When the automatic sliding doors at the downtown transit center open or close it sounds just like a barista turning the steam on full wide to heat up milk. That an actual espresso joint exists near one of the entrances is an example of a society-provided source of free amusement. It’s deliciously awkward when a…
What better way to follow up a post involving the acronym RIP than to write about murder? Consider the Venn diagram below. The blue circle is the likelihood that I’ll be murdered. The orange circle is the likelihood that I’ll become a serial killer. That I’ve made each circle the same size is purely for…
Opinions you have about anything are reinforced each time you share them with another person. Possibly because my working hours are spent deep inside an acronym mating ground, the titles I’ve decided on for the concepts responsible are Repetition Influenced Perspective (RIP) and Combative Human Assailed Stock Market (CHASM). RIP: Leave a prisoner confined to…
Time passes faster in the mornings than it does in the afternoons. An 8 hour shift beginning at 6 is brought to its end more quickly than one beginning at 9. Reasons for why this is the case are too numerous for me to completely list here, and come from a wide array of specializations…
My driving instructor raced cars in Germany four decades ago. He teaches a very precision-oriented, methodical, and engineering-friendly approach to vehicle maneuvering known as reference point driving. Rather than be at the mercy of the optical illusions associated with gauging distance by looking at objects through windows and in mirrors, reference point driving uses the…
My employer’s logo is a castle. It’s not as glorious as having my own castle ruins to live in would be, but it suggests that things are moving in the right direction on that front. I relish the 25 minute walk between the building where I work and where the bus drops me off/picks me…
The characteristics of a person’s body, the fairness of the face they wear, the sound of their voice; while some variance is possible through diet, surgery, and smoking, these physical attributes are largely outside the realm of modification, and they at least partially inform the personality of the person to whom they belong. People run…
Apartment hunting took little more than two days. Before I left Fairbanks I thought I’d get a place in the Government Hill neighborhood since it would just be a walk from work, but three things converged to result in my never even visiting the complex: I never heard from them after faxing in my application,…
I’ve written several times of my interest in becoming a certified EMT, the intrinsic rush of pulling a damaged body away from the alluring blankets of effortless death that would smother and asphyxiate. I would also like to substitute teach high school math and physics. In anticipation of the inevitable lament “When are we ever…
The process of moving can be likened to an archaeological dig. I’ve uncovered many forgotten artifacts of times long past. Some of these point to interests I had that waxed and waned: basketball cards, skateboarder clothes, drawings of weapons inspired by a sci-fi radio drama, books with addresses and contact numbers for places to send…
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