Field notes
Things that happened to me. Sometimes also photos.
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America! The U.S.A. know how to do air conditioning better than anyone
Chanting USA! USA! is warranted when it comes to air conditioning. Not saying it isn’t warranted for other things too, but AC is an obvious…
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Knives: I have an irrational fondness of them
Since I was a kid, I’ve liked knives. Maybe it’s some primordial instinct that attracts me to those simple tools. Some of the earliest known…
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Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom: Just because it worked for Mao Zedong doesn’t mean it works for a modern corporation
You have to give it the old communists: They knew how to create a good slogan. Some of them are still in use today, and…
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Signs and Spirits: The signs churches and bars use to lure people in
I used to take a bus past a church sign on 19th avenue in San Francisco every day. The message changed every day. This was…
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Rushed Endings: The time my shoddy writing made for good reading
At high school, we had to write at least one long essay every week. I remember one assignment in particular: Write a well-structured adventure story.…
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The Decorated Buck: A deer with lights
My brother’s cabin is deep in a narrow, forested valley in Lower Austria, not far from where I was born. The gravel road leading up…
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