Tim Høiland

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Entries from July 20th, 2007

Intelligence.

July 20th, 2007 · Comments Off · Misc.

I am happy to announce that I am going into the motivational poster business. To kick off the series, I decided to begin with a photo from the crocodile farm I visited in Vietnam last fall, the same one in which we threw cashews at the heads of these crocs and walked away tingling.

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Quickballs, Large Leagues, & Spectacles Lived With Intensity!

July 19th, 2007 · Comments Off · Misc.

Many years ago I used to play baseball now and then on the weekends with a bunch of guys at a field a few blocks from our house in Guatemala City. Among these was Jorge, a big dude who was our sandlot’s version of Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez. When he stepped to the plate, one [...]

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All in this together – alone?

July 18th, 2007 · Comments Off · Misc.

Two guys are sitting on the twin black pleather chairs in the coffee shop. One has his feet kicked up on one of the metal chairs with a yellow seat cushion. The other guy also has a chair pulled over in front of him, which he uses to collect the slivers of fingernail he apparently [...]

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