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Monthly Archives: March 2003

Not So Minty

Monday, March 31, 2003

I’d just gotten a new box of Sudafed and opened it on the way out of the store. I walked around the corner outside while pressing one of the little plastic bubbles so that the pill would break through the foil card on the other side. I tried to choke the pill down [...]

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Two Things

Saturday, March 29, 2003

The empty chair across the table from me jolted up against my leg. An empty chair at the next table was pressed up against my empty chair. The woman seated at the other table must have shifted in her seat, pushing her feet against her empty chair. The kick was amplified [...]

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Signs

Friday, March 28, 2003

The theme for this week’s photos is signs, or it would be signs except that I started out with two photos that aren’t sign-related.
No one thought it was strange that I included hats as a public utility last week?

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Bean #400

Thursday, March 27, 2003

There’s a crowd gathered at the end of a downtown hotel’s driveway. There’s a folding chair leaning against one of the sapling that’s planted in the sidewalk – it’s covered in signatures. One man is down on his knees, flipping through glossy autographed 8×10’s of professional wrestlers in a three-ring binder. This [...]

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Pants

Wednesday, March 26, 2003

I wore khaki slacks, but before that I ironed khaki slacks. I’ll tell you about it sometime. How about now? It’s a good time for me, I’d be out somewhere, but I’ve just painted my front door and can’t close it until it’s dry. You’re stuck with me. So you [...]

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Horse Play

Sunday, March 23, 2003

The sound of a ruckus coming up behind me – some variety of turmoil, hooting and hollering. It sounds like trouble. When I turn to look though, a pack of bicycle police zip by. They’re pushing the speed limit. The two or three up front have a bit of a lead. [...]

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Today

Saturday, March 22, 2003

The clouds moved away just as the hail finished up, and we had a brisk clear afternoon.
There were a couple of dogs waiting outside Vivace for their owners to come out with their coffee. They were a distraction, I slowed down while I was walking by, causing a little congestion in the foot traffic [...]

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Utilities

Friday, March 21, 2003

A couple of weeks ago, I saw a man wearing a “Seattle Public Utilities” vest zipping around on a Segway down on Pine.

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Blog Meetup, Then War

Wednesday, March 19, 2003

There was another Weblogger Meetup today. It was pretty lively this month. We were chased out of the cafe an hour after it had closed though. Some of the others seemed to be organizing a second stop, but I headed home.
Among those who were present: Anita,
Beth,
Jake,
Jerry,
Jessamyn,
Kayne,
Matt,
Tara,
Timm,
tyd,
and two others,
Update: Mike and Brian.
I didn’t [...]

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Calls to India

Wednesday, March 19, 2003

If you drop the last letter off of my Scottish last name, you get a common Indian last name.* The telemarketer who just called asked for Sharma Jeffrey. I decided that I must be Sharma Jeffrey and told him so. Then he hesitated before making a short sales pitch in Hindi (I [...]

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