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Garibaldi

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About Me

The good stuff is here, on my website!
If you want to see what I've gotten published lately, look here .
What is BLOGPROV?
Blogprov is a blogging game that combines improv with blogging and turns blogging upside-down.In a "normal" blog, the blogger writes a story or essay, then lots of other people comment.In BlogProv, we get the comments first. Then I write the blog - as if it had been written BEFORE the comments. The challenge is to write the blog in such a way that all the comments make sense.Because my readers like to challenge me, it usually takes the blog in some unusual directions!
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Table of DisContent: A Selection of Blogs
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My film-noir-style series starring Luscious, Swilly, Kimi and Secret, among others, aka The Chattanooga Chronicles , is indexed here. ____________________________________________________________ ____________
  • Diurnal Emissions - 29 Jun 07Glitter on the Bedsheets - 28 Jun 07Laissez-faire, in spades - 22 Jun 07Mr Riley? Time for your nap, sir - 29 Jun 07In Memoriam - 16 Jun 07Five Joys of Summer - 14 Jun 07Litter to the editor - 10 Jun 07Dog Daze - 02 Jun 07LL 007 - The Chattanooga Chronicles: Closing the Case - 31 Jun 07Georgia on my mind - 29 May 07Green Beer? - 26 May 07Five Senses, Tripping the Lights Fantastic - 25 May 07Forbidden Fruit - 22 May 07500 Words of Solitude - 19 May 07What will the 8th draft look like? - 18 May 07What Now? - 12 May 07This site saved me a fortune in therapy - 11 May 07I hate Wal-Mart - 7 May 07REAL truths, lies, and stories behind them - 4 May 07Truth and Lies - 3 May 07And all of it for free! - 29 Apr 07Slayer of Dragons - 28 Apr 07LL-007 - The Chattanooga Chronicles: Distracted - 26 Apr 07BLOGPROV: How I saved the earth - 25 Apr 07Thanks for Waiting - 24 Apr 07I'm in a Play - 17 Apr 07Red Dress Redux: PHOTOS! - 16 Apr 07Red Dress of Grievances - 14 Apr 07LL007 - The Chattanooga Chronicles: Wart's Off - 13 Apr 07Pay to the Order of The Man - 11 Apr 07Mudball - 09 Apr 07We need Plan B - 05 Apr 07LL007 - The Chattanooga Chronicles: Fired! - 3 Apr 07The garden beckons - 31 Mar 07LL007 - The Chattanooga Chronicles: Cops piled high - 29 Mar 07What endures? - 27 Mar 07A constructive approach - 27 Mar 07LL007 - The Chattanooga Chronicles: Rescue - 22 Mar 07Plus ca meme chose, plus ca film different - 20 Mar 07Don't forget to write - 16 Mar 07Sick and twisted - 15 Mar 07I will bring you soup, she said - 14 Mar 07LL-007 - The Chattanooga Chronicles: PayDay - 11 Mar 07BLOGPROV: Urban Iditarod - 09 Mar 07Silly Tag Blog - 07 Mar 07LL007 - The Chattanooga Chronicles: How Things Work Out - 05 Mar 07One night, waiting for the train - 03 Mar 07Take this job and ... - 01 Mar 07LL007 - The Chattanooga Chronicles: The Getaway Goes South - 27 Feb 07Backcountry blessings - 24 Feb 07Who's gonna pay? - 22 Feb 07LL007 - The Chattanooga Chronicles: Race to the Border - 21 Feb 07Barack to the future? - 19 Feb 07Chattanooga Part 12 - 18 Feb 07Blog Tag: Why I love Writing, Words, and Poetry - 16 Feb 07The true meaning of love - 14 Feb 07Valentine's Day Massacre - 13 Feb 07Blame the alcohol - 11 Feb 07Chattanooga Part 11 - 09 Feb 07How dare they! - 07 Feb 07BLOGPROV: My Valentine - 06 Feb 07Chattanooga Part 10 - 05 Feb 07The Winter of my Discontent - 03 Feb 07LL007: The Chattanooga Chronicles, Part 9 - 2 Feb 07
  • Happy VD Month! - 02 Feb 07LL-007: The Chattanooga Chronicles, Part 8 - 30 Jan 07Blogger tag - 28 Jan 07LL-007: The Chattanooga Chronicles, Part 7 - 27 Jan 07DON'T kill the ref! - 26 Jan 07LL-007: The Chattanooga Chronicles, Part 6 - 25 Jan 07BLOGPROV: Vegan topless karaoke - 23 Jan 07LL-007: The Chattanooga Chronicles - Part 5 - 22 Jan 07Here, pussy pussy – 20 Jan 2007
  • LL-007: The Chattanooga Chronicles, Part IV – 19 Jan 2007
  • Well-groomed – 18 Jan 2007
  • LL-007: The Chattanooga Chronicles, Part III – 17 Jan 2007
  • LL-007: The Chattanooga Chronicles, Part II – 15 Jan 2007
  • LL-007: The Chattanooga Chronicles, Part I – 13 Jan 2007
  • Just ask – 11 Jan 2007
  • A rare Medium; reading, well done – 10 Jan 2007
  • The dating resume – 08 Jan 2007
  • Poll-ish New Year – 01 Jan 2007
  • Saddam scary, Judge Gary – 30 Dec 2006
  • BLOGPROV: 2006 in Review – 29 Dec 2006
  • Eight days – 28 Dec 2006
  • Christmas with Heather – 25 Dec 2006
  • Why this Christmas sucks less than last year's – 24 Dec 2006
  • Highly annoying habits of unsuccessful people – 21 Dec 2006
  • Purple prose for purple toes – 19 Dec 2006
  • Sharing probably more than I should – 18 Dec 2006
  • Tree time's the charm – 16 Dec 2006
  • Plus ca change, Plus ca Same Old Crap – 14 Dec 2006
  • Celebrating his memories – 12 Dec 2006
  • Five-day workweek – 11 Dec 2006
  • Hero's Journey, Son's Return – 8 Dec 2006
  • Quirky is as quirky does – 6 Dec 2006
  • Hospice 101 - One year later – 5 Dec 2006
  • BLOGPROV: Christmas Shopping – 4 Dec 2006
  • When did THIS happen? – 2 Dec 2006
  • A December First – 1 Dec 2006
  • Comment commentez-vous? – 30 Nov 2006
    • Would you stay? – 29 Nov 2006
  • Here's the skinny: healthy is hot – 28 Nov 2006
  • Where is my muse? – 26 Nov 2006
  • Quirky T-day – 23 Nov 2006
  • Today's lower profile – 21 Nov 2006
  • BlogProv: Thanksgiving – 20 Nov 2006
  • How low will you go? – 19 Nov 2006
  • New comedy gig: Global News Update – 17 Nov 2006
  • Myth Understanding – 16 Nov 2006
  • Fire it up - a banner day – 15 Nov 2006
  • The Interrogation: Soccer Moms top Gutmo – 14 Nov 2006
  • A word about my friends GAME – 13 Nov 2006
  • I'll get by with a little help from my friends – 11 Nov 2006
  • First love – 10 Nov 2006
  • The Bad Rain – 09 Nov 2006
  • Incompetence starts at home – 08 Nov 2006
  • Vote or STFU – 06 Nov 2006
  • You wanna dance? - 05 Nov 2006
  • Story a la King – 4 Nov 2006
  • Nancy Drew's Blog Game – 3 Nov 2006
  • Dogs, blogs, and kissing frogs – 2 Nov 2006
  • BLOGPROV: My Halloween Adventure – 1 Nov 2006
  • Overheard in an imaginary Internet cafe – 31 Oct 2006
  • Keeping the vampire out of the garden – 30 Oct 2006
  • African Peanut Curry Soup – 29 Oct 2006
  • Make a Difference Day – 28 Oct 2006
  • True girls of MySpace – 27 Oct 2006
  • Tricks and treats – 26 Oct 2006
  • Trouble in Transit – 23 Oct 2006
  • Remember, Bad can be Good – 22 Oct 2006
  • Labor of love – 20 Oct 2006
  • BLOGPROV: Gary for President! – 19 Oct 2006
  • Making zinfandel, part II – 18 Oct 2006
  • Making zinfandel, part 1 – 17 Oct 2006
  • Date square recipe – 14 Oct 2006
  • Reflections of a bald guy – 13 Oct 2006
  • BlogProv: My day in the Maize – 11 Oct 2006
  • Back in the Saddle – 10 Oct 2006
  • 7 Things that kill the mood – 06 Oct 2006
  • Back from LA LA LAnd – 02 Oct 2006
  • Happy Birthday Month – 01 Oct 2006
  • What a long, strange trip it's been – 29 Sep 2006
  • Small town boy, big city – 27 Sep 2006
  • Pagan Party Redux – 25 Sep 2006
  • What possesses some people? – 23 Sep 2006
  • Turns out, Bill didn't do a bad job – 22 Sep 2006
  • Go Bald, Young Man – 21 Sep 2006
  • Only one measure – 20 Sep 2006
  • Gotta Love Breszny – 19 Sep 2006
  • Countdown: Pagan Party – 18 Sep 2006
  • You wanna sleep with me? I don't think so – 17 Sep 2006
  • It's all the rage, and I did promise Siranda – 15 Sep 2006"
  • I owed, I owed - EIEIO - 15 Sep 2006
  • Another riddle - 14 Sep 2006
  • The Church of Gary - 13 Sep 2006
  • Field Day - 12 SEP 2006
  • The other 9/11 – 11 Sep 2006
  • Word game sort of inspired by Clobumia I think – 10 Sep 2006
  • Days like today – 8 Sep 2006
  • This is NOT the way to lay somebody off – 7 Sep 2006
  • BLOGPROV: Why not art? – 6 Sep 2006
  • My own clearwater revival – 5 Sep 2006
  • If it weren't for blogging the pesto would be ruined – 2 Sep 2006
  • Marinara for Maryann – 1 Sep 2006
  • BLOGPROV: Back to School – 31 Aug 2006
  • Why I harvest dinner rather than hunt it – 30 Aug 2006
  • Doing the cam-cam flim-flam sham – 29 Aug 2006
  • Filling the time that MySpace sucks away – 28 Aug 2006
  • BLOGPROV: My Day at the DMV – 24 Aug 2006
  • Brewing in the Land of Plenty – 24 Aug 2006
  • Ten F-bombs – 22 Aug 2006
  • Sketchy stuff – 19 Aug 2006
  • Hey, Buddy – 18 Aug 2006
  • BLOGPROV: News and Politics – 17 Aug 2006
  • Brew with a View II – 16 Aug 2006
  • Hall of Fame – 16 Aug 2006
  • Heat locally, warm globally – 15 Aug 2006
  • Glory Days – 14 Aug 2006
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    My Interests

    Writing, acting, improv, music, gardening, travel, Boston Red Sox, softball, skiing, photography, beer, wine, mead, great food, the Red Sox, the Pacific Northwest, politics, family, Bosox, and true friendship.

    Oh, and did I mention I'm a Red Sox fan?

    I'd like to meet:

    Nicole Kidman. Bob Dylan. My future agent. All of my "top friends." My own true self. You, if:- You are a real person, preferably someone with some connection to my world, be it a common friend, interest, or dream - You're not trying to sell me anything - You aren't trying to link me to your webcam site - You send me a friendly introductory message before anonymously asking me to subscribe to your blog or add me as a MyFriend

    Music:

    Peter Gabriel. The Beatles. The Rolling Stones. Jimmy Eat World. Bruce Cockburn. The Wallflowers. Kelly Joe Phelps. McKinley. Bruce Springsteen. Dave Matthews Band. David Gray. Steely Dan. U2. UB40. You. Fleetwood Mac. Debbie Harry. Norah Jones. The Cranberries. The Corrs. The Ceili Bandits. Depeche Mode. Paul Simon. Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, or just Neil Young. Matchbox 20. Soul Asylum. "Sweet Caroline" during the 8th inning stretch at Fenway. Street musicians begging for change.And this:

    Movies:

    Once. The Lives of Others. Walk the Line. Casablanca. (Really, any Film Noir.) Little Miss Sunshine. Sideways. It's a Wonderful Life.

    Television:

    Off, except during the World Series and the LSU-beating-Ohio-State championship game.

    Books:

    The Kite Runner. The Shadow of the Wind. On Writing (by Stephen King). Rule of the Bone. About a Boy. Anything by David Sedaris. The Collected Works of Dylan Thomas. Lord of the Rings. Dune. The Harry Potter series. Lying in Judgment (i.e. my book).

    Heroes:

    My dad. JFK. Gandhi. Jesus when he wasn't being misquoted by the Apostles. FDR. Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Edison.

    My Blog

    The Outsider

    Are we all outsiders, or is it just me?When I was 16, my parents moved my younger siblings and I from Massachusetts to Louisiana. I knew no one there. Junior year had just ended, so, lacking the daily...
    Posted by Garibaldi on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:14:00 PST

    The last good day of the year

    I thought I was done skiing for 2008.Mother Nature disagreed.At 5 AM, Mt Hood Meadows claimed five inches of new snow in the last 24 hours, three inches overnight - and for once, they underestimated.W...
    Posted by Garibaldi on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:15:00 PST

    The show goes on

    There is nothing like the thrill of opening night.The stage is set exactly right. The cast, bonded after weeks or months of hard work and playful fun, is hardly recognizable in costumes and makeup. Th...
    Posted by Garibaldi on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:03:00 PST

    Im in a play

    We're in Hell Week for the play I'm in, and I'm being reminded by this experience of exactly why it's called that.I play the role of (Ludwig von) Uberoff, the greedy and heartless King of the Red King...
    Posted by Garibaldi on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:09:00 PST

    Blazing trails - updated with pics

    It’s not supposed to be like this. It’s April, and we’re in the middle of a global warming, aren’t we?But I’m not complaining.A foot of new snow fell over the weekend on ...
    Posted by Garibaldi on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:12:00 PST

    Injury prone?

    Last night at ComedySportz, playing a warm-up game called "Evolution," my inner simian took over and I was compelled to scamper across a row of chairs in a very ape-like fashion. The chairs did not co...
    Posted by Garibaldi on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:28:00 PST

    Friends to the end

    I just found out that a close friend of mine, one of my inner circle, is dying of cancer.Bob is only 60 - a young 60, at that. Barely a touch of grey highlights his full head of hair and beard, and he...
    Posted by Garibaldi on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:33:00 PST

    Ice Chronicles Return: Capturing Kimi

    This is yet another episode in the "Ice Chronicles Returns" series. See Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, and Part V if you’ve missed them.Apparently, I was bad.Very, very bad."Has he come to?...
    Posted by Garibaldi on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:40:00 PST

    Publicly funded incumbency

    Two years ago, Portland began an experiment with publicly-funded campaigns for local elections, following the national model. While well-intentioned, the experiment so far has been, in my mind, a comp...
    Posted by Garibaldi on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:04:00 PST

    Ice Chronicles Return: Fit to be Tied

    This is the fifth in the "Ice Chronicles Returns" series. See Part I , Part II,Part III, and Part IV if you’ve missed them.The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes made me want to close them ...
    Posted by Garibaldi on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:34:00 PST