Monthly Archives: February 2010

T minus 6 hrs to take off

Approximately anyway. For me one of the hardest things about air travel is all the waiting. I’m ready to roll but the flight doesn’t leave until 4:15 pm. So I’m sitting here trying to fill the time to keep my … Continue reading

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Final countdown

Twenty-four hours from now I should be in the air, headed for SLC. Woo hoo! This trip has lead to some changes in my life already. I’m dropping my Environmental Science course. I’ve already missed a couple of classes. I’ll … Continue reading

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Yokon ho! Yokon ho! It’s off to Alaska I go….

…48 hours from now I’ll be on a plan heading from SLC to Alaska. Flight from Detroit leaves at 4:15pm. I’ll be leaving early, early for the airport because I’m so paranoid about missing my flight. Not the kind of … Continue reading

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Yukon ho!

Like Calvin and Hobbes in a Sunday comic strip I’m striking out for the Yukon. Actually, I’m flying to Alaska to meet a friend from college ( let’s call him …John b/c, well, that’s his name. what are the odds, … Continue reading

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I think I’m done…

…studying for my first Environmental Science exam, even though I’ve got at least two more hours in which I could pour of my notes some more. I used to do this in undergrad (grad school didn’t really have exams). I’d … Continue reading

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this GenX dad on Superbowl Sunday…

…can  only hear the roaring of the crowd from the TV set in the other room — Go Colts! — because I’ve chained myself to the desk in the office in order to study for my first exam in the … Continue reading

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An old GenX story…

In many ways Tisha Kulak-Tolar’s novel, Gen X, is an old story. Girl meets boy. Girl befriends boy. Girl shares a place with boy.  Girl pines for boy while boy boffs a string of ditzy, sex-pots. Girl and boy eventually … Continue reading

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About Last night’s class

It wasn’t as bad, maybe because it wasn’t as cold. Got to campus early after dinner with the wife and daughter — mmmm burrito!  Since I had time I decided to check out the library. I hadn’t been in it … Continue reading

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Got class….

….tonight. And not really looking forward to trudging across campus from the parking lot in the cold. Ugh! Any excitement I had for taking this course pretty much dried up last week when it was really cold. It just felt … Continue reading

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