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Correction

An obituary on Tuesday about Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, referred incorrectly to a school he attended. The school, the Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School, is an independent day school founded by the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, a guild; it is not a school for haberdashers.

A Favor

I'm in Helsinki where it's rainy and cold.  I just did the math and I've had about 3hours sleep in the past 30 hours and so I'm much to tired to deal with a very important matter:  While I'm sleeping could one of you pick up the ball and do what you can to forestall a collapse of the global economy?  That'd be swell.  Thanks in advance.

What I Did on My Summer Vacation (in 20 Haikus)

 

Day -3 Wednesday August 20th 2008

 

Vacation needed

 

Exhausted beyond belief

 

The Man will cure me.

 

 

 

Day -2 Thursday August 21st 2008

 

Is that a head cold?

 

Not an omen, certainly

 

I’ll pack tomorrow.

 

 
Day -1 Friday August 22nd 2008

   

Tomorrow is here

 

Pick up truck and load it up

 

Now must go to sleep

 

 

 

Day 1 Saturday August 23rd 2008

 

Plan to leave at noon

 

Or rather, three, and still we

 

Need to buy water.

 

 

 

Day 2 Sunday August 24th 2008

 

Gorgeous Northwest drive

 

To hell with waiting in line

 

Slept in Alturas

 

 

 

Day 3 Monday August 25th 2008

 

Cows stalled arrival

Greeted by epic whiteout

 

 

Worst day of my life

 

 

 

Day 4 Tuesday August 26th 2008

 

Glorious sunrise

 

I love this city so much

 

Living in the truck

 

 

 

Day 5 Wednesday August 27th 2008

 

Bikes don’t work that well

 

But Playa-vision is great

 

So, what do you got?

 

 

 

Day 6 Thursday August 28th 2008

 

Friends drop by, say hi

 

Evening plans delayed by nap

 

Deep playa teepees!

Day 7 Friday August 29th 2008

 

Last night on the town

 

Dancing, drinking, art and more

 

On the Rocket Bus!

 

 

 

Day 8 Saturday August 30th 2008

 

Thanks Nic for the Jeep

 

Left in dust storm for Reno

 

Slept through the Man burn

 

 

 

Day 9 Sunday August 31st 2008

 

Slept for thirteen hours

 

Showered twice and ate salad

 

Had drink, slept some more

 

 

Day 10 Monday September 1st 2008

 

Continued sleep binge

 

Watched bad TV, happily

 

Wished for more clean clothes

 

 

 

Day 11 Tuesday September 2nd 2008

 

Took truck to the dump

 

Drove toward Mt. Shasta, pretty.

 

Spent night in Ashland

 

 

 

Day 12 Wednesday September 3rd 2008

 

Loved the Oregon

 

Maybe move to Portland, but

 

Need to sleep on it

 

 

 

Day 13 Thursday September 4th 2008

 

Home in Seattle

 

Manic truck unloading and

 

Failed tries to make clean

 

 

 

Day +1 Friday September 5th 2008

 

Truck is a mess, but

 

Penske peeps think good enough

 

Bye Bye, fucking truck!

 

 

 

Day +2 Saturday September 6th 2008

 

Coffee, bacon, eggs

 

Lounging on couch, petting cat

 

Pizza for dinner

 

Day +3 Sunday September 7th 2008

 

Lazy Leschi brunch

 

Where we bump into playa

 

Neighbor Destiny

 

 

 

Day +4 Monday September 8th 2008

 

Full day back at work

 

Swimming through “urgent” all day

 

Let’s just burn something.