Note: This was written last year as part of a Big Project held by the terrific folks over at Utata. The premise was to write an essay describing where you lived. You could approach this broad topic anyway you desired. The essay had to be accompanied by three to six original photos which supported the words. I wrote a five part essay. Here’s part five. (more…)
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where i live: opposing forces (5/5)
Posted: June 4, 2012 in TrasklandTags: duality, life, Utata, where I live
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where i live: motivated sloth (4/5)
Posted: June 3, 2012 in TrasklandTags: laziness, life, motivation, Utata, where I live
Note: This was written last year as part of a Big Project held by the terrific folks over at Utata. The premise was to write an essay describing where you lived. You could approach this broad topic anyway you desired. The essay had to be accompanied by three to six original photos which supported the words. I wrote a five part essay. Here’s part four. (more…)
where i live: outgoing introvert (3/5)
Posted: June 2, 2012 in TrasklandTags: extrovert, introvert, life, Utata, where I live
Note: This was written last year as part of a Big Project held by the terrific folks over at Utata. The premise was to write an essay describing where you lived. You could approach this broad topic anyway you desired. The essay had to be accompanied by three to six original photos which supported the words. I wrote a five part essay. Here’s part three. (more…)
where i live: dreaming realist (2/5)
Posted: June 1, 2012 in TrasklandTags: dreamer, essay, life, realist, Utata, where I live
Note: This was written last year as part of a Big Project held by the terrific folks over at Utata. The premise was to write an essay describing where you lived. You could approach this broad topic anyway you desired. The essay had to be accompanied by three to six original photos which supported the words. I wrote a five part essay. Here’s part two. (more…)
where i live: creative logician (1/5)
Posted: May 31, 2012 in TrasklandTags: creativity, essay, life, logic, Utata, where I live
Note: This was written last year as part of a Big Project held by the terrific folks over at Utata. The premise was to write an essay describing where you lived. You could approach this broad topic anyway you desired. The essay had to be accompanied by three to six original photos which supported the words. I wrote a five part essay. Here’s part one. (more…)
car talk
Posted: May 6, 2012 in TrasklandTags: auto, Black Beauty, car, Edsel, family, growing up, humor, humour, life
When I was growing up my family always had plenty of cars. Not new ones. God forbid. I can only recall one new car during my youth, a blue Chevy Impala. Maybe my sister, who actually has a memory, can clarify this. Aside from that glaring exception we were a sort of urban Island of Misfit Cars. My dad knew a lot of people anxious to sell cars, often for $1. It was illegal to (more…)
dear trask
Posted: April 17, 2012 in TrasklandTags: advice, Ann Landers, Dear Abby, Dear Trask, help, humor, humour, life
One of the cushiest jobs in the world is Advice Columnist. Seriously, does it get any easier? You encourage people to write to you about their problems. Then you tell them how you think they should address those problems. If that wasn’t fantastic enough, you get a large distribution network to pay you for the privilege of letting them publish your opinions. Let’s be real. That is the dream for (more…)
discovering doonesbury
Posted: March 13, 2012 in TrasklandTags: college, comedy, discovery, Doonesbury, Genesis, Gentle Giant, humor, Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, life, Norman, Oklahoma, random, satire, Tangerine Dream, Traskland, University of Oklahoma, USC, work
I believe the comic strip Doonesbury is one of the great achievements in the history of American humor and satire. The fact Garry Trudeau has been able to sustain this franchise while continuing to maintain high quality and relevance for 40+ years is nothing short of astounding. I don’t read it religiously as I once did, but thanks to (more…)
the pocket watch
Posted: March 5, 2012 in TrasklandTags: American Waltham Watch Company, Del Boca Vista, generation, humor, life, pocket watch, time, watch
Rummaging through a box of old knick-knacks I came upon a pocket watch. Pocket watches seem to have gone out with the Lindy and the speakeasy. It’s a shame, isn’t it? There is a certain dignity invoked when one is asked for the time and fashioning a response first begins with a knowing, slightly superior glance followed by a tug of a chain, not unlike the (more…)
