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Rob Creighton Garrison
- 50, Male
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- United States
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Housing in the Duke City
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ABQ's Little Lebowski ...
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Media Watch
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Road Tripper
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Get A Job!
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I Brake For Roadrunners. And bunnies.
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Feel better soon!
Haven't had either yet. Can't find anybody with a needleful of the appropriate shtuff for love nor money thus far, or so I thought. Will Walmart end up saving the world someday? That'll hack some people off.
I catch everydamned...
Know what's awesome? Not in the continent-forming, solar flare, oceans rising to conquer the land sense, but in the d00d! sense of the word as it's used in parlance these days?
Road trips. Road trips rock.
Give me a car (and while you're at it...
I admire your brio. Tackling electrical municipal property armed with merely a screwdriver and the faith in youthful indestructibility is truly grabbing Life by the entrails.
When I was a kid I was fascinated by my dad's uniform and insignia. Unf...
Man, I quit smoking over three years ago, but movies like TMWWT make me long for a smoke like nobody's bidness. "Mad Men" does it to me too, but there's something about tobacco smoke captured in black and white as it streams and rolls. Gah.
I beg to differ. Some may do it differently, but NONE do it better.
Profile Information
- Where I Live:
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- About Me:
- My wife and I recently moved to Albuquerque from Portland, Oregon (actually Milwaukie but close enough).
Although I wasn't born in Roswell, I and my family lived there until I was eight years old and I think I've been wanting to return to New Mexico my whole life.
I love Life. If you don't, please keep it to yourself, thanks. People who insist upon defining themselves by what they despise make for really annoying conversationalists.
I love animals and prefer them to most people. This sounds like a cliche but it's absolutely true. How many times have I scratched you behind YOUR ears?
I love food. Prior to my relocation to the Great Northwest I lived in Texas where I learned to love really dangerous food that wouldn't love me back. Now that I'm back in the Southwest I try to be good, but I can still hear the fried things calling me from the other side of the tracks. They haunt my sleep.
I exercise regularly. Grudgingly, but regularly.
I quit smoking July 2nd of 2006. Hooray for me. I think I'd still like to smoke, but I'm sure I'm wrong.
My consumption of whiskey improves the companionship of those around me.
I now post my blog in several places on the internet. Try LiveJournal, Blogger, or MySpace, but it's the same stuff, really. This desperate need for attention is worrisome.
- Favorite Thing(s) About Albuquerque:
- The desert (chapparal, whatEVER), the food, the more reasonable cost of living.
- Relationship Status:
- Married
- My Website:
- http://www.facebook.com/robcg
- What I'm Reading:
- DARK PLACES, Gillian Flynn
- What I'm Listening To:
- www.pandora.com
Rob Creighton Garrison's Blog
Abroad In The Land
Know what's awesome? Not in the continent-forming, solar flare, oceans rising to conquer the land sense, but in the d00d! sense of the word as it's used in parlance these days?
Road trips. Road trips rock.
Give me a car (and while you're at it, a competent driver, because I don't like to eat and drive at… Continue
Road trips. Road trips rock.
Give me a car (and while you're at it, a competent driver, because I don't like to eat and drive at… Continue
Posted on November 8, 2009 at 12:56pm —
Silence and Cacaphony (or "Silent Lucidity"? Nah.)
This morning's breakfast: a lump of pumpkin bread. I say "lump" because I have over the last two days eroded it's loaf-shaped goodness, picking at it until it looks less loaf-y and more asteroid-y. An asteroid of pumpkin bread would rock, I think.
I took a few photos of balloons last weekend before BOTH cameras' batteries died (of COURSE).
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I took a few photos of balloons last weekend before BOTH cameras' batteries died (of COURSE).
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Posted on October 11, 2009 at 2:00pm — 12 Comments
Narrow and Wide
It's Pancake Sunday! Been awhile since we've had a breakfast o' flapjacks, so I'm looking forward to it. I'm hoping we still have the Snoqualmie Falls pancake mix. What restaurants in Albuquerque make good pancakes? Anyone? Anyone?
Oops, and flapjacks aren't really pancakes. Thanks, Wikipedia.
I have a bone to pick, and hopefully that bone I seek to pick won't be (a), MINE, and (b), plucked from the side of a motor vehicle. M… Continue
Oops, and flapjacks aren't really pancakes. Thanks, Wikipedia.
I have a bone to pick, and hopefully that bone I seek to pick won't be (a), MINE, and (b), plucked from the side of a motor vehicle. M… Continue
Posted on September 20, 2009 at 2:32pm — 15 Comments
Heights and Loathes
Sunday is traditionally house-cleaning day at der Garrisonhaus, and these days there's lots less acreage to cover now that we've down-sized living space. Unfortunately that means we gave up the washer and dryer provided in the larger apartment and must now use the community laundry rooms.
Cripes. I hate picking up after other people, man. It's like our neighbors just moved here from the Pleistocene epoch, when people wore mostly dirt. Why must I get elbow-deep in somebody else's lint? You know… Continue
Cripes. I hate picking up after other people, man. It's like our neighbors just moved here from the Pleistocene epoch, when people wore mostly dirt. Why must I get elbow-deep in somebody else's lint? You know… Continue
Posted on August 30, 2009 at 5:28pm — 3 Comments
A Rant and Some Other Nonsense
I'm sitting at the desk with a cup of coffee, earphones on listening to AC/DC ("Who Made Who?") on Pandora.com. This is one of my very favorite things to do on an early weekend morning before the world brightens and stirs.
Actually, any day that starts with music and/or a bike ride puts me in a fine state of mind. I need that these days, seeing as how my present job has me knee-deep in tediousness and miopic management foofraw much of the time. Pardon me, just a little rant, missing my old job… Continue
Actually, any day that starts with music and/or a bike ride puts me in a fine state of mind. I need that these days, seeing as how my present job has me knee-deep in tediousness and miopic management foofraw much of the time. Pardon me, just a little rant, missing my old job… Continue
Posted on August 9, 2009 at 11:46am — 6 Comments
Comment Wall (14 comments)
- At 11:38am on September 12, 2009,
Señorita Ruth said… - lol! i totally relate. the post-event-i-missed conversation is always a social minefield to get through.
- At 9:13am on August 25, 2009,
once banned twice shy said… - Sadly, a lot of places do that. You can contact Jim Arrowsmith with the city (I am pretty sure his number is on the city website if you go to bicycling), or call 311 and they will hook you up. It really is easy and I don't see any reason why your company wouldn't let the city do it. Oh, wait...you said they have no common sense...
- At 10:27am on August 24, 2009,
once banned twice shy said…
- Rob: Did the management tell you why they were banning bicycles in the facility? Anyway, why don't you ask them to ask the city for the bike lockers? The city will install them for FREE and all a cyclist has to do is pay a one-time key deposit (might be $5.00). Go ahead and give it a try. All they can do is say no--but I think they are being asses to ban bicycles in the facility and then say they aren't willing to contact the city to get bike lockers. Try this on them: any employee who bikes to work costs them LESS in healthcare and sick days.
- At 9:37am on May 27, 2009,
Benny the Icepick said… - //The weight weenies will marvel at the vacuum tugging at their $300 jerseys as they pass.//
That is some GREAT imagery!
- At 2:07pm on May 11, 2009,
Benny the Icepick said…
- Congrats on getting a job!
As for the altitude, it's supposed to take 6-8 weeks for your blood to achieve the appropriate density of red blood cells for maximum oxygenization (yeah, I made that word up). Lung capacity, leg strength, and overall stamina are a different matter altogether.
- At 5:20pm on May 10, 2009,
Dick Chingadero said… - Well, I hope you came to the right place. Running a warehouse is always a good job skill, though I don't know about these days.
Back in 1983, my first wife and I moved down here from the Tacoma area, Washington having the second worst rate of unemployment in the country at the time. We left town mere seconds before Bill Gates and his cronies arrived.
I worked as a graphic designer/advertising dept. manager for about 20 years. I've also been a college student for the past 5 years. I'm graduating from UNM next Saturday. I work as a research assistant for a UNM professor. I'll be back in the fall for grad school, though, pursuing an MFA in creative writing. I've got a teaching assistantship, so I'll be teaching English 101 in the fall.
And I beg to differ. I think most ex-newspaper journalists would LOVE to make a living as bloggers.
- At 8:58am on May 7, 2009,
Dick Chingadero said…
- Hi Rob
I saw your note that you are doing a job hunt. What sort of work do you do? Do you have a DSM-IV for a job, or is it left over from college days?
- At 9:41am on May 3, 2009,
Benny the Icepick said…
- Rob,
Welcome to Albuquerque! Friday 15-May is National Bike to Work Day, and BikeABQ will be handing out breakfast and brand new 2009 bike maps to riders at seven food stops around the city. You should find the one nearest you at www.bikeabq.org. It'd be a good first journey on your bike!
- At 1:42pm on April 7, 2009,
Sun Dog said… - Glad to see you made it intact, more or less. I'll be making a similar journey sometime in the next year....with only one cat...coming from the midwest.
- At 10:26am on April 7, 2009,
once banned twice shy said…
- Well, you'll find the weather to be infinitely nicer to ride in, but you might also notice that some of the motorists have a way to go in accepting the cyclists here. If you stick to bike routes, though, you'll find motorists who are more accustomed to us two-wheelers...
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