Pea Eye Parker's Timeline of Life Stories
2009
(timeline)
Jul
2
Hellonearthistan
2
Even I am not immune
2
Eleanor and Shiro
2
Eleanor and the Lemonade Stand
Jun
29
The Veteran
28
Writing
8
The Visit
May
31
Memories of San Francisco
25
A Hunter and a Fighter
19
Impressive Openness in my Neighborhood
8
Three Days of Chores in Two Days
Apr
29
Senator Arlen Specter becomes a Democrat!
26
Two Curmudgeons
23
Wrote to my representatives and President Obama
22
Organizing for America meeting
19
My Next Summer Vacation
19
The truck that sank in the Huron River
16
A simple courtesy in the workplace
15
Canvassing my neighbors
4
Canvassing for Obama Health Care Reform
3
House and Senate Pass Budget
1
Subsistence eating
Mar
31
A salve for bitter memories
24
Interesting Healthcare Podcasts
21
Burn
18
Still Organizing
14
Drowning in Advertising
12
Dream about Yo-Yo Ma
11
Read All About it!
8
More about lake ice
8
Hangin’ with the Prez
7
Park in Winter
7
The “Best of”
5
Dog at the Office
5
Going to see Yo-Yo Ma!
4
25 Random Things about Me
3
Lake ice may have been dangerous after all
1
No more organizing?
1
My Second Ice Hike: The Big Scare
Feb
28
My Ice Hike
27
Thank you, someone, I am healed!
27
Close-minded and judgmental
25
Something strange going on
21
I want my 4 to 6 inches!
20
For once...
19
Flying Dreams
17
Drugs
16
So much for e-file
16
We Can’t All Be Like Josh
14
Another rough night
14
From Fiscal Irresponsibility to Responsibility Once Again
14
From His Hands to Mine
13
Finally slept
12
Afraid to sleep
10
The Mind Body Meld
8
Runaway Dogs
6
When do I get to be creative?
5
You WILL need that thing you threw away last week
2
How Committed Am I?
2
Being Single
2
What it means to be culturally illiterate
2
Screwed myself out of a beautiful day!
Jan
31
Yea or Nay on big tax refund?
30
Sharp Tongue
25
Shark nightmare
21
Wordle Short Stories
19
Patience and Being a Part of the Process
18
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
18
LISTEN to your plumber!
18
Deep Freeze Ends
18
Evil Brew
17
Fair Weather Dog
17
New and Old
17
Conquering Fear
17
Human Behavior in the Office
17
You know your house needs work when…
14
Beyond Sublime
11
Aching for the Islands
10
January Settles In
9
Old John Brown
7
Google Map with Traffic Report on iPhone
7
Tweeters I follow just because they are funny
4
Naked tongue
3
Birthday
2008
(timeline)
Dec
31
Delighted
25
The 21-year-old chef
24
Lost in New Jersey
23
Best of 2008
23
Not me
23
He writes again
15
All new doctors
14
My inconsequential problem
14
Pardon my French
11
Reading about Hitler
11
Thurs p.m.
11
Thurs a.m.
11
Fiscal Irresponsibility
10
Weds p.m.
9
Tues p.m.
9
Tues a.m.
8
Mon p.m.
8
An unpleasant surprise
8
Mon a.m.
7
Cafés in the age of social computing
7
My Dad’s final draft of his “This I Believe” piece
7
Sun p.m.
7
Sun a.m.
7
A Perfect Snowy Saturday Night
6
Sat p.m.
6
Sat a.m.
5
Fri p.m.
5
Fri a.m.
4
Attention Deficit Accommodation Denial Mentioned in Local Paper
4
Thurs a.m.
4
Thurs p.m.
3
Weds p.m.
3
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
3
Nightmare
3
Weds a.m.
2
Tues p.m.
2
message sign
Nov
30
Curiouser and Curiouser
30
Sun p.m.
30
The Story of My Dad’s “This I Believe” Piece
30
My natural rythm
30
Sun a.m.
29
Sat a.m.
29
Sat p.m.
28
Fri a.m.
28
Fri p.m.
27
Thurs p.m.
27
Thurs a.m.
27
Thanksgiving Memories
26
The Corner Office
26
Weds a.m.
26
Weds p.m.
25
Tues a.m.
25
Tues p.m.
25
Another Weird Dream
25
Weird Dream
24
Mon a.m.
24
Mon p.m.
24
Nightmare
23
Lord, lord, lord, thank god for Dandelife's simplicity!
23
My First Post-Election Organizing Meeting
23
Sun p.m.
23
Renewed Friendship
23
Sun a.m.
22
Sat p.m.
22
Atonement
22
Sat a.m.
22
Resolving Twitter Conflict Off-Line
21
First unsettling experience with Twitter
21
Fri p.m.
21
Fri a.m.
20
Thurs p.m.
20
Thurs a.m.
19
Soap for Hope
19
Weds p.m.
19
Found my FIRST GREY HAIR!!
19
Weds a.m.
18
A class every dental hygienist should take
18
Tues a.m.
18
Tues p.m.
17
One year Dandelife anniversary
17
Mon p.m.
16
Sun p.m.
16
Donate yer old shoes
15
Sat p.m.
15
Locker Number 42
15
Stayin’ in the game!
14
Fri a.m.
14
The Victimless Crime
14
Fri p.m.
14
Fleas ate big holes in our wallets
13
Thurs p.m.
13
Would you eat this?
13
Thurs a.m.
12
Weds p.m.
12
Weds a.m.
11
I don’t think I’m crazy
11
Tues a.m.
10
Mon p.m.
10
Mon a.m.
10
Nostalgia and a Return to Normalcy
10
Nightmare
9
Kitty and Doggie Jail
9
Sun p.m.
9
Proud to be an American
9
Ask not what your country can do for you
9
Sun a.m.
8
Sat a.m.
8
Sat p.m.
8
The Case for Colin Powell
8
Made my day!
7
Fri a.m.
7
Fri p.m.
6
Thurs p.m.
6
Thurs a.m.
5
Weds a.m.
5
Weds p.m.
4
My Day as an Obama Volunteer 5: You want me to do what??
4
My Day as an Obama Volunteer 4: A big job
4
Tues a.m.
4
My Day as an Obama Volunteer 3: Learning to do my job
4
My Day as an Obama Volunteer 2: A sinking feeling
4
My Day as an Obama Volunteer 1: Oh, what a feeling!
4
My Day as an Obama Volunteer 6: Celebrating!
4
Tues p.m.
3
Please vote
3
Mon p.m.
3
Mon a.m.
3
Oh, by the way...
3
I voted!
2
Sun p.m.
2
My first short YouTube Posts
2
Excuse the clutter!
2
Sun a.m.
1
Stick around, kitty
1
Sat p.m.
1
Huge Relief
1
Sat a.m.
Oct
31
The new soundtrack of my life
31
Fri a.m.
31
Fri p.m.
30
Bye Bye Kitty?
30
If I lived alone...
30
Thurs p.m.
30
Thurs a.m.
29
Weds p.m.
28
Tues a.m.
28
Tues p.m.
28
Trading Places with Yo-Yo Ma
27
Hometown newspaper is for the dogs
27
Mon a.m.
27
Fleas, Woody Allen, and Me
27
Mon p.m.
26
Sun p.m.
26
Sun a.m.
25
Sat a.m.
25
Day 8: Last Full Day on the Bruce Peninsula
24
Fri p.m.
24
Day 7: Silly Girl, Scared of Bears!
24
Fri a.m.
23
Thurs a.m.
23
Thurs p.m.
23
Day 6: Return to Devil’s Monument
22
Weds a.m.
22
Day 5: Stupid White Man Trail
22
Weds p.m.
21
Tues a.m.
21
Day 4: Snow Turns to Sunshine
21
Tues p.m.
20
My Face Begins to Reemerge
20
Mon a.m.
20
The Nicest, Sweetest Woman You Could Ever Meet
20
Day 3: Hiking in the Rain
20
Mon p.m.
19
Sun a.m.
19
Sun p.m.
19
Day 2: Beginning to Unwind
18
Day 1: Driving to the Bruce Peninsula
18
Sat p.m.
18
Sat a.m.
17
Fri a.m.
17
Six-figure salary to homeless bookseller
17
Fri p.m.
16
The World Without Us
16
Thurs p.m.
16
Serving my country
16
Who truly represents your interests?
16
Thurs a.m.
15
Weds a.m.
15
So long, John McCain
15
Finally! After One Week!
15
I Need Your Advice
15
Weds p.m.
14
Lesson about flash photography
14
Tues p.m.
14
Simplifying
14
Tues a.m.
14
Summer Cottages on the Bruce Peninsula
13
Mon p.m.
13
Mon a.m.
12
Subversive Sidewalk Signs
12
Sun p.m.
12
Sun a.m.
11
Jewish High Holidays or Incompetence and Neglect?
11
Sat p.m.
11
Sat a.m.
10
Fri p.m.
10
Fri a.m.
9
Serious Concerns
9
Thurs p.m.
9
Thurs a.m.
8
The Undecided Voter
8
Weds p.m.
8
How do I know when I've passed the test?
8
Weds a.m.
7
McCain, the ankle biter
7
Tues p.m.
7
Tues a.m.
7
Taking advantage of a connection
7
Welcome back to the rat race, Pea Eye!
6
Helluva job
6
Mon p.m.
6
Grieving
6
Pea Eye’s Last Stand
6
Mon a.m.
5
Strange Day
5
Sun p.m.
5
Sun a.m.
5
Can't Take Another Day of it!
4
Sat p.m.
4
Good News for Dog, Very Bad News for People
4
Sat a.m.
3
Aged one year in a single day
3
Fri p.m.
3
Friday Night in Ann Arbor
3
Could things get any worse?
3
Fri a.m.
3
My Daily Route to the YMCA
2
Thurs p.m.
2
Biden-Palin Debate
2
Thurs a.m.
2
Not CTS?
1
Weds p.m.
1
Weds a.m.
1
Two iPhones for the Price of One!
1
One Little Hitch
Sep
30
Tues a.m.
30
Tues p.m.
30
Brokeback Woman
30
Due to Unfortunate and Unexpected Delays
29
Mon p.m.
29
Mon a.m.
29
What if your kid went to school here?
28
Ever Feel Like Just a Number?
28
Sun p.m.
28
Sanctioned Graffiti I
28
Sun a.m.
28
Shooting Pains
27
Sat p.m.
27
Be Like the Sky
27
Sat a.m.
27
Oh, I just can't wait!
27
Party Town
26
Fri p.m.
26
Fri a.m.
25
Don’t WANNA drive 70!
25
Thurs p.m.
25
Conservative Driving == Didn't Get Ticket!
25
Thurs a.m.
25
A shot across the bow
24
Montreal, here we come: Spring 2009
24
Stress management course: Day Three
24
Weds a.m.
24
Weds p.m.
24
Girly
23
Vote: Is Sarah Palin qualified to be Vice President?
23
Tues p.m.
23
Tues a.m.
23
What is the What
22
Mon p.m.
22
Crazy gross nightmare
22
Mon a.m.
22
Went Looking for Sisyphus the Mouse
21
Sun p.m.
21
Creative counting during workouts
21
Two degrees of separation from Barack Obama!
21
Sun a.m.
20
Sat p.m.
20
Sat a.m.
20
Shrinking stomach
20
Playing traffic cop
19
Stress management course: Day two
19
Work Retreat Part 1: Motivational Seminar
19
My iPhone odyssey
18
Nightmare during the day
17
Grease or a Dark Closet?
16
Sisyphus the Mouse
15
The Palin Puzzle
11
Broken bird
11
Almost 180
11
Stress management course: Day one
10
Fellow misfits
9
Drowning Horse
7
Montreal-sized portions
6
Wonderful day
6
When is it Asperger syndrome?
6
My favorite female archetype
4
The Elephant
4
Prison
1
Foods I've eaten and would never eat
1
An industrious bunch!
Aug
31
Montreal 1 for 4; Ann Arbor 5 for 5
29
Psych! We were just kidding. Ha ha!
29
Watched Barack Obama Accept Democratic Nomination
28
What was I expecting, a miracle?
28
300 and first bike ride since CTS
25
Train sick
25
Botanical Garden
25
Blisters
24
The crazy bikers of Montreal
23
Un dimanche après-midi à l'Île de la Grande Jatte
23
Montreal meltdown
23
Every town must have at least one dog park
22
Montreal loves its cyclists
22
Moderate your solid waste in public bathrooms, please!
22
My husband embraces his inner bat
22
Bums spotted at luxury hotel
22
My Beloved Avenue Duluth
22
Réservoir
22
Parc Mont Royal
21
“There’s a Man Sleeping in our Room!”
21
The “Ugly American”
20
Ergonomic wake up call!
20
Montreal, here we come!
20
Is There an Entomologist in the House?
20
Dictated myself into a corner
20
Shall I stick a dagger to my heart or slit my wrists?
20
My Noisy Neighbors
19
Focus on driving
19
My simple pleasures
19
Got the message!
19
The soundtrack to my summer
13
"My man!"
13
Like two different people
12
911 isn’t just for emergencies
12
Stress Management Tools
12
Dying Young
11
Forgetting for a moment
10
Pet proofing our house
10
Lots of mistakes
9
When Somethng Tastes Very Bad
9
Dream Worry
7
City versus Suburbs
7
Emergency Room Dates
6
Rules of the trail
6
Making coffee revised for CTS victims
4
Case Study: Alternate Uses of Mac Laptops
4
Tweezing the hair from my chest
4
Teaching Jenny Some Manners
3
Have you tried headphones?
3
A Productive.. What? A “Productive” Hike?
2
Looking older
1
A positive spin
1
The Asses at Work
Jul
31
Before the rigor mortis sets in
31
Stress Management Techniques?
31
The Very Small Box
31
I am a Moth
30
Writing good sex scenes
29
A Novel Way to Kill Mice
28
Got approval for Montreal!
28
Friends
26
Woke up this morning
25
Anger Management
23
Mom’s worries
23
My Dream
23
If you fart loud enough, you can make your voice recognition software do stuff
22
Calling in the Posse
22
The Flagmen
22
Actionable?
20
Trying to get to Montreal
20
Home Run and You’re Out!
19
Sneaking around
18
Tears of Rage, Tears of Pain
17
Angry White Man
17
Doggie Dumb Dumb
16
No poop chute cleaning needed for eight more years
16
It's not Pavlov
16
Roller coaster update (with a touch of purple cow syndrome)
15
Dreadful News for Dog
15
Wall-E and Me
12
Sad Dog, Happy Dog
10
Getting creative at the gym
8
Do bugs really hump?
8
Chatty colleague pipes down
7
Survived my first day back
4
Bad moods
4
Good news from Newsweek?
4
Skating on thin ice
4
The “Vanity” Poop
4
Last and biggest gun in my posse
1
Detachment over scary dream
1
Piece of cake
Jun
30
Hurts to walk
27
How to make your coworkers think that you are very strange
26
Pavlov's girl
25
Gone, gone, gone away
24
Rounding up a posse
21
Moving on
18
Ain’t no workin’ stiff
18
Loving our artists to tears
17
not my neighborhood
17
too cool for words
16
Oh, the nerve!
16
Ass wipe
15
Keen to be promiscuous
14
Written entirely without hands
14
Surgery?
13
Hikers Stay on Trail. Prison Area.
13
My so called "vacation"
13
Heartbreak
12
Recipe for curing a bad mood
11
Hoist one for my man
9
Summer fun
8
Fallen into disrepair
8
Reflections on writing
8
Swapping roles
5
It Doesn’t Help to Cuss at Speech Recognition Software
4
Longing
3
Raptors and the smell of nectar
3
Rainy evening
3
Update on Meep the cat
2
First written blog post with speech recognition
2
Writing prose using speech recognition
1
Editing Photo Collections Via Voice Recognition
May
29
Just for Eddie
29
Laxatives, Mmm Mmm Good!
29
Hiker Hits Jackpot – B2B
28
Be Careful
28
Raymond Carver
25
Forest Floor
25
Girl's Best Friend
25
Surfaces II
25
Reading
24
Workplace Exteriors
24
Forest Wetland Meadow Garden
24
Surfaces
23
A Dilemma
22
The Yin and Yang of University Work
21
The Art of Compromise
20
The Riddle and the Discovery
19
Scared Shitless
18
In Another Life
17
Gardening update: Compost Day
17
How to brew coffee in 10 easy steps!
16
Tearing Down my Beautiful Weeds
15
What if...
15
The World of Whites
15
Cats Write the Worst Code
14
A Very Good Day!
14
Writing short stories
11
Rider cusses up a storm
11
Meep
11
Going beyond the avatar
8
Writing my first *real* short story
8
The Antidote to Going Postal in my Cube Farm
8
Cube Farms – Worst Workspace Ever Invented
7
Beautiful Way to Start the Workday
6
New Office Pix
5
Being Pea Eye
5
Dandelife Writing Challenge
4
Bike Pow Wow
4
Garden Project '08 Update
4
Gardening Can Cause Elevated Heart Rate in 40+ Year Old People
3
My Parents’ Memory of My Dad Losing His Job
3
Crazy Dream
2
Fridays are for Weeping
1
The Quietest Corner of Grand Central Station
Apr
30
Behavior Unbecoming of a Senior Developer
30
Did Right By Molasses Tonight!
29
Molasses II
29
Pink Floyd
28
What is my problem???
28
Hangin’ Out in the Garage
27
Anything worth doing is worth overdoing
26
Will I do it this year?
26
Garden Project '08
26
Life's too short...
24
Too Much for One Family
23
Watching the Suns vs the Spurs in Game 2 of the NBA Playoffs
21
Un-F***ing Believable -- More Bullshit Bureacracy
21
Oh Boo Hoo
20
The River Teaches Me a Lesson
19
How Many Cuss Words Does it Take to Install a Thule Rack System on a Honda Civic?
18
Passed the Poop Test
18
Some Men Get Away with Murder!
17
Go ahead, try and surprise me
16
Paranoid Park
11
When Language Really Matters
11
Ha, ME give advice on the female mind??
9
22 Hours in a Wilderness of Self Doubt
8
Gifts from My Father
6
A Film Never to Watch Right Before Bed
6
Life is Full of Surprises
6
Cycling Season Opens in Michigan
6
Forget the Rapids; Getta Load of this Current!
Mar
30
The Skeleton in Our Closet
29
Life as a Dog
29
Spring Takes a Sucker Punch to the Gut
29
Are you guys really all online??
28
Don't Be Stoic
27
Am I Exceptional, or Unexceptional?
25
Dangers of Email
23
Why Do They Run?
23
Starting Out in the Evening
22
Absent Minded, Part II
20
Fine Line Between Passion and Addiction
19
Long or Short?
18
Absent Minded?
16
The Gender Bender Revue
15
Being a Bachelorette for a Week
14
The Smackdown is On!
14
Oh, How I Hate Killing Mice!
9
A Compulsion to Write
9
Of Owls, Dreams, and the History of Britain
8
Dreamed of an Owl
7
Brain Damaged Bureaucracy
2
Being a Storyteller in a World of Bloggers
1
Feelings about Dandelife
Feb
28
Dark and Stormy
19
Dandelife withdrawal
15
Why This American is for Obama
10
I’ll Take Your Dollar, Ask for More, and then Tell You it’s Not Good Enough
10
Being Green in the Great White North
9
NO-ONE Will Buy These Cube Walls
7
She’s Atomic Blue!
Jan
21
Having No Car in Sub Zero Temperatures in the USA
15
My Car’s Re-Maker
2007
(timeline)
Dec
31
When the Mind’s Immune System Runs Low
26
Eulogy for an Old Friend
26
Little Yappy Dogs
24
A Christmas Stocking Full of Advice
22
Coal in My Stocking This Christmas
9
Programmers! Are You Writing Automated Tests?
9
Sicko
Nov
30
The Nature of Evil
24
Why do I prefer the present tense?
23
Give to charity this year!
6
Understanding a brother
5
Our Gene Pool
Picking up Chicks in Seattle
You Said You Were Paying, Right?
Flattery Might Actually Get You Somewhere
Executioner of Mice Part II (Rated PG)
Oct
14
Fall Paddling in Michigan
R U Kidding??
Jun
Just Lie Next Time
Feb
Island Cats
2006
(timeline)
Nov
13
We Hired the Wrong Candidate
Sep
Fox Trot
How I Talked Myself into an Existential Crisis
Aug
14
The Dream Job
Apr
24
Molasses
Jan
17
Being Homeless in a Frigid Season
2005
(timeline)
Sep
Requiem for a Dream
Mar
7
Related to Outlaws?
Feb
Executioner of Mice Part I (Rated R)
Jan
The Chilly Boxer
2004
(timeline)
Dec
17
I Am Deemed By Unnamed Co Workers To Smell Bad
Oct
28
A Very Short Friendship
Sep
18
The Last Time I Flipped the Bird at a Motorist
11
Reconstructing the Accident
10
A Thousand Stinging Hornets
8
Being Back at Work after Bike Accident
4
Growing Back A Public Face
3
Cause Of Bike Accident Revealed
1
Bicyle Ride with a Fairy Tale Ending
1
Bike Accident
1
Putting my Shattered Face Back Together
Aug
23
The Homewood Chronicles, Part II
23
Memories of a Loving Grandfather
22
The Homewood Chronicles, Part I
8
Carpe Diem
2003
(timeline)
Aug
My Little Social Experiment
2001
(timeline)
Oct
14
How I learned about the word 'Helmet'
2000
(timeline)
Jun
22
Four and a Half Days in the Hospital
1998
(timeline)
Oct
30
Squelching Sound in the Men’s Room
1997
(timeline)
Aug
14
The Creep
1996
(timeline)
Feb
Big Sister Chronicles, Part II: Becoming Tacha’s Big Sister
1994
(timeline)
Oct
Big Sister Chronicles, Part I: Being Tacha’s Tutor
Feb
In the Closet with an Older Man
1993
(timeline)
May
Babies are a Real Pain
1992
(timeline)
May
The Hurt Inflicted by Downcast Eyes
1991
(timeline)
Apr
2
When My Aunt Went Around the Bend and Never Came Back
1990
(timeline)
Sep
10
Being an IT Person in a Non-IT Organization: Background
Only Two Hours Per Week
You Can’t Take your Software Out for a Beer
Jul
29
What I Did after Dropping out of Ph.D. School, Part I
1989
(timeline)
May
Forsaking a Dream
Apr
25
Shunned by the Geeks
1984
(timeline)
Feb
14
Carnation for a boy
Jan
3
Why I Had No Eighteenth Birthday
1981
(timeline)
Aug
9
The Animals
Apr
The Letter D
1977
(timeline)
May
8
Best Gift Ever
Apr
The Pre-Natal Fishbowl
1976
(timeline)
Apr
How You Know That You’re Not a Child Anymore
1972
(timeline)
Sep
When my Aunt Dropped the N-Bomb
1970
(timeline)
Sep
6
The Year my Parents Married
1966
(timeline)
Jan
3
A Sordid Affair
1960
(timeline)
Jun
20
Home
1958
(timeline)
May
16
Never Speak of This Again
1956
(timeline)
Oct
Those Who Remain
May
Reasons We Leave
1951
(timeline)
May
24
The Game
1942
(timeline)
May
28
The Year my Father was Born
1938
(timeline)
Nov
13
The Year my Mother was Born
1900
(timeline)
May
14
The Italian Contingent Hits American Soil
