Author Archives: David Crampton

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Every time I see ‘s food photos, it makes me want to do that too. But then I realize that my food is already in my belly. Maybe keeping track of what I eat through photo-blogging it would help me conceptualize my portions and quality of food intake.

I am registered to vote. Also, my address is updated on my driver’s license.

Parenting seems to involve a lot of trying to affix pattern to pattern-less situations. Like trying to find a key to a lock that you’re not sure even exists. How do you solve a problem when it’s only cause is given as “I dunno.”?

Horoscope:
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I usually don’t have to tell you Bulls how important it is to finish what you’ve started. You are, after all, among the top three signs of the zodiac when it comes to following through. But just in case you’ve momentarily fallen under the sway of a delusion that would encourage you to escape before the resolution is fully in place, I’m here to remind you: It’s time to make the art of completion your graceful obsession.

I got to hang out with yesterday, which was good. Sometimes, you need to pretend like you’ve only got enough money for a double cheeseburger and fries. Sometimes, you’ve just got to mix the ketchup and mayo, and enjoy it like you’ve got nothing else.

I have a crap ton of tabs to close. But I’m going to post them all slow-like, to emphasize how far behind I am on, well, everything. :) I present to you My Hope, which I discovered through .

Argh.

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Journals and such.

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With all of the unpacking that happened, Amanda Jo found my journals.

I dropped the load of laundry onto the floor and practically skipped (shut up) over to the shelves. I ordered them chronologically, and once again cursed myself for the one that I’d lost at Spiral.

I sighed, and took stock of my journal situation.

I’m declaring a moratorium on buying blank journals. Seriously. I have at least as many to fill as I have filled.

Random Updatery

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Most of the wall of boxes is gone. Unpacked, broken down, and either in my car or stacked. We have a window in the dining room!

There’s awesome stuff hung up on the walls.

There’s books on the shelves.

I’m wearing a green shirt. (Why would I say that? How often have you seen me wear green?)

I pulled Slag (Compaq 266 mhz) out of the stack of computers in the basement, to see if it’d survived sliding around in my trunk for a few months. I mean, the hard drive was failing when I was using it for proof of concept at LW. It booted once, but I was getting a ton of write errors when running the apt-get update on it. So, the Quantum Bigfoot drive died, and I’ve replaced it with another drive – smaller in size, higher in capacity. Upgrade from 4 gb to 6 gb, I think. Anyway, the first of the two 8-port ATI hubs I got at MSU Surplus ($2 each) works, and Slag is halfway through its bare-bones Debian install.

I didn’t know how to dispose of the hard drive properly, because you’re not supposed to just toss a lot of computer parts. A quick Google search brought Back Thru the Future up, and so I’m sending the drive to New Jersey for recycling. If they can make some bucks on the aluminum that’s in the drive casing, and the steel that’s inside it, I’m all for it. Yay for profitable recycling.

I miss Aidan already.

Clearing out tabs.

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What writing’s like.

The 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were successful.

This one’s a great essay. It highlights a lot of the difference between Republicans and Democrats. It’s not reactionary, and it makes sense. Shocking, I know. What makes people vote republican?

TED lecture on a similar subject.

Detroit City

CNN Fact Checks McCain

Plan for Change Ad

McCain giving up on Michigan

This is how Sarah Palin comes across to me.

Weekly Word Count

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Quick and dirty:

– Three more chapters of Steven went up last week. I’m intending on putting three more up this week.

http://steven.davidmcrampton.com/
http://www.davidmcrampton.com/fiction.php

– I’ve been challenged/asked to enter the genre of Paranormal Romance. Something new, something fresh, something good.

– The Remembrance could be improved with a re-write. Haven’t finished Glass Crown. Steven may have to be re-written from the ground up. Need to -finish- something. /whine

– I’ve unpacked some of my writing journals. I need to find more and unpack them. Soon. :)