This is my first Festivus season working as a service provider and, therefore, the first time I've had to choose whether to re...

          The dearth (down almost 50% from last year ) is not just because of less free time or that many of the tomes I did read were mega...

          Compared to last year my new job has cut into sleeping, creating, reading, watching films and drinking at bars.  I disc golfed ...

          It's been a long time since I've posted any good hypertext effluvium.           Thanks to: Sky at The Kaleidoscope Report...

Also: Wishery  (Disney Remix) gameboard - Pogo Possum

          Imagine a kid, pedaling down a sunny sidewalk, slinging tri-folded newspapers from a shoulder-slung canvas pouch—before cheerily r...

          Transit Center?... that sounds sooo invisible two-thousand four.  We are talking about a building which is to be built in the futu...

          This is a spoiler-laden plot critique of Thomas McCarthy's 2011 film Win Win (☆☆☆ - ) * .  This is not a film review.  If I we...

                 Download .  Print.  Cut out.  Fold.  Tape.           Close one eye.  Stare at the dragon's eyes.  Its head seems to ...

...what I'm thinking (only, their je ne sais quality, emphasis, and phrasing could never be improved upon) I embed it:    ...

          I am writing to you today because of the phone call you made to my employer last week.  According to my supervisor, you are adaman...

          This new information is not new.  But—if your brain does not already possess this possibly-useful knowledge—you'll immediately...

          For a brief half-minute he walked about 200 meters ahead.  When he turned, looked over his shoulder (saw me) and casually marched...

          Two pictures containing me in one week!  The first marking the endpoint in the goody bygone days of yore when I intentionally crop...

          Since all card-carrying members of the narcissistic personality disorder club refuse to carry membership cards almost as vehemen...

Five mile hike and we feel alright Both feeling hearty up on the mountain Take my kleen kanteen and sip it up Cecil O. Zonk jump along t...

          This speculative fiction novel combines the perfect blend of what-if from Groundhog Day quarter century , with the clean pacing...

          Please stop dumbing-down your [specific area of scientific expertise] to coloring book level.  I'm really sorry [name of co...

          Low tide.  About a half-mile from the beach access road—the closest people are more than 200 meters off—I swing a U-turn a bit too...

 Previous Zonkey Posts: Older Not Smarter - 2010 Autumn Hikes - 2009 New Cat - 2009 other cat posts: How To Hike With Your Housecat - 2009 P...

          I have an unemployed friend.  Keeping a constant paycheck was a challenge for him even before the economy married the weather.  ...

          Last weekend I was a volunteer for CSTS at the Hollywood Theater .  It's run annually by the PDX Browncoats and all profits...

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          I used a radar to determine my current average golf club distances.  This is a first for me (and I enjoy tracking anything done f...