A backwards perspective.

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Archive for November, 2005

November 22, 2005

Sometimes, I know what motivated my old water-breathing ancestors to flop up onto the beach. I can understand what drove the knuckle-draggers to come down from the trees. The single soul on the beach who decides to lash some logs together? I feel him. The joy is in exploration. It’s about seeing if you can [...]

November 20, 2005

I want November back. Seriously. One of the questions I get asked a lot1 is “Hopson, what do you want to be when you grow up?” And I think of all the dumb essays I wrote in high school along those same lines, and I think of the 10 different majors I went through in [...]