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Mired …

I’m mired in a pretty deep funk, and I don’t know what to do to get out …

I want to quit my job.

I want to sell my bikes.

I want to simply disappear …

Instead, I think I’ll go try to get some sleep.

This is a vacation?

I’m taking a few days off from work because, well, I just needed to take a few days off.

I was originally planning to go down to Fountain Hills, AZ (where my mom and stepdad live), to cheer on Kathy Sherwin, et al, at the NMBS race down there, but due to finances (and lack [...]

Follow-through

You know you’ve got issues when even your therapist is bugging you about starting to date again …

But it’s like this; I’m scared. I’m scared to death of repeating the same mistakes that I made when I was married. I’m afraid that I will still not be able to open up and share who [...]

No respite for the weary …

I don’t know if it’s the changing weather (like it is for the Mistress), or if there is something else going on, but I just cannot get my head into the game.

My motivation levels are near-nil, and I find that right now I’m basically just on cruise control. I wake up, I go to [...]

Bear Stearns Buy-Out

JPMorgan Acts to Buy Ailing Bear Stearns at Huge Discount – New York Times March 16, 2008 By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN and LANDON THOMAS Jr.

Bear Stearns, pushed to the brink of bankruptcy by what amounted to a run on the bank, agreed late Sunday to sell itself to JPMorgan Chase for a mere $2 [...]

Neural commuting …

There is a theory in cognitive therapy that people repeat the same patterns because our minds become used to traveling particular neural paths; and thus seek those paths.

It’s sort of the mental equivalent of commuting … where you always take the same route to work, even though you know that sometimes traffic is really [...]

Down By Law

So when you hear the phrase “Down By Law”, what pops to mind?

Is it the incredible punk bank fronted by Dave Smalley (who also fronted Dag Nasty and ALL)? Or is it the even more incredible independent film by Jim Jarmusch, starring Tom Waits, John Lurie (of the Lounge Lizards), and Roberto Benigni?

As [...]

Poetry Friday

Donal Óg

It is late last night the dog was speaking of you; the snipe was speaking of you in her deep marsh. It is you are the lonely bird through the woods; and that you may be without a mate until you find me.

You promised me, and you said a lie to me, [...]

I’m having one of those days …

It is utterly fascinating what goes on in the heads of some of the local CX racers, especially during the off-season.

When I’m not up one of the canyons pretending I know how to ski, I’m busy playing with my new D80, pretending I know how to be a photographer, occasionally coming up with a [...]

Totally spaced it …

Had to run in to the office for a couple of hours today; primarily for a meeting with some consultants about our IT department’s support structure … like many companies we outsource our tech support (not for clients, mind you, only for ourselves) to a company in Canada.

I guess our contract is going to [...]