November 2008
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Facts About Jon, Number 42
Macrophotography facinates Jon. There is such amazing detail in this world that is so easily over-looked.
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Articles of Confession
Every year for Thanksgiving we go to my cousin’s house in Celebration. It’s a big event including family from my father’s side, and my cousin’s wife’s family as well. There are typically two turkeys, one which is under-cooked and another which has been man-handled by somebody’s grandfather (unrelated to me). We all know of my germaphobia, inherited from my...
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Articles of Confession
I love when people use this line to end a phone call.
“I’m going to let you go.”
Even though you are the one choosing to end the call, the reason is not because you are simply ready to finish the conversation, but instead, you suggest that I am the one with important matters to attend to. You are going to let me go, so as not to waste my time.
Thank you for understanding my...
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Six Words
In the 1920s, Ernest Hemingway bet ten dollars that he could write a complete story in just six words. He wrote: “For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.” He won the bet.
I have written two of my own.
One goldfish ate. The other disappeared.
Two tickets to paradise. One return.
And enjoy these as well. Some with famous names.
There’s love left over, freezer-burned. - Ryan...
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digital pen, digital paper.
Self-administered electroencephalography.
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Facts About Jon, Number 41
Rarely does Jon ever say please, but Thank you’s are passed out like candy.
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digital pen, digital paper.
Avoiding the smudges from my left hand.
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Facts About Jon, Number 39
Jon has a propensity to stay up late, preferring the quiet solace that night affords.
Not completely unrelated, Jon is not much of a morning person. He can be grumpy with an aversion to conversation.
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digital pen, digital paper.
Ink is to Rorschach as Pixels are to _______. a) digital b) pen c) digital d) paper
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Facts About Jon, Number 32
Jon enjoys typography as art. This includes graffiti, but not of a senseless nature.
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Facts About Jon, Number 31
In the house that Jon grew up in, there was a small half-bath off the main hallway leading to the bedrooms. It was known as the pink bathroom on account of the pink colored wallpaper, but was always dark. Very dark. It had no windows in it, or near it.
The perfect place for vampires to hide.
Jon would squeeze his shoulders around his neck whenever he ran down the hall. Walking was far too...