Archive for December, 2008
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
2008 Had a Bad Day
People keep saying how glad they are 2008 is over and that they are looking forward to next year, which starts Thursday. This year is an ex-spouse, the bad pizza, your nephew who calls you collect from prison. The year had its promise. The SuperBowl was super, the elections were genuinely interesting, but then […]
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Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
Gardner for Congress
U.S. Rep. Hilda Solis, D-Calif., was just named as Secretary of Commerce in the Obama Administration, which means there’s an opening in Congress. Not just any opening, I tell you, Solis represents the area I grew up in. Of course we all know that it’s inevitable that one day I will return in triumph to […]
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Friday, December 19th, 2008
If You Lived Here, This Could Be You
Everyone in the Midwest and Northeast, and pretty much all of Canada for crying out loud, relishes in believing we’re a collection of whiners here in the Pacific Northwest because we’re worried about a bunch of snow that’s soon to be dumped on us. I don’t care. Chuckle at me all you like those of […]
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Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Electoral College
On Monday I got to witness an electoral college event in Olympia. I blogged about it at work. In 2000 the speculation I heard before the election was that Bush would win the popular vote, but not the electoral college. That it turned out the other way might explain why we still have it. I […]
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Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Another Change at Field of Steve
You may notice above that the photo changed from the baseball diamond to this beauty from Washington’s state capitol in Olympia. I liked the baseball field, and there may be something like it that returns. It may amaze you to know, however, that the photo from Dodger Stadium (aka “Heaven”) was not my photo. So […]
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Friday, December 5th, 2008
At Seventeen
When I wasn’t quite yet 17, a few years away, Janis Ian was a buzzkill about the world I was aspiring to conquer, the world of high school popularity. She sang the song “At Seventeen,” which is a devastating and accurate take on life in high school for those who don’t have a shot at […]
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Friday, December 5th, 2008
Hope for People My Age and Older
Sometimes I experience the lament of what I might have accomplished had I stuck with journalism for the 10 years that I got out. One movie I didn’t learn anything from was that one where Jim Belushi wishes his whole life he could have hit the home run in that game instead of striking out […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Career, Musings by Steven Gardner
Thursday, December 4th, 2008
The Others I Missed
If there is truth in the statement, “You had to be there,” it was lost on me in the early 1980s. At least it was shown to me how witnessing something in person doesn’t necessarily create the most accurate picture.
In 1983 I returned from 16 months in Chile as a Mormon missionary and headed to […]
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Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
For the First Time, a Field at Field of Steve
The banner atop this blog, you have probably noticed, was changed. Not knowing CSS code myself, I called upon a friend to see if he could help. Help he did. I don’t know if he’s willing to be named, because he didn’t charge me anything. At least I don’t think he did.
So, anyway, thanks […]
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
Finished the Novel, Controversy Awaits
The novel itself, should it ever be something that gets published, will not be the source of controversy. My status as a National Novel Writing Month winner will be.
I started Sunday morning about 18,000 words short of the 50k mark each writer has to meet to be called a winner. All month I have […]