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Chopping some Adirondack Wood

January 26th, 2007 · No Comments · Miscellania

I’m not a huge fan of “literature”, but I do appreciate some good spoken word…here’s an excerpt:

Wood
I fall asleep in a weathered Adirondack
to awake and there find a leaf
has fallen into my lap.
Yes, on this spinning clod of earth,
once again, decay has found me.
Oh, not that I’ve been
running from decadence mind you.
Not that I’m running towards it either.
I know my place in the scheme of
all things entropy.

So you grab your axe and
proceed to whack at your wood.
A hard job, but
somebody’s got to do it.
Couple of hours later,
it’s finally down and
with a mighty shout of “Timber!”
it’s safe to be seen in public again.

via Sub Ontic

Note: Not as good as a “Melious”, but entertaining nonetheless.

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The Power to the People

December 28th, 2006 · No Comments · Miscellania

Every couple years I visit the Left Coast for a parental visit. These visits have evolved over time into a somewhat predictable pattern.

  • Home Cooking
  • Favorite Restaurants – Tito’s Tacos, The Burnt Tortilla, Mei Lung Village (Shanghai Cuisine), Dim Sum, Sushi, various breakfast places
  • Shopping – REI, Costco (the Marina del Rey store has to be seen to be believed), Fry’s Electronics, The Shiseido store (wife likes nail polish)
  • Attractions – Disneyland, Long Beach Aquarium, Beach, the Russian Submarine
  • Computer Repair and Maintenance – 3 computers – clean (in and out), update, spyware and viruses, new games, etc.
  • Troubleshooting – a variety of home repair items, customer service issues

Customer service? Let me expand on that.

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Urban Dictionary: adirondackular

August 29th, 2006 · No Comments · Miscellania

Urban Dictionary: adirondackular

1. adirondackular

Describes landscapes so beautiful that they can’t be described in words. Comes from the Adirondacks, a mountain range in upper New York State. Pronounced “a-dih-ron-DACK-you-ler”.

Marty: Yo, Dean, get a look at this black spruce bog—it’s adirondackular!!!
Dean: Yeah, dis is awesome man! It’s like Yoda’s planet!
Marty: Dean, you sure know how to pick the best boreal hikes!

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