Blog Master G

Two years ago today I wrote about the going away party that sent us off from San Francisco to Saratoga Springs. I like what I wrote. We didn’t say any goodbyes. And in the five times I’ve been back to San Francisco in the past two years, it feels like I never left — aside […]

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We all have the occasional brain fart — the moment when you’re trying to think of something and you just can’t find it. That little something that you should really know, but it’s just slipping your mind… it’s right there… on the tip of your tongue… but you just can’t bring words to it. So […]

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It’s day 2 of my excrutiating back pain. It hurts like hell if I do pretty much anything — walk, stand, bend over, put on my shoes, take off my shoes — so I just try to sit perfectly still. A sick part of me actual likes being in pain like this. First, because it […]

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The sun shone warmly and the skies were blue all weekend long — through yesterday. Today looks a bit more gray. The weekend was perfect to get the car washed, hit a local farm to watch kids run through pumpkin patches and take hay rides, and to buy some apples for delicious apple cake. It […]

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Laziness begets laziness. The less I do — the less challenged my body and my mind are, phsyically and mentally — the more tired I become. After a long day at work yesterday, I didn’t feel like doing much besides achieving professional couch potato status. I think four-plus hours qualifies, right? After a couple old […]

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With temperatures lately in the high 80s to low 90s and humidity just as high (it’s currently 94%) and it’s not even 9am, air conditioning is a wonderful thing. Unlike most homes in which I grew up in Sacramento, East Coast homes tend not to have central air, especially older homes like ours. Most people […]

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At Vassar, Jonty and I were The Guys Who Rollerbladed Everywhere. Whether down the hill from the Town Houses and across Raymond Ave. and directly into the classroom, or simply to run an on-campus or in-town errand, we sped around Poughkeepsie with the greatest of ease. It was exhilarating and a great way to stay […]

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A round of congrats are in order. Congrats to Joe and Jenny on the birth of their first baby, Sylvia, who was born right around the time we were supposed to visit with them over the weekend. Congrats, you guys! We look forward to meeting the Alien Peanut in the flesh. Congrats to my bro, […]

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I deliberately don’t write about my job or work on my blog any longer, but I will say this: Jen and I are both very fortunate to have jobs we love — jobs that help people learn. I don’t think either of us would be so dedicated if we didn’t really believe in what we […]

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We celebrated the start of summer after work yesterday with a happy hour patio party at the new Marriott in town, not a far walk from our house. Justin, Niki, and Seth joined in the fun. Although the vodka lemonade was weak, you can’t beat free finger food, including shrimp and clams. Last night concluded […]

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