http://pigzen.org Taking things one rasher at a time. Sun, 24 Aug 2008 07:31:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Downtown Palo Alto, CA, August 2008. http://pigzen.org/2008/08/24/willows/ Amongst the recent uploads on Flickr, I (not surprisingly) found some guy's vacation pictures.  He and his companion were touring the Swiss Alps.  While I liked the images, they weren't all that inspired, just snapshots.  Mostly they made me homesick for the thin air and rocky horizons of my former ... http://pigzen.org/2008/08/24/connections-never-made/ My house in The Old Country, April 2002.  I have no idea why I parked the car on the street. http://pigzen.org/2008/08/06/the-pink-tree/ Still dependent on the writing prompts: If you woke up ten years younger tomorrow, what would be the first thing you would do? So this can be read a couple of different ways. I guess I'm thinking about waking up tomorrow and it's ten years ago. The alternate interpretation, a ... http://pigzen.org/2008/08/05/be-kind-rewind/ So, I did it.  I wrote something almost every day for a month.  Go me. To do a proper post-mortem, I'd need to re-read everything and see if there's anything I really like.  In thinking back about it, I'm not sure I'll find anything I think is great or even ... http://pigzen.org/2008/08/01/a-month-of-sundays/ Stanford Dish, July 2008. http://pigzen.org/2008/07/31/still-havent-found/ So when it first came out, I was a big fan of Stuff White People Like. It made me laugh and cringe because it poked fun at a demographic truly deserving of it, i.e., mine, and the author's. And then I read some comments posted on one of ... http://pigzen.org/2008/07/31/open-mouth-insert-foot/ A sign at the Las Vegas Hilton (near Paradise Road), June 2004. This is like a magic trick: once you know how it's done, it's not as wonderful anymore. http://pigzen.org/2008/07/30/which-way-again/ I have a theory: things are more bearable if one is not trapped into doing them. I'm willing to put up with a lot more if I know I can do just a little bit extra to get out of it. When I'm stuck in a bad situation, ... http://pigzen.org/2008/07/30/which-is-the-frying-pan-again/ From the London Eye, March 2003. http://pigzen.org/2008/07/29/what-time-is-it/