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It's been an incredibly busy month (as the lack of blog posts show), filled with travel, work, photo shoots and hella good times. Saw a light at the end of the tunnel today and celebrated with some Glemorangie Quinta Ruban, a proper beard trim and hot shave at Cha Cha.
I'm going to have another dram, think snow and ponder why the cross-eyed dog will only make a left turn out of my driveway at night.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/622296/whitebirch.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5BhxqtTgzNW9 Dave Taylor okaybro Dave Taylor Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:32:00 -0700 BUT IN THE AFTERNOON, I JUST http://okaybro.posterous.com/but-in-the-afternoon-i-just http://okaybro.posterous.com/but-in-the-afternoon-i-just

Have not been posting but have been running and it's been gnarly. When "they" came up with "dog days of summer" they probably imagined the cross-eyed dog in the photo below, melting onto the kitchen floor. It's been hot, muggy and the mosquitos are at plague levels. I don't think there is better motivation to keep moving than the swarm.

I did get a respite from the gnarly-ness in a little weekend jaunt to Door County to see the in-laws, it's fantastic there, take a trip if you haven't been. I got in on some epic fish-fry at The Shoreline (my in-laws own it and have been turning out great food, smiling and telling jokes there for the past 20 years) and spent at day at the "beach". They call it a beach, but it's on a lake, the lake is huge, but it's still a lake and to this Miami raised boy it's not a beach unless the water is salty.

Again attached is what got me through the runs. The song is from my friend Andy aka Time Since Western, he makes music, writes "damn good words" at Planet Propaganda and Loves Fly Fishing

Bottom Of The Sea 081207 by Time Since Western Listen on Posterous

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/622296/whitebirch.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5BhxqtTgzNW9 Dave Taylor okaybro Dave Taylor Time Since Western - Bottom Of The Sea 081207 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:11:50 -0700 MAGIC http://okaybro.posterous.com/magic http://okaybro.posterous.com/magic The magic has been happening again.

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Keep it Wack!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/622296/whitebirch.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5BhxqtTgzNW9 Dave Taylor okaybro Dave Taylor Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:14:00 -0700 WE GO SHOPPIN' IF YA COOK SOME AUGRATIN http://okaybro.posterous.com/we-go-shoppin-if-ya-cook-some-augratin http://okaybro.posterous.com/we-go-shoppin-if-ya-cook-some-augratin
Today's run sucked at first, but the beats were DOPE and the run got better. I'm sensing a theme here, running sucks but if you keep running it stops sucking.
I attempted to take a pic of the marker that talks about the indian burial mounds on the trail, but the phone flipped to video and the bugs were too gnarly for me to stand around and mess with it. Things like that get your mind going, history, folks. 
Going to polish this day off with a nice scotch and some dinner with Rae at Madison's newest restaurant Graze, a gastropub opened by the good folks at L'Etoile. Looking forward to some locally grown, organic goodness. 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/622296/whitebirch.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5BhxqtTgzNW9 Dave Taylor okaybro Dave Taylor Jaylib - Starz Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:17:08 -0700 USE THE RIGHT TOOLS FOR THE JOB http://okaybro.posterous.com/use-the-right-tools-for-the-job http://okaybro.posterous.com/use-the-right-tools-for-the-job My dad always said use the right tools for the job and the will go better. Still learning lessons taught to me thirty years ago. The woodtype project is back and rolling, though my thumb isn't just yet.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/622296/whitebirch.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5BhxqtTgzNW9 Dave Taylor okaybro Dave Taylor Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:08:22 -0700 YOU AIN'T LETTING BAD VIBES INVADE YOUR SPIRIT http://okaybro.posterous.com/you-aint-letting-bad-vibes-invade-your-spirit http://okaybro.posterous.com/you-aint-letting-bad-vibes-invade-your-spirit After yesterday's awesome "Meat Cruise" on a sailboat in Lake Mendota with the homies from Planet Propaganda todays run started with sea legs, rather than ones for running. They eventually switched and the run felt great even with the gnarly humidity.
The park must have been quiet today because I saw a bunch of wildlife, a cool Garter Snake, lots of rabbits, a hawk eating a rabbit and a massive frog.
This is what got me through the run today:

Beautiful Day by Gym Class Heroes Listen on Posterous

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/622296/whitebirch.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5BhxqtTgzNW9 Dave Taylor okaybro Dave Taylor Gym Class Heroes - Beautiful Day Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:01:00 -0700 A BRAND NEW MORN, NO TIME TO YAWN http://okaybro.posterous.com/a-brand-new-morn-no-time-to-yawn http://okaybro.posterous.com/a-brand-new-morn-no-time-to-yawn

Nine hours of driving for an hour and half long meeting. Phew, rough day.

Got back to Madison, managed to ignore the siren's song of the bar at Sardine and went for a run instead. The run felt great, amazingly I had a nice rhythm going for most of it. That car ride feels so far away.

I've been doing most of the running in the Edna Taylor Conservation Park which is just a few blocks from my house. A little something that makes Madison great.

This is what got that rhythm going.

Juice (Know The Ledge) by Rakim Listen on Posterous

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/622296/whitebirch.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5BhxqtTgzNW9 Dave Taylor okaybro Dave Taylor Rakim - Juice (Know The Ledge) Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:11:52 -0700 RUN ROCKED RHYMES http://okaybro.posterous.com/run-rocked-rhymes http://okaybro.posterous.com/run-rocked-rhymes I grew up on my bike or in the water and never really figured the whole running thing out. I'm giving it a shot.
This is what got me through run #2.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/622296/whitebirch.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5BhxqtTgzNW9 Dave Taylor okaybro Dave Taylor - Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:31:59 -0700 BUNNIES! http://okaybro.posterous.com/bunnies http://okaybro.posterous.com/bunnies This awesome video from The Muppets Studio reminds me of the cross-eyed dog and his blood lust for bunnies.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/622296/whitebirch.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5BhxqtTgzNW9 Dave Taylor okaybro Dave Taylor Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:06:52 -0700 CIRCLES // STITCHES http://okaybro.posterous.com/circles-stitches http://okaybro.posterous.com/circles-stitches Last night I was carving some circles for the wood type project and ended up with a trip to the ER and 5 stitches. I think I am going to have to work my technique before things get really ugly.
No carving for a few days, in the meantime I'll be checking out the great wood type blog END GRAIN, and so should you.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/622296/whitebirch.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5BhxqtTgzNW9 Dave Taylor okaybro Dave Taylor Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:49:00 -0700 THE LETTER C http://okaybro.posterous.com/the-letter-c http://okaybro.posterous.com/the-letter-c

Spilled some blood carving the C tonight.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/622296/whitebirch.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5BhxqtTgzNW9 Dave Taylor okaybro Dave Taylor Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:32:37 -0700 WOODTYPE http://okaybro.posterous.com/woodtype http://okaybro.posterous.com/woodtype
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Carving woodtype. The plan is to do a few alphabets, build a lo-fi press and see what happens.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/622296/whitebirch.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5BhxqtTgzNW9 Dave Taylor okaybro Dave Taylor Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:23:00 -0700 43rd and Lex http://okaybro.posterous.com/43rd-and-lex-inspiration-travel-school http://okaybro.posterous.com/43rd-and-lex-inspiration-travel-school

I've taken a lot of photos and this is one of my favorites. IIt was shot from inside a Manhattan hotel room when I was in college on a trip to visit museums and design studios. It was shot with an ancient Yashica Mat that belonged to my Dad.

It feels like you are flying through the canyons of the city. It meant my Dad trusted me with his ancient camera, it's a glimpse of where my family is from and where I was born but never really lived. Being tough, raw and in the thick of it but always having that glimmer of sunshine peeking through.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/622296/whitebirch.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5BhxqtTgzNW9 Dave Taylor okaybro Dave Taylor Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:23:59 -0700 SUMMER HEAT http://okaybro.posterous.com/summer-heat-1 http://okaybro.posterous.com/summer-heat-1 The summer heat and tornados have me wishing for winter. If you ask me there isn't much better in Wisconsin than an early morning hike with the cross-eyed dog through a few inches of fresh snow.

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