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• Message in a Bottle

  By jeffwagg on December 9, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  The thing that makes us want to travel is also the thing that makes us put messages in bottles. It’s a good thing—a life affirming thing. I think we should do more of it.

• Not a Good Day

  By jeffwagg on September 23, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  Last Monday was not a good day. After months of medical tests, I learned that I have breast cancer, which has metastasized to my spine.

• I’m Going to TAM. I Hope You Are, Too.

  By jeffwagg on May 14, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  My first TAM (The Amaz!ng Meeting) was a life changing experience. I went mostly to spend some time in Vegas and see Penn & Teller. What I found instead was a community of like-minded, energetic, and generous people. I ended… Read More ›

• Contusion Confusion

  By jeffwagg on March 31, 2014 • ( 2 )

  justpaperskater and I exchange stories by giving each other a word which is the seed for the next correspondence. This is my response to her choice of “contusion.” I was about 14 and riding my fairly new 12-speed bike. At… Read More ›

• The Key

  By jeffwagg on November 12, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  justpaperskater and I exchange stories by giving each other a word which is the seed for the next correspondence. This is my response to her choice of “Key.” It was 1988 and I had just moved to Salt Lake City…. Read More ›

• Finding the Missing “S” in Texas

  By jeffwagg on November 4, 2013 • ( 8 )

  Texas. There are states that are ignorable. South Carolina is unlikely to fill you with strong emotion, and Delaware is somewhere you’ll probably never go. Texas isn’t like that. EVERYONE has an opinion about Texas, and Texas will be reckoned… Read More ›

• Carma Chameleon

  By jeffwagg on June 5, 2013 • ( 3 )

  

  justpaperskater and I exchange stories by giving each other a word which is the seed for the next correspondence. This is my response to her choice of “Chameleon.” Americans seem to have woken up to the fact that chameleons are… Read More ›

• Finding the Ark in Texarkana – More Crappy Places to Be From

  By jeffwagg on November 21, 2012 • ( 13 )

  

  This is an edited version a piece I wrote for my personal site a few years ago. I’m sitting in Outback Steakhouse, eating king crab legs as I type this. Yes, that’s right… I drove nearly 2000 miles to Texas,… Read More ›

• Tentacled Harbingers of the End Times

  By jeffwagg on September 6, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  justpaperskater and I exchange stories by giving each other a word which is the seed for the next correspondence. This is my response to her choice of “Squid.” I admire the restraint Paperskater has had in waiting until now to… Read More ›

• The Joke

  By jeffwagg on August 15, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Dragon*Con is an amazing thing. It’s a convention of conventions that truly offers something for everyone with even a little bit of “geek” in them. There are sessions on comics, science fiction, podcasting, the paranormal, costume making, role playing games,… Read More ›