (for those of you who are just joining us, debriefing beers is my nightly sit at the bar - ok, my computer - in which i recap the day and...well, that's it) I have a co-worker that's seriously . . . more
February 22, 2006 08:54 PM EST -- I have yet another co-worker that's about to get clocked, hard. This stoner fool has been in his job for nearly a year, and apparently in that time he has learned precious little about the way the . . . more
February 28, 2006 09:39 PM EST -- Ah, Guitar Center. I love you, I hate you. Yes, it's a big-box chain, and I would much rather bring my business to local faves like Buckdancer's Choice and Daddy's Junky Music. But Guitar . . . more
March 08, 2006 06:07 AM EST -- I just brewed up a pot that was thoroughly enjoyed by my counter and floor. Note to self: it's usually more effective to put the caraffe in the machine before hitting "Brew". 5:30 AM fog . . . more
March 08, 2006 09:49 PM EST -- Ah, payday. Money in the bank and at the end of the day the work week is 60% completed. Of course the check is already gone, and the last 40% of the work week is a bear. Still, I'll take symbolism. . . . more
March 16, 2006 06:33 PM EST -- Here's one from my Boston years. I am not making this up. So I'm on my way home from the 9-5. Corporate Anti-Christ that I am, my wardrobe is whatever I can get away with, on this June day being . . . more
April 07, 2006 06:44 AM EDT -- We have one Friday ritual: before even pulling out of the driveway we throw James Brown's "Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine" in the juke. Right now, that's enough to raise the boat... . . . more
February 14, 2006 05:30 PM EST -- Meh. I took a sick day today, as this (expletives deleted) cold has yet to shake. I spent most of the day in bed catching up on The New Yorker and this  stellar read. I didn't feel like running . . . more
March 16, 2006 09:35 PM EST -- Oh, hello. So where was I? It's been a few spotty days waiting for the back to come around, but I'm ready to go. Back is better, I feel my energy returning, optimism rising, creative flow spurting... . . . more
April 13, 2006 08:19 PM EDT -- So much to say, so many images to translate, so much residual glow from my return to my town and my ballpark. I'm entirely too fried to try it: here's a vicarious peek. A few more are posted at . . . more
April 19, 2006 11:00 PM EDT -- Today I: Today I went to Wendy's and had a side salad (used a quarter of the dressing package) and Chili (no fingers) and an unsweetened iced tea. Today I did 30 minutes on the eliptical at a good . . . more
Confronting Mortality
by Brian Westbye
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January 05, 2007 10:55 PM EST -- So the old man has an extremely enlarged prostate and colon issues serious enough to need a specialist and a colonoscopy. Hmmm. Normally I would chalk this up to no more than the old man's usual singular . . . more
February 26, 2006 09:45 PM EST -- Why is it that every time I double and triple check pockets an errant tissue finds it's way into a wash? Grrr... Another weekend spent not writing and not catching up on what my Gather co-conspirators . . . more
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