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The cat’s outta the bag: my boss knows, my friends & family know; now the occasional websurfer who stumbles onto this site will also know: I’m moving to Boulder, Colorado.

This is war, a fight to the end. Hundreds of battles have already been waged, and many more will ensue. I only hope that Emma can climb to a more respectable record on kittenwar.com.

Anniversary; time to remember. The thing is, I never forgot. Hell, I kept the voice mail on my cell phone, the one from my half-sister that said “Dad’s taken a turn” for weeks. I listened to it a few times before finally deleting it. I guess I wanted to relive those moments because, while they were filled with tension, they also ticked by while Dad was still alive.

OK, at long last, I have a proper photo section on this site. The Italy trip photos were the impetus, but I have some other photo albums there for your enjoyment as well. I hope to add more albums, and captions to the photos that are there, sometime in the future.

Click on the photomontage below to go to my Flickr page.

Folks, you just can’t make this shit up.

For the last eleven months, I’ve waddled through Life Without Dad, hitting one “first” after another. The first Father’s Day Without Dad, the first Christmas Eve Without Dad, etc, have all come and gone, including the First Birthday Without–both his and mine. I thought I was all done.

So, I’m in the deli the other day, and a guy comes in and orders a bagel, toasted, with cream cheese, for lunch. The thing is, as the guy behind the counter is turning to grab a bagel and make his order, the guy ordering pulls two slices of American cheese from his pocket and goes: “and hey, melt these on it too, huh?”

I am: 7% Republican.“You’re a complete liberal, utterly without a trace of Republicanism. Your strength is as the strength of ten because your heart is pure. (You hope.)” Phew, that’s a relief. OK, who’s next? (Thanks, Paul).

“Attention New Jersey Transit Rail Passengers: We still, like, totally suck.”

Music was such a big part of my life for a while, and then it really wasn’t for a while. But it’s always been there. A chronology may help you to understand how my musical taste has evolved over time. It’s something I’ve been wanting to add to this site for a while, and so I’m happy to announce a new section called “Listen” (see link in the main menu, above).

Music was such a big part of my life for a while, and then it really wasn’t for a while. But it’s always been there. A chronology may help you to understand how my musical taste evolved over time. At least it was fun putting it all down on paper.

This weekend Brenda & I booked our hotel rooms for our Italy trip! Things are falling into place, and we’re starting to think about the specifics of what we’ll see each day in Italy instead of the logistics of getting there.

It’s been on the “boy it’d be really great to do” list for some time, but next month we’re actually going to do it. Brenda & I are going to Italy (pronounced–if you are an Italian living in New York–“IT-lee”).

(bring bring)

When I was setting up my website at its new home on my friend’s server, I created a little custom DNS setup. This setup enabled me to access my future site in one place, and my live site at its regular home. The thing is, when I finally switched for good to my new home, I forgot about a few of these DNS trinkets. As a result, it appears that rumblestrip was sporadically inaccessible to a few people for the last month or so.

It came and it went, but I’m still savoring it. Not so much the turning thirty seven part, but the general birthday, gift-getting, it’s-all-about-me parts. On April Fool’s Day I celebrated 37 years of ME.

My friend Charles warned me this would happen. He thinks it’s because I left a post entitled “Sex Flight” as my lead post for too long. Maybe it’s the profanity that sometimes weaves its way into my writing. Maybe some people can’t take a joke. Whatever the reason, rumblestrip.org has been banned by the IT department at the Canadian theatre where my friend works.