the river why – david james duncan

by paulo on December 9, 2007

i guess it shouldn’t be any huge surprise that, after finishing the moon is down, i’ve run off and bought more books. this despite the fact that i brought two other books i need to finish, the quiet american and (…)

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return your seats to the full, upright position

by paulo on December 8, 2007

do pilots these days get trained on how to have possibly the most dull sounding voice possible? i feel like i’d rather call the cable company and get bounced around for a while on their automated phone networks than listen (…)

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the roaring 20′s

by paulo on December 8, 2007

so i’m currently in santa cruz, california with my mom visiting my aunt and two cousins, j1 and j2. i have to say: if i were to move out west, this place would be tops for me. now, that could (…)

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love and squalor

by paulo on December 4, 2007

http://new.vindy.com/news/2007/nov/28/man-70-rescued-from-squalor/ squalor: n. A filthy and wretched condition or quality. i’ve been meaning to post on this for a little while now.. but i saw this story a while ago and the first line struck me. i couldn’t help but (…)

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my dash 7..

by paulo on December 4, 2007

today i found out that, as of january 1, i’ll no longer be a fmsm employee. fear not: i didn’t lose my job.. fmsm was just bought out– or wait, merged– err.. i don’t know. anyway, we’ll be stantec employees (…)

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