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Birthday Blog
Happy Birthday to me! That’s right, it’s my birthday, and I’m finally adding a new blog post to the famous Gribblog. So far, I’m having a splendid time. We slept in a bit,…
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NaNoWriMo
November is the National Novel Writing Month, and I thought I’d give it a try this year. In truth, I’d never heard of it prior to this year, but with our busy schedule,…
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Music Composition
I thought I’d do something a little different this time, and post a bit of music I’ve been working on. It’s still pretty rough around the edges and only about half done, but…
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What’s for you in Banff, eh?
Yup, that’s what the customs officer asked us as we crossed the border from Montana into Alberta early on Thursday afternoon. I was thinking, are you serious?, but I answered politely. I guess…
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Homecoming at Wittenberg
Jess and I disagree slightly about the lyrics to the Simon and Garfunkel tune “Kodachrome.” She favors the “everything looks worse in black and white” version, while I prefer the “better.” Of course…
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LaSunder Cave
Last weekend, I ran a trip to LaSunder Cave. It’s one of the caves managed by the Colorado Cave Survey (CCS) and has a rather restrictive access policy. There are generally speaking only…
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Mapping My Ride
So I stumbled upon a new website while trying to generate some elevation profiles for an upcoming bike ride. Elijah had called with his plans to ride up to Allenspark for a wedding…
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Bring out the GIMP!
That’s right, I like GIMP—the GNU Image Manipulation Program, that is. It’s basically Photoshop® without the cost. Actually, the fine developers working on GIMP wouldn’t really like that description, but now you know…
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Backpacking the Lost Creek Wilderness
Last weekend, Jess I and set off for a little backpacking adventure in Colorado’s Lost Creek Wilderness. I’m a terrible backpacking trip planner, as I never seem to know where we should go.…