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the topps are top:

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:31:49 +0100

Welcome to my new favorite documentary.

Prior to watching The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls, my top documentary was the brilliant Sketches of Frank Gehry.

Do yourself a favor and run to your local video store (if you're lucky enough to have one) or stream it tonight on Netflix.

What's so special about the Topps?

They are hilarious and their energy is electric. They also don't shy away from changing the world. Oh, and they yodel.

I need you to trust me on that last one. ;)

update:

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:12:01 +0100

I was once an onion,
mining my layers to uncover myself.

I liked being an onion.
I liked the implication of depth and discovery.

But I'm not an onion.

Onions get smaller when their layers are shed.
That's not me.

The deeper I go, the bigger I get.

I'm a freaking galaxy.
#mwahahahaha

mission accomplished:

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:04:44 +0100

Ten years ago today, T$ and I paid off the mortgage on our old condo and have been debt free ever since. A few days later we called Dave Ramsey's radio show and thanked him for helping us make this happen.

For all those who say it cannot be done, you are mistaken.

It's not easy or quick but it sure is g.l.o.r.i.o.u.s. when you get there.

Thanks again, Dave.

perspective:

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:56:46 +0100

esch a sketch:

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:22:01 +0100

Romney communications director Eric Fehrnstrom's comparison of the fall presidential campaign to shaking an Etch A Sketch was an image I could not resist. Click here to read A.V. Crofts coverage for UW Election Eye.

tax dollars at work:

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:47:00 +0100

new year, new yorker:

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:51:52 +0100

I decided to address my nasty habit of reading articles and magazines without actually reading them by committing to The New Yorker for one month. I read this issue of the text-heavy magazine cover to cover only because my friend's Velcro annotations pulled me into articles that I'm certain to have skipped.

I bought my next issue at JFK a few days later on my way to Arizona then another for my flight home. Now I chomp for the next issue and impatiently wait for my one-year subscription to kick in.

It took a while but I've finally grown into The New Yorker and it couldn't have come at a better time.

Happy birthday to me.

things I'm still not used to:

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:12:35 +0100

Eating all of the scrambled eggs.
Turning lights off when we leave.
Not needing to come home.
Being in for the night at 6 p.m.
Picking up food I've dropped.
Eating the whole bowl of popcorn.
Sleeping in.
Walking by Fetch with no reason to enter.
The big gaping hole in my heart.

further proof of my very good year:

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:52:55 +0100

Thank you, A. V. Crofts, for allowing me
to pair my images with your words
in this month's issue of ARCADE.

Let's make it habit.

clearly:

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:14:49 +0100