Absurd
I am sipping good whiskey made in Utah. I voted for the first president of this country who is not of northern European descent. We live in an apartment with a washer and dryer in the unit. My back is slowly coming around. Our friend's leukemia is in remission, and he and his wife's new baby arrived in rude good health. The year has it's redemptive qualities. Not to mention absurd miracles.
So, instead of the year in review, some photos from the ends of the last few years.
Visiting my beloved friend in SD, December 2004.
Walking through Boston Common on christmas day, December, 2005.
Moira and I at the Red Iguana, December 2006.
The cake of despair December 2007.
Lap(top) cat, December 2008.
Next year in Ypsilanti.
(Yes, they are all out of order, and I don't feel like re-ordering them, so consider it more intentional absurdity.)
So, instead of the year in review, some photos from the ends of the last few years.
Visiting my beloved friend in SD, December 2004.
Walking through Boston Common on christmas day, December, 2005.
Moira and I at the Red Iguana, December 2006.
The cake of despair December 2007.
Lap(top) cat, December 2008.
Next year in Ypsilanti.
(Yes, they are all out of order, and I don't feel like re-ordering them, so consider it more intentional absurdity.)
Posted by Zhoen on Wednesday, December 31, 2008
12 comments:
A lovely assortment, and a truly wonderful cake! Very happy new year and many pineapples.
Who knows what absurd miracles await us in 2009?
I don't mean to imply the cake is a disaster--it is nicely done--but the sentiment expressed reminds me of the brilliant blog Cake Wrecks.
Happy New Year!
A washer and a dryer - terrific! Those who find this a banal blessing should be required to contemplate life without those life-enhancing artefacts. With me it's being able to get out of bed and walk barefoot into the en suite (Bedroom and en suite share the same piece of carpet), there to shave in front of a mirror large enough and high enough to obviate crouching.
The Cake we made last year after D decided not to continue the PhD program, and other friends were having to make similar choices. The quote is from Adam Savage of Mythbusters - which he had on a t-shirt he wore on the show later. When doing experiments - one possible result is always that it will fizzle or blow up.
BB,
That and the deep tub. I nearly cried when we found this place, and could afford it.
Davd C.
I had to stop looking at Cake Wrecks or I'll wake D up with my laughing. But as soon as he's up...
We're pretty smart; we can probably figure the order out.
Here's hoping for WONDERFUL absurdity for you in '09!
Much love,
Chili
Ah! Mythbusters! I should have recognized the quote. Thanks for the link to my blog. I'd like to invite you and your readers over to join my new Droll Roll, as my apotheosis into a god of the blogosphere begins, one follower at a time.
As we said around here after last week's ice storm--just skiddin'.
A good malt, all mod cons and a new, fresh President - that's a small, good start to 2009 (putting Iraq, Afghanistan and the credit crunch to one side for now).
I have popped by from Barret Bonden's blog, having seen you commenting there. Tell me..why the pig-tailed young girl on a late 30's small DKW motorcycle? I am curious.
Avus,
I may have to think about this and write it out. Suffice to say, she's got such a wonderful look on her face.
Sounds grand to me.
Sidebar: I also love the header picture (young girl on motorcycle). Intriguing as all get out.
Happy New Year to you and all of "yours". (smile)
Well spotted, Avus. I wondered whether the logo on the tank hinted at Indian but nothing I know about that marque suggests they made such tiddlers. I put this to Zhoen some months ago but got no response. Obviously the whole thing - if we get an answer - is going to come directly from the couch. Finally, an ultra-nerdish point: could a front brake that small deliver any kind of deceleration at all?
On TV over the holiday period, Simon Pegg said that watching Mythbusters is one of his Christmas traditions. A kindred spirit?
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