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The Devil's Gridiron
Desert Rat in a Concrete Jungle
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A Continuing Web Diary

 

"They communed with the earth and the macrocosm of the playa in symbiotic rapport; and they knew the riches of the earth and were rewarded beyond imagination; and when they returned to the concrete jungle and the Devil's Gridiron, the hardships for the lions in winter were indeed profound . . ."

 

An Asphalt and Concrete Jungle, 2003

 

Table of Contents
 
XVI A New Beginning 04/05/2006 - Present
XV Picking Up The Pieces 09/02/2005 - 12/24/2005
XIV Renaissance 01/30/2005 - 08/11/2005
XIII Struggling Onward 07/28/2004 - 01/14/2005
XII Traveling With Shelly (Kansas to Arizona) 07/16/2004 - 07/26/2004
XI Traveling With Shelly (Arizona to South Dakota) 06/28/2004 - 07/16/2004
X The Edge Of Sanity 03/03/2004 - 07/06/2004
IX Moving On 12/04/2003 - 02/18/2004
VIII And Hatcher Runs Through It 08/17/2003 - 11/25/2003

Memphis Blues: Desert Rat in a Tennessee Rainforest
VII Memphis Blues: The Final Chapter 06/28/2003 - 08/30/2003
VI But The People Are Friendly! 02/08/2003 - 06/26/2003
V Well, We're Here! Now What? 10/27/2002 - 02/05/2003
IV One More Time 10/17/2002 - 10/25/2002
III House Hunting 10/08/2002 - 10/15/2002
II Delivering The Vehicles 10/05/2002 - 10/07/2002
I The Bad Times 12/21/2001 - 10/04/2002

 

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Date Sort   Title   Subject 1

 
XVI   -   A New Beginning

07/18/2008   Telephone Snex
04/23/2008   Tern Revisited
03/05/2008   The Tern Has Wormed
11/30/2007   In Memory of Evel Knievel
11/14/2007   Naughty Ladies of Shady Lane
10/09/2007   So That's Our Problem. . .
09/19/2007   It Works Both Ways
06/27/2007   Package From Hell
06/21/2007   On and On, and On. . .
03/23/2007   Therapy by Automaton
12/28/2006   Wild Chickens Terrorize Phoenix Neighborhoods
11/05/2006   Birds of a Feather
10/24/2006   Kooks and Clucks
06/18/2006   A Tribute Thailand
04/09/2006   The Dynamo
Index   Title   Subj   Nav   Top   Back

 
XV   -   Picking Up The Pieces

12/24/2005   Christmas Eve
12/15/2005   Bah, Humbug
12/04/2005   Virtual Wilderness
12/03/2005   Marital Bliss
11/30/2005   Take Me, Joe Arpaio
11/23/2005   Where Are The Children?
10/25/2005   A Moment of Silence
10/23/2005   Site Renovation
10/16/2005   Little Chicken Legs
10/13/2005   A Meager Response
10/10/2005   The Attack Goes On
09/28/2005   Renaissance
09/02/2005   Outrage In New Orleans
Index   Title   Subj   Nav   Top   Back

 
XIV   -   Renaissance

08/11/2005   Gimmie a Break!
07/28/2005   Staying Grounded in the Heat
07/27/2005   Under Siege
06/14/2005   The Teeth Cleaning
05/31/2005   The Coastal Highway
05/18/2005   Into Thin Air. . .
05/15/2005   . . .And One Backward
05/13/2005   The Real Friday the Thirteenth
05/04/2005   Freakonomics
05/02/2005   Freedom!
04/13/2005   What, Again?
04/12/2005   Friday the Thirteenth
04/11/2005   Not Quite
03/30/2005   Day Seventeen
03/29/2005   Day Sixteen
03/28/2005   Day Fifteen
03/25/2005   Day Twelve
03/21/2005   Day Eight
03/19/2005   Day Six
03/17/2005   Day Four
03/16/2005   Day Three
03/14/2005   Day One
03/13/2005   My Foot!
02/27/2005   The Green Red Show
02/15/2005   Saga of the Refrigerator
01/30/2005   When It Rains, It Pours
Index   Title   Subj   Nav   Top   Back

 
XIII   -   Struggling Onward

01/14/2005   And We Didn't Think We Could Make It!
12/22/2004   Graveyard Doldrums
12/17/2004   The Great Christmas SPAM Scam
11/26/2004   Turned On Our Heads
11/24/2004   Sting of the Scorpion
11/01/2004   101,265 / 3000 = 33 and Change
10/23/2004   Bushworld: Enter at Your Own Risk
10/22/2004   Dust Mites, Foot Fungus, and other TV Vermin
10/20/2004   Paradise Lost
10/19/2004   It's About Time (TV-B-Gone)
09/08/2004   Best Drunk I Ever Had
08/15/2004   A Typical August Evening in the Valley
08/10/2004   Bait and Switch
08/09/2004   What Was That Again?
07/31/2004   It's Just How I Feel
07/28/2004   Sky Harbor Blues
07/20/2004   Yup, I'm Back
Index   Title   Subj   Nav   Top   Back

 
XII   -   Traveling With Shelly (Kansas to Arizona)

07/26/2004   Got 'Em All
07/25/2004   Beautiful Pictures
07/25/2004   I Botched It...
07/25/2004   Two Ways Around
07/25/2004   Wow!
07/24/2004   Told You Wrong
07/24/2004   Washout!
07/23/2004   Hard to Believe
07/23/2004   Bring It On
07/23/2004   Finally Home
07/23/2004   Day Late and a Dollar Short
07/23/2004   Want Some Rain?
07/21/2004   Happy to See You
07/20/2004   Liberal to Home
07/19/2004   I'm In Liberal
07/19/2004   Hey L--
07/19/2004   I Only Made It to Dodge
07/18/2004   Our Visit
07/17/2004   Leslie C. Koontz Farm
07/16/2004   Arrived in Hanston #2
Index   Title   Subj   Nav   Top   Back

 
XI   -   Traveling With Shelly (Arizona to South Dakota)

07/16/2004   Columbus to Hanston
07/16/2004   See You Tomorrow
07/15/2004   Still Raining
07/15/2004   Old School Norwegian
07/15/2004   Bed and Breakfast
07/15/2004   Hanston Visit
07/15/2004   Tornado Warnings
07/15/2004   Fast Answer
07/15/2004   Power Outages
07/15/2004   Wherever You Are
07/14/2004   Brookings to Columbus
07/13/2004   Brookings
07/12/2004   Grand Island to Brookings
07/12/2004   As the Week Progresses
07/12/2004   And a Cream Colored PU
07/12/2004   Humuggity
07/11/2004   Coming Across Colorado
07/11/2004   Birthday Party
07/09/2004   Long Hair and Short Grass
07/09/2004   Everything Soggy
07/09/2004   Made It to Moab
07/06/2004   A Safe Trip
07/06/2004   Good 4th, But It Was On the 5th
07/03/2004   Thanks For the Sunshine
07/03/2004   Borrowed Hair
07/02/2004   Duncrossing
07/02/2004   Bottled Sunshine
07/01/2004   Movie Theater
07/01/2004   Sunshine For Rain
07/01/2004   Unfixable
06/30/2004   Cats and Dogs
06/28/2004   Hailed Out
06/28/2004   Smoke and Mirrors
06/28/2004   All Gone
06/28/2004   Cute as a Bug in a Sow's Ear
06/28/2004   MY DARLING AUNT
06/28/2004   Grandkids
06/28/2004   Hey!
06/28/2004   Hey Shelly!
Index   Title   Subj   Nav   Top   Back

 
X   -   The Edge Of Sanity

07/06/2004   Traveling With Shelly
07/03/2004   Who Says K-Mart Sucks?
07/02/2004   Paw Of The Fox
06/19/2004   Definitely a Commie Plot
06/17/2004   It's In The Genes
06/04/2004   . . .Begs the Question?
05/13/2004   Work On Foxpaw Server Continues
05/03/2004   What Was That Again?
04/12/2004   No Wuss. . .
03/25/2004   Anguish
03/16/2004   Relief
03/07/2004   Emergency II
03/04/2004   The Emergency
03/03/2004   Oh, Well. . .
Index   Title   Subj   Nav   Top   Back

 
IX   -   Moving On

02/18/2004   Explosion
02/17/2004   Commute II
02/16/2004   Hello Again?
02/14/2004   Valentines' Day: Of Mogwais And Men
02/13/2004   Dogs In A Manger
02/12/2004   Fifth Largest City
02/05/2004   The Commute
01/31/2004   Cosmic Collision Averted
01/17/2004   The Shower
01/17/2004   The Hole Enchilada
01/16/2004   23rd Month Anniversary Revisited
01/06/2004   Bait and Switch
12/31/2003   One More Time. . .
12/26/2003   Finally Over
12/25/2003   Christmas
12/24/2003   Christmas Eve
12/23/2003   It Looks Like A Normal Day - Only Uglier
12/22/2003   Christmas Eve Eve Eve
12/21/2003   23rd Month Anniversary
12/18/2003   Second Life / First Wife
12/15/2003   Universe Controlled by Dark Matter
12/08/2003   FoxPaw Server Retrieved
12/08/2003   Smack! Turkey After Thanksgiving
12/07/2003   Four Chairs, Three Boxes and a 45 lb Calculator
12/06/2003   The Flu Clinic
12/04/2003   Back In The Saddle
Index   Title   Subj   Nav   Top   Back

 
VIII   -   And Hatcher Runs Through It

11/25/2003   And Hatcher Runs Through It
11/24/2003   Misfire
11/22/2003   The Last Move
11/17/2003   Disclosures
11/15/2003   Scott Simon Essay On Blogs
11/11/2003   One More Time
11/10/2003   Home A