My favorite guitar pick is light blue and it has a raised surface which makes it easier to hold onto.  I hate it when I drop a pick inside of the guitar and have to shake it out.

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Today I practiced while watching the movie Thor.

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Yesterday I played pool and drank wine with psychologist friend Branton.  He kicked my ass.  But it was fun and, at one point, he said: Well, you're an introvert.  He didn't say that in reference to the pool games but in response to something I'd said about my difficulties negotiating things like public poetry readings.

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My guitar practice today felt good in a way that it hasn't to this point.

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There's some scary weather ahead of us the next couple of days, if reports are to be believed.  9 below tomorrow?

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Reading Bruce Wagner's The Empty Chair: Two Novellas.  It's a brilliant diptych about spirituality and human folly.

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Am on the verge of a new collaboration with my friend Thomas Fink.

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Tomorrow I'm hoping to get back to Appearances.

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Happy New Year, everyone!

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