Monthly Archives: October 2004

Membership Has Its Privileges

10/26/2004 – 11:30 am

Man, times have changed around campus.
I’m doing some researching on Norway House, Manitoba for my story “The Wendigo Killers” that has about 1200 words to it so far. Norway House was a fairly major fur trading post in the early twentieth century and is the location of my story. Unfortunately, I’m finding it exceedingly [...]

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Gorgeous Fall Days in Madison

10/24/2004 – 10:16 am

Today is a perfect fall day. Sunny, crisp, and the trees in all their colors. We’re going out to the country get our free pumpkin thanks to UW Hosptial. In exchange for lousy hours, deceitful hiring practices, and needlessly restrictive vacation policies, the good folks at UW Hospital give hard working nurses [...]

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Good Stuff Cookin’

10/21/2004 – 7:29 pm

Good conversations going on the Convoluted Albatross and Yahoo! group from the Clarion alum. It’s nice to see what people have to say about our time together now that we’ve all had some time to digest the experience.
I also picked up Jeff Ford’s “The Physiognomy” and “The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque” at the [...]

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Rave Reviews from the Dentist

10/18/2004 – 10:53 pm

Just got back from the dentist’s office where my six-month cleaning went extremely well. The dentist yukked it up with the hygenist, teasing her that her job was too easy with teeth as clean as mine. They gave me a free toothbrush and floss because I was in such good shape. Amy [...]

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UW Football Seven and Oh My!

10/17/2004 – 8:17 pm

After the away win at Purdue (alma mater of brothers and sisters-in-law) Wisconsin (alma mater of self and wife) is now 7-0 on the season and 4-0 in the Big Ten. Let us all hope Michigan gets a bad case of botulism and can’t finish the season. Even though the Badgers avoid them [...]

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US Imperious, Hejduk Still Sucks

10/14/2004 – 12:19 pm

The US looked pretty good last night in the 6-0 route of Panama although they still are wasting way too many chances. It should have been a done deal a lot sooner–Berhalter, McBride, Wolff, and Bocanegra all missed great chances. The only ones to routinely make the most of their opportunities were Donovan [...]

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Packers dreadful, Troy victorious

10/12/2004 – 8:22 pm

Ugh. The Packers have reached a new low. You could feel the ship beginning to take on water a few years ago and now, since Mike Sherman didn’t do enough bailing, the thing is swamped and sinking. I couldn’t even bare to watch the entire game on Monday night, it was so [...]

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Finally Settling Into a Routine

10/4/2004 – 11:10 pm

I knew the day was coming. Things have finally started to settle down and I’m finding a routine. Get up at 6:30, take dog for walk. Shower, dress, eat, walk to work, start work at 8:00. Read or edit at lunch. Punch out at 4:30, home by 4:45. Between [...]

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The Weekly Blog

10/3/2004 – 5:22 pm

Ack! Maybe blogging is only a weekly habit after all.
Rehashing “Change of Seasons” for about the fourth time before I send it off. What I really want to do is start writing a bunch of stories–I have about three on deck right now, the last one stemming from Bruce Springsteen’s excellent song “Atlantic [...]

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