http://intermittence.net Chris Carlson's self-indulgent corner of the web Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:11:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, Barack Hussein Obama will be our next President. I can't say how proud I am that our country elected this person to its highest office. Here are a couple of eloquent people, saying the things I would say if I only had their skill with words: * "John ... http://intermittence.net/2008/11/05/bittersweet/ Donnell and I ate at "Uchi":http://www.uchiaustin.com two weeks ago. To make a long story short, it whas _phenomenal_. The courses went thusly: # Pickled cucumber _amuse bouche_ # Flounder sashimi with yuzu and shredded daikon salad # Poached Maine lobster with fennel and Granny Smith apple # Sweet shrimp sashimi with uni # Seared diver's ... http://intermittence.net/2008/11/02/dinner-at-uchi/ We completed the last big push of the war (though we did not then realize it), and six days later I found the standing stones. They awakened me. I left my company later that evening, found and retraced my path through the woods, and emerged into the clearing. Threads ... http://intermittence.net/2008/09/30/finale/ The rhythm of the music was intense, insistent. The crowd had long since ceased to be a collection and was a million-limbed organism, pulsating and throbbing to the bass line. I'll never understand how my eyes singled her out of the crowd, or how our gazes somehow locked on each ... http://intermittence.net/2008/09/29/eidolon/ By all accounts, the train entered the mountain tunnel with twenty-four cars and emerged with twenty-five. The extra, inserted somehow between the twelfth and thirteenth cars, appeared identical to all the others with the exception of its impenetrably-black windows. Upon arrival at the nearest station, all attempts to enter the ... http://intermittence.net/2008/09/28/precis-1/ The towheaded boy bothered and bullied me for two years, until the grove out in the bottoms ate him. I tried to forgive his tripping feet and shoving hands, but human forgiveness has limits, and in the end I could allow him to continue no longer. It was the incident ... http://intermittence.net/2008/09/28/old-ways/ "Head down," the rider told himself. The wind whipping by was strong enough to cause him to lose control of the cycle if he let his head rise up too much. He kept his eyes fixed on the readouts instead, trusting them for advice far more than the limited field ... http://intermittence.net/2008/09/26/courier/ Alex bounced a few times on the balls of his feet, then walked serenely to the runway. The crowd grew slightly quieter for just a moment, but then the din picked back up, filling the stadium like the roar of a tornado. Today is the day, he told himself. ... http://intermittence.net/2008/09/25/long-jump/ Ever since the first days of the occupation, I suspected that what we believed was true about our new rulers wasn't true at all, and that the reality of the situation was considerably more monstrous than that of which even the most imaginative of us could conceive. It wasn't until I ... http://intermittence.net/2008/09/24/midwifery/ I walked in on the shrink today without knocking, and caught a glimpse of his horrible insect head (glittering eyes and grotesque sucking mouth) before he managed to pull the usual person mask on. He stood there a moment longer, regarding me coldly and massaging his throat, then issued a phlegmy ... http://intermittence.net/2008/09/23/therapy/