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We didn't get too many Trick or Treat visitors at our loft building down by the old Boston and Maine railroad tracks. The visitors that did show up were not looking for tricks or treats, but usually for theft. The building was a big old wooden frame loft building. It's still there, and you can …
I suffer from a bit of seasonal affective disorder. When the sun sets early and rises late, I get the blues. Over the years, I've actively sought out ways to minimize those sad, bad days. I try to keep my physical activity levels up, find ways to engage my mind in educational and entertaining ways, …
What’s one thing you own that holds deep sentimental value? View all responses Here we go again. It's revelation time. The Kingston Trio saved me. Act I - the gang and guitar noise We were living in Washington Heights in the big old apartment building where my dad was the superintendent. One of the "wanna …
What was your first ever video game? View all responses My first computer at home was an Apple IIc. In 1984, I was three years into my career as an applied anthropologist, dividing my time between creating cultural programs and creating documentation on the community I was working in. The computer was pathetic by today's …
Do you set personal goals for yourself? View all responses I've been finding the issue of personal goals to be a bit problematic recently. I'm trying to separate myself from goals I've previously set that are tied up with career, jobs, and money. This doesn't mean that I've stopped working, being concerned with money for …
Which book’s world would be the absolute worst to live in? View all responses Let's see: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, Fahrenheit 451, Dune, Brave New World, 1984, or perhaps the creepy dystopian adventure of our own developing horror story called real life? Hmmmm, actually some of those worlds look less threatening than day-to-day …
Sunday dinner at my in-laws was always the same. Dinner served at 11:30 AM, two lobsters apiece, salad ( Kraft Thousand Island or French dressing), bread and butter or pilot biscuit, your choice of water or iced tea.
What’s something you’ve done that you never thought you could? The other day I was trying to figure out how many years I've spent lugging cameras around, editing video, adjusting mic levels, and setting up lights. It's over thirty by now. And I expect I'll be doing it for another two or so before I …
If you could switch lives with a famous person for a week, who would it be and why? View all responses It's not an agenda item for me. And it never was. The reason why is pretty basic. At one point in my life, I got exposed to lots of the intimate lives of the …
I don't think that I was too different than the average stubborn, hardheaded youth when I was young. Want to give me advice? Sure, I'd listen. But you might have had a hard time locating me. I'd pull into town with big ambitions, but after as little as a week or two, get royally pissed …
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