Missives from the Swamp

You know its summer when...

nobody@vox.com(GregoryK) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:15:18 -0700

... You sport the watermelon mustache.

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Just When You Think You Know Someone...

nobody@vox.com(GregoryK) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:00:17 -0700

What happens to a gentle soul when it is confronted with a terrible choice? What you do if the choice was to save yourself or take away the life of an "innocent" life? David A. is a friend from Austin who embodies all that the liberal city stand...

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What We Did on Our Summer Vacation: The Extreme Edition

nobody@vox.com(GregoryK) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:41:58 -0700

Something is happening to the children. An evil influence. The black veil has been pulled over the little ones. A veil called "summer." During the school year, both kids had structure around them. This created strong, able little citizens t...

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Eating Levi's Best Write-up Yet...

nobody@vox.com(GregoryK) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:18:42 -0700

For those of you traveling in Europe, Brazil and/or the Middle East, it's old news that "Eating Levi" can be found on television (usually playing somewhere between the Ronco apple peel-o-matic and Juiceman's "Juicebox Hero" video). For those of ...

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A Quiz: How you know you're back in Louisiana?

nobody@vox.com(GregoryK) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:19:02 -0700

1) The humidity gauge starts at 83%. 2) The temperature gauge starts at 91 degrees. 3) Monster trucks are ubiquitous. 4) All of the above.

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Colorado sends us away with a final taunt...

nobody@vox.com(GregoryK) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:22:09 -0700

As hurtled back towards the scorching swamps of Louisiana, Colorado sent us a final "screw you, we're Colorado, not hot and sweaty Stanley Kowalski loving, Dallas Cowboy adoring South". Driving back, we encountered the glorious snowy wonderland a...

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Heidi looks for more spice...

nobody@vox.com(GregoryK) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:38:16 -0700

So there we were, at Mountain Chili and Microbrew fest. Heidi asks me to go get her a bottle of water. She says she's hot. When I return, this is what find. For the uninitiated, this is a hot chili. That's right, I found Heidi staring deep into t...

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Doesn't Colorado suck?

nobody@vox.com(GregoryK) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:20:49 -0700

I mean, really! Where is the traffic, the mean people, the stress of the city? You can't even find a whacked out homeless guy to hassle you while you're on a picnic.

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It's safe to come back to the mountains...

nobody@vox.com(GregoryK) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:45:10 -0700

As the storm subsided, my children celebrated by acting like nothing happened. "What blizzard?", Daisy asked.

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Colorado was a good idea until...

nobody@vox.com(GregoryK) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:42:43 -0700

We got caught in the blizzard! This is movie magic. Experience the power and majesty of a June snowstorm. My kids expressed their appreciation for nature by totally freaking out.

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