Category: Blog
Any article I post that doesn’t exclusively belong to another category.
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Spicy Oatmeal
My family still looks at me weird when I make this, but I stand by it. After all, oatmeal is a basic ingredient in some savory dishes, so why not mix in a bunch of savory stuff when oatmeal is the main ingredient? I’ve received a mix of skepticism and curiosity about this online. These…
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Graffiti Around Caribou
I’m not sure why, but I’ve always found graffiti fascinating. I don’t really understand the motivation behind it, nor do I understand any of the messaging, ideals, codes, or memes associated with most of it. Nevertheless, I’m always drawn to photograph it, if for no other reason than it’s something interesting to look at. Here…
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September Summary: Art Shows and Music Festivals
Local artists and numerous musical performances have dominated our calendar this month. Kim and I have had a couple of busy weeks this month between art shows and music festivals. I’m a pretty introverted person, but I think I’ve engaged with more people this month that I have in the past year. This month feels…
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Boundary Conditions
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of Caribou, a young man spends too much time alone with his books. Years ago, in my early twenties, I read The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, which combines Douglas Adam’s classic five-part “trilogy” into one volume (famously known as a “trilogy in five…
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Learning As I Go
Painful lessons learned while filming a music festival. I felt like a pro. 4K camera with 250mm zoom lens — check. External HDMI monitor and shotgun microphone attached — check. Fancy monopod to keep the entire rig stable but mobile while I danced around the pavilion to maximize the amount of coverage I could get…
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Killing Us with Kindness
I knew what was about happen in my brain the moment I saw it, so I kept walking. I was taking a short walk during a break at work today when I came across a sticker posted on a board. I got another 20 paces or so past it before I turned back to read…
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Workers over Billionaires
Or, if you ask the Right, may also be called “Very Low IQ Individuals over Some Very Fine People.” The Aroostook Organizers for Change held a protest in Presque Isle, Maine, on Labor Day. It was met mostly with cheers and horn honking in solidarity, as well as a few middle fingers, revved engines, and…
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Caribou’s Power Plant and Boring Childhood Car Rides
The site stands out in my mind as being almost iconic. I grew up in Van Buren, a small town near the Canadian border. We often traveled south to Caribou and Presque Isle to shop at Ames, Service Merchandise and the Aroostook Centre Mall — the mall was a bigger deal then — and maybe…
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Pictures from the Past — ATX Wall Art
During the “aughts” and early 2010s Kim and I both worked for a software development company called ATX Forms, Inc. — “Purveyors of fine government approved forms” and software for small to medium sized tax preparation businesses. The software development, quality assurance, and other departments involved in building the application (originally written in VB6!) were…
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Gilead is coming to a neighborhood near you
The perennial appearance of an unassuming little yellow sign on a busy intersection heralds apocalyptic doom for all mankind at the hands of leftist liberals and minority groups, complete with a call to action to protect America by outlawing LGBTQ+ families. Seriously. This is a scary rabbit hole. I think I should get this out…
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