A Few Housekeeping Notes

I thought I’d (re)start my blog with a list of things I’ve done since I last posted, but honestly, it’s not all that interesting. My life is generally busy but not terribly exciting: I still run a lot, I did a major bike event earlier in the summer, I traveled for work to places like Lansing, Michigan, and Peoria, Illinois, I drank cheap beer. See what I mean? You didn’t miss much.

I’m going to try to update some of the links on my blog; I just added a sidebar of all of the reviews I’ve written for Contrary Magazine, which you should immediately go and read. The magazine has some fantastic pieces. I think you’d love it.

For those of you who spend your days staring at a computer screen and need more distractions, you can also follow me on Twitter, a kind of hybrid of instant messaging and micro-blogging. Fair warning, though: I spend a lot of time complaining about the CTA and the people who ride it.

There is also a sidebar for a social bookmarking site called Delicious, which I use relentlessly. The sidebar will show my three most recent bookmarks. There’s a lot of environmental/conservation stuff that I bookmark for work, a lot of political commentary (I’m obsessed with reading about the presidential campaigns), and a lot of shopping sites. What can I say? There’s a lot of cute stuff out there. And if I can’t buy it, I can at least bookmark it and share it with you.

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current book: I need to find something to review for the next issue of Contrary. Hmmm.

current music: Calexico’s Carried to Dust.

current socks: A pair of brown socks covered with silver and purple stars. My friend Megan sent these to me from Ireland a few Christmases ago. They used to be chocolate-scented, but sadly—very, very sadly—the scent has washed out. Boo.