http://fastblueshoes.com/ "I have new shoes, they are blue and fast. When I wear them, I can fly like a goddamned reindeer." In loving memory of Gerald David Turple. en-us brydon@fastblueshoes.com 2006-09-22T21:37:54-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastblueshoes/~3/nd0K4ucyW_Y/000507.php A fresh notebook for an old story. A boy with a want he can't trade for accomplishment. I sit here waiting for my $5 lunch on this $2 day before heading back to my $30 workday.... 507@http://fastblueshoes.com/ 2006-09-22T21:37:54-05:00 http://fastblueshoes.com/archives/000507.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastblueshoes/~3/0_IJeFzN1k4/000519.php This is based on a true story, I swear.... 519@http://fastblueshoes.com/ 2006-07-13T15:39:33-05:00 http://fastblueshoes.com/archives/000519.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastblueshoes/~3/5-3k-jLSMKE/000511.php I keep meaning to talk to my boss's boss at work. I've been contemplating applying for this manager gig we're hiring for. I don't really want the job so much as I need to increase the dollar amount on my... 511@http://fastblueshoes.com/ 2006-06-04T22:28:55-05:00 http://fastblueshoes.com/archives/000511.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastblueshoes/~3/oE9l81-5ESQ/000517.php Apologies to all you bots and spiders, it's been a "dry gulch" around here of late. I've been trying to figure out my life and the role you aren't playing in it. Sorry, it's not your fault.... 517@http://fastblueshoes.com/ 2006-05-11T14:23:04-05:00 http://fastblueshoes.com/archives/000517.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastblueshoes/~3/UWxeTx6mSRA/000512.php I could use a long hike, walk, something outside. I'm eating left-over stir fry in the company lunch area. I pick a hair out of my food. Four women bumble and stumble through gossip at the table in front of... 512@http://fastblueshoes.com/ 2006-05-09T22:42:59-05:00 http://fastblueshoes.com/archives/000512.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastblueshoes/~3/Vn0CLD0yIZk/000516.php I've had cable for two days now and I'm ready to ditch it. It's useless. Sure it's only $30 a month but that means I'm paying $360 a year to get the same 8 networks I got before but on... 516@http://fastblueshoes.com/ 2006-03-16T10:06:43-05:00 http://fastblueshoes.com/archives/000516.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastblueshoes/~3/8mBxG3K1WZM/000515.php We haven't had cable television in over three years, since they turned off the free cable we had when we moved in. Well I'm proud to say I'm in the club. Go ahead and welcome me. I feel so connected,... 515@http://fastblueshoes.com/ 2006-03-14T15:57:20-05:00 http://fastblueshoes.com/archives/000515.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastblueshoes/~3/i2ZxRHH285o/000513.php I finished Lord of the Rings again last week. That 'Scouring of the Shire' chapter really got to me. It felt like Tolkien's statement on civil disobenience and it's role in defining our world.... 513@http://fastblueshoes.com/ 2006-03-10T22:56:51-05:00 http://fastblueshoes.com/archives/000513.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastblueshoes/~3/MqRa81PuDwA/000514.php I woke up this morning at the age of 32, or maybe it's 33, with a wife and two children and realized time travel is a reality. It just takes patience.... 514@http://fastblueshoes.com/ 2006-02-25T15:07:41-05:00 http://fastblueshoes.com/archives/000514.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastblueshoes/~3/RVIUM9059wA/000424.php Some lessons Bit taught me about a year ago during our text messaging session:... 424@http://fastblueshoes.com/ 2006-02-16T16:59:58-05:00 http://fastblueshoes.com/archives/000424.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastblueshoes/~3/Fh3vIGHLGkQ/000488.php My new job blows. I can hardly write anymore and it's because of my crappy job. I have to be somewhat creative, don't have a boss, fictional deadlines, made up HR policies, and I work with people I admire and... 488@http://fastblueshoes.com/ 2006-02-13T15:47:25-05:00 http://fastblueshoes.com/archives/000488.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastblueshoes/~3/_741tMzC8xs/000503.php I tumbled slowly down my street yesterday to buy some cream for an espresso bubbling on the stove. I returned to find the chooch and pumpkin on the kitchen floor, mommy nowhere to be found. Pumpkin, all of one year... 503@http://fastblueshoes.com/ 2006-01-30T14:02:18-05:00 http://fastblueshoes.com/archives/000503.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastblueshoes/~3/v31SiUFjC6A/000492.php The chooch now wanders around the house fiddling with a couple of cars or little skateboards in his hands while muttering to himself "god is great, god is great, god is great, god is great". Sometimes he finishes off with... 492@http://fastblueshoes.com/ 2006-01-11T11:09:28-05:00 http://fastblueshoes.com/archives/000492.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastblueshoes/~3/qYGsentU7ow/000498.php What's tinted with shades of red and whispers sounds in your ear mixed with caramel and butter yet smells like magic?... 498@http://fastblueshoes.com/ 2005-11-14T14:59:18-05:00 http://fastblueshoes.com/archives/000498.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastblueshoes/~3/hx5DOR7cXgY/000495.php Digital camera's suck, the film takes so long to process.... 495@http://fastblueshoes.com/ 2005-10-31T10:31:07-05:00 http://fastblueshoes.com/archives/000495.php