You wouldn’t think that correctly filling out a paper ballot would be such a challenge. Sure, you only do it once every couple of years, but the instructions are printed right there. And didn’t we all learn to color inside…
Year: 2008
Rhymes with “Reindeer”
Christmas Cheer: All-natural wreath from Joe’s Place Farm. Spirits acquired at Trader Joe’s on our last visit to California, because I’ve been too lazy to go find the nearest state liquor store. At least the local Costco still sells beer….
Xmas Flicks
One of our family traditions is to spend all day at the movies on December 25th. But before then, we like to get in the mood by revisiting some of our favorite holiday films. We don’t always get around to…
Snow Day
D woke me up at 9:30 AM today so I could see snow falling–our first of the season here in Portland. It’s still going now, and has built up a pretty good ground cover outside. I haven’t lived in a…
Daily Routine, Part 1
On Wednesday, my friend Nils pointed me to Daily Routines, a blog about “How writers, artists, and other interesting people organize their days.” He ended his email by asking, “What’s yours…?” When D and I decided to take the next…
Test Post
If you’re seeing this at snout.org, it means the DNS changes have propagated. Please leave a comment! ~CKL
I think it’s high time you knew
Yet another blogmeme via matociquala: Put your music player on shuffle, and write down the first line of the first twenty songs. Post the poem that results. The first line of the twenty-first song is the title. Additional: I skipped…
67,118 words
Finished my NaNoWriMo 2008 novel tonight. I had been shooting for 75,000 words, but I reached a natural and satisfying endpoint for the story I was telling at just over 67,000. I considered going back and inserting a few chapters…
A Public Service Announcement
The Dr. Horrible DVD is now available for pre-order on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001M5UDGS/curtiscchensfree Happy Black Friday! ~CKL
Hello Stanford
Friend-of-the-blog Loren mentioned that my Class Notes made it into the current issue of Stanford Magazine. If you got here from there, welcome! You can find tales from our summer road trip (featuring Bayla and Jasper) over at Travels With…