Monthly Archives: November 2017

Archstone FLASHBACK

I was digging through some old MediaWiki data and ran across these photos from when I first moved into & decorated my old apartment on Arroyo Pkwy and Del Mar in Pasadena.  

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Nerd

I’m allergic to taking selfies, but I felt like a needed to document the result of my presbyopia diagnosis.  It literally means “old man eyes.”

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Veterans

On this Veterans Day weekend, I find myself reading Thucydides‘ History of the Peloponnesian War and just came to the funeral oration that Pericles gave for the annual commemoration of the Athenian war dead.  I was particularly moved and saddened by this … Continue reading

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Melancholy

Over the years, I’ve joked with close friends like Martin and Ben about my life as if it were an indie movie.  A handful of things happened over the last couple of days which, once again, felt like a series … Continue reading

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Tempo

Apologies if this has been glaringly obvious to everyone else, but it just occurred to me that living in the era of ubiquitous instantaneous yet asynchronous communication (i.e. email, text messaging, & other forms of direct messaging) gives each of … Continue reading

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Delight

In reevaluating what I value in life, I keep coming back to how important I find the concept of delight. “Delight” and “delectation” both come to us from the Latin word delectare meaning “to charm.”  So, there’s that important connotation of … Continue reading

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Hole

This week, I stumbled on a metaphor for how I’ve been feeling about life: I have this hole inside of me.  The hole is despair.  It’s painful to look at the hole — or even think about it — and … Continue reading

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