52 Things I've Learned
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Beds Made
Sep
29
Beds Made
The alarm goes off at the LZ at 2:30 AM.  Time to head back to Wisconsin.  Out the door into the nighttime chill, as the marine layer slithers into Carmel Valley.  Up and down the Laureles Grade, through Salinas and north on the 101 to SJC.  I’ve taken to parking the cars in the same general area...
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Learning Not to fly
Sep
25
Learning Not to fly
Shorts are on backwards.  But at least I have shoes.  Pager goes off at four something AM and the day alarmingly begins.  It is (ever glorious) early Fall in the Midwest.  The perfect time of year, with shorts and a light jacket the ideal garb.  The day will end in Seaside twenty-threeish hours...
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Times Like This
Sep
14
Times Like This
Slim took over for Bob.  “Slim” Dunlap, that is, took over guitar duties for Bob Stinson when Bob got fired as the founding guitarist of The Replacements.  Bit of a bummer getting fired by your younger brother, and Bob never recovered.  Slim did good work, but the band was never the same.  The end...
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