http://beckstar.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Just Add Caffeine! en Vox Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:53:56 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/silence.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(beckstar) http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/silence.html?_c=feed-rss http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/silence.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:53:56 -0700 this morning i woke up at 4 am, unsure of what to do. There's been so much doing around here lately and I'm tired. We've worked tirelessly on the house for the last 7 days and last night was the first night I sat in my home, alone, in weeks. Ma... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/silence.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225246f14549d00fad699951b0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/i-got-the-year-but-what-month-is-it.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(beckstar) http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/i-got-the-year-but-what-month-is-it.html?_c=feed-rss http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/i-got-the-year-but-what-month-is-it.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:29:02 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://beckstar.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225246f14549d00fae8c7c2fd000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c225246f14549d00fae8c7c2fd000b-50si" alt="0863" /></a> <a href="http://beckstar.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225246f14549d0100a7e9c3da000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c225246f14549d0100a7e9c3da000e-50si" alt="07051" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> this is one of those long weeks - the 14 days living out of a suitcase when on day 10 I finally finish doing one load of laundry and do my happy dance because i have clean underwear. we had a whirlwind weekend starting last tuesday for my birthd... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/i-got-the-year-but-what-month-is-it.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225246f14549d00fa9683d4d90003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/this-is-a-different-leap.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(beckstar) http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/this-is-a-different-leap.html?_c=feed-rss http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/this-is-a-different-leap.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 11 May 2008 20:09:01 -0700 i've mentioned here and there that change is hard. maybe i grew up with the idea that things should always be consistent and reliable and that holidays will always involve alcohol and that driving to see the one that i love will always mean that ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/this-is-a-different-leap.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225246f14549d00f48cf734560003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/reality-and-a-dream.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(beckstar) http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/reality-and-a-dream.html?_c=feed-rss http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/reality-and-a-dream.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:28:30 -0700 on the morning of 3/25, as my grandmother held his hand, my grandfather took his final breath. with a tear in his eye and the words caught in his throat, he finally rested after months of the kind of pain that comes only with being old. he wasn... <p style="clear:both;"> <a 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http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/just-out-of-reach.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(beckstar) http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/just-out-of-reach.html?_c=feed-rss http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/just-out-of-reach.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:45:30 -0800 long distance relationships are hard. everyone knows this. and the people who tell me 'you can't live like this' because i chose to leave at 5 a.m. Monday morning rather that drive Sunday night just so that I could have one more delicious night... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/just-out-of-reach.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225246f14549d00e398be2a290002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/fitting-in-or-trying-to.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(beckstar) http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/fitting-in-or-trying-to.html?_c=feed-rss http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/fitting-in-or-trying-to.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:43:51 -0800 it's always interesting to get to know co-workers. especially so when they're nowhere within physical distance of you. i've gone through this before but in sort of an opposite way where i worked with people that were far but had some that were c... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/fitting-in-or-trying-to.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225246f14549d00e398bd4a850005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/on-being-a-fan.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(beckstar) http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/on-being-a-fan.html?_c=feed-rss http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/on-being-a-fan.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:07:07 -0700 i'm a packer fan. it occurred one hungover sunday when i lived in soma. we scouted the neighborhood for food. something greasy. something that worked well with alcohol. and we found a bar called Zekes down on 3rd street near townsend. it's ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/on-being-a-fan.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225246f14549d00e398b845650003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> football http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/its-all-just-work.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(beckstar) http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/its-all-just-work.html?_c=feed-rss http://beckstar.vox.com/library/post/its-all-just-work.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:57:55 -0700 i've started my new job and recalling why it is that people complain about work. it's all i complain about these days. ask anyone. but it's good to have structure again - the alarm clock, the commute (which thank god is short), the surly looki... <p style="clear:both;"> <a 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