The professor wheeled a cart into the room. There was a monitor and a keyboard on top and a computer on the lower shelf that had a computer inside. He showed us examples of programs that his students had been writing—small programs written to solve small problems, because they had to run on a small […]
Yearly Archives: 2011
On the Bridge
Mon, 3 Oct 2011, 07:58 PM (-06:00)
photo by Eric Hart: Peace (For more of his photos see eqqman’s flickr photostream.)
The Bank Down the Street
Mon, 3 Oct 2011, 07:28 PM (-06:00)
1. Down on the Corner There’s a bank on the corner just down the street. It has a spacious lobby, lanes of drive-up tellers, a fancy building with tinted windows to resist the grueling heat of the summer. And its grounds are dying. The grass and the bushes and the trees around it are dying […]
Sunday Morning
Sun, 2 Oct 2011, 10:29 AM (-06:00)
A breeze blew over the bed early this morning. We woke up and scooted closer together to stay warm. The 100+ days and 90+ nights are evidently finally gone, just in time for October. The Cowpen Daisies are blooming and filled with bees. A volunteer Morning Glory that I’ve been nurturing thru the parched summer (a […]
Painting and Powder
Sun, 2 Oct 2011, 07:23 AM (-06:00)
1. Painting I helped when I could, but frankly that wasn’t very often. He did all the work—taping the drywall joints, applying layer after thin layer of mud, sanding and rubbing and checking the surface closely with his hands. He talked about his family—about his daughters, about his wife’s late night shifts at the drug […]
I’m Done
Sat, 24 Sep 2011, 04:50 PM (-06:00)
I stopped using Facebook regularly just a short time after I created my account. I have a philosophical problem with Facebook: it’s a walled garden that seeks to suck the remake the Internet and indeed our every social interaction into business assets. They say that if you’re not paying for it, you are the product. […]
In Four More Minutes
Wed, 21 Sep 2011, 09:41 PM (-06:00)
We’re sitting here far back from the stage in the chairs-allowed zone. We’re waiting for Cee Lo and for Stevie after that. But here’s the thing… Skattex. Scabex. Shrillex. Who are these guys? Over there on another stage more than a football field away, a band is playing: Skrillex. They’re way over there, yet the ground […]
Waiting for the Festival to Start
Tue, 20 Sep 2011, 08:14 PM (-06:00)
At precisely the time when Black Dub was supposed to start, the guy in front of me moved stood up. He looked down at his girlfriend and up at the stage and started hooting, “Come on, guys! It’s time to start!” And at that very moment, the band came out. They began playing and singing, and the […]
ACL Saturday
Mon, 19 Sep 2011, 10:59 PM (-06:00)
An airplane is flying overhead pulling a banner advertising a Snowball Fest in Colorado in March. The two women standing in front of me are now sitting down studying tomorrows festival lineup. Some people to my left are standing next to me in a circle laughing and talking and drinking beers. There are lines at […]
One or the Other
Mon, 19 Sep 2011, 09:45 PM (-06:00)
So I set up my chair when I get to ACL. I set up my chair far back from the AMD stage, where I can sit in middle-aged comfort and look around and take out my notebook and jot a few notes while I wait for the music to start. And then the skies darken. […]