Category Archives: Stamford

Cyclothymia

Posted on May 5, 2019 by d4vid

A wise therapist I saw for many years once mentioned—almost in passing—that I was “cyclothymic”.  I didn’t really grok what he was saying at the time and I’m not sure what made me think to look it up now, but … Continue reading →

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Assemble

Posted on April 28, 2019 by d4vid

Much like recent Oscar nights, I can trace what I was doing in recent years by where I saw each Avengers movie. The Avengers (2012) in Banff, Alberta. The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) in Shanghai on my first terminus adventure. The … Continue reading →

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Monger

Posted on April 21, 2019 by d4vid

Watching Game of Thrones, I realized there are really only four kinds of -mongers you ever hear about: cheese fish whore war Such an odd, specific collection.

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Syzygy

Posted on April 18, 2019 by d4vid

Every so often, things align perfectly. NBC’s Thursday night schedule for the 2009-2010 television season was a Golden Age of comedy.  Community, Parks and Rec, The Office, and 30 Rock were all on the air, back to back. Season 1 … Continue reading →

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Destruction

Posted on April 15, 2019 by d4vid

Tempus edax, homo edacior “Time destroys, man destroys more”  

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Essence

Posted on April 11, 2019 by d4vid

Introversion aside, I’ve tried to be judicious with how much time I’ve spent around actors.  Which may be why I had never heard of Sam Christensen until Dan Harmon made a couple of passing references to Christensen’s concept of an actor’s … Continue reading →

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Population III

Posted on April 1, 2019 by d4vid

I once made a list of the most populous cities in China here. But way better is this amazing, animated chart of the most populous cities in the world from 1500 to 2018: https://observablehq.com/@johnburnmurdoch/bar-chart-race-the-most-populous-cities-in-the-world

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Rhyme

Posted on March 21, 2019 by d4vid

These lines from Seamus Heaney‘s poem The Cure at Troy stir me: “History says, Don’t hope On this side of the grave, But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up And hope and history rhyme.”

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Doctor

Posted on March 20, 2019 by d4vid

I stumbled on these strange but lovely Chinese Dr. Who posters. Apparently, the Chinese title is 神秘博士 (Shénmì Bóshì) which translates to something like “Mysterious Doctor”!

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Watching

Posted on March 19, 2019 by d4vid

Sometimes I feel like the only thing to do is stay on top of what’s happening in the world by watching a huge bank of video monitors like Ozymandias in Watchmen.

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Homesick

Posted on March 17, 2019 by d4vid

Finally had a chance to see How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.  Like the first two, it’s pervaded with a sense of wondrous beauty and aching loss.  The villain, Grimmel the Grisly, is a dragon hunter.  As a boy, … Continue reading →

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Numb

Posted on March 6, 2019 by d4vid

Ordered some doubanjiang so I could try my hand at making my Sichuan favorite, mapo doufu. Hadn’t added quite enough ground Sichuan peppercorns yet, which cause both a numbness and a sensation of vibration (around 50 Hertz!)

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Holy

Posted on February 24, 2019 by d4vid

I used to refer to Academy Awards night as High Holy Day (although it’s lost most of its luster for me over the years.)  Thinking back to where I’ve watched the Oscars has been like a roadmap of the last … Continue reading →

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Long

Posted on February 24, 2019 by d4vid

I remember loving this song when it first appeared in Season 2 of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” but it has been haunting me ever since hearing it again in the end credits of the series finale when it moved me to … Continue reading →

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Enemy

Posted on February 20, 2019 by d4vid

It was time.  I finally bit the bullet and found a local doctor so she could refill my medications.  It was disheartening enumerating my health history, my parents health histories & deaths, and their parents health histories & deaths.  No, … Continue reading →

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