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That Was 2019
The highlights of what I took in and put out
My immune system didn’t do me many favors in 2019. I was sick on five or six separate occasions in the first half of the year, including an obnoxious bout of bronchitis that lasted the entire month of February. Luckily that didn’t stop me from having an adventurous and fulfilling year, and for the first time in my four years at ProPublica, I used every single one of my vacation days.
Projects
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Clarity 2019
SND San Francisco 2016
That’s more like it.
Nice to see you, San Francisco. It’s been awhile.
Adios, San Francisco. You were lovely as always. My thanks to your denizens for their tremendous hospitality.
By God man how tightly can chains be pulled?! Alcatraaaaaazzz…
Hey, San Francisco. I will be visiting you this weekend. Tell your people to gimme a shout if they wanna hang.
Headed to SFO, sad to be leaving San Francisco but glad to have some truly unique and fantastic memories.
Wandering the deserted Embarcadero Center, killing time until Man on Wire starts and keeping our eyes peeled for zombies.
At SFMoMA, where Lee Miller is making me curse the day color photography came into being.
Having a grand day out with Leah, @trammell, and @linoleumjet. Iced cream at Mitchell's is imminent.
2008 US Air Guitar National Finals
Sometimes, you just can’t fight the urge to have your hair shaved into lightning bolts, hop a plane to San Francisco, and stand glaring in chaps on a stage in front of 1,500 drunken lunatics. I did this at the behest of my alter-ego Windhammer and the 2008 Cuervo Black US Air Guitar National Finals last Friday while the rest of the world had decidedly less fun watching the Olympic opening ceremonies.
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The City
The ninety-sixth episode of Full House, which marked the series’ halfway point, was called “Matchmaker Michelle.” In it, the youngest Tanner child decides to fix up her father with her preschool teacher, who is a generation older than him. What I find really interesting about this episode is that the catalyst for Michelle’s desire to find a new mother is her friend Teddy, who asks why she is always the daddy when they play house.… See more →
Made the boat to Alcatraz by the skin of our teeth.
Hoping to see all of my San Francisco friends at @trammell's joint tonight.