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Monthly Archives: June 2008

ODE: THE TECH SUPPORTEE’S LAMENT

ANYTHING THAT PLUGS IN WILL EVENTUALLY TURN ON YOU. HELP IS BUT ONE PHONE CALL AWAY. MAYBE.
Her left trapezius bent with age
She held the phone all afternoon
Receiver clutched in helpless rage
She hoped for tech support, and soon
 
But lo, hold music dweedled on
Sometimes broke up by little beeps
She snacked a lot, her face grew wan,
She blamed [...]

MY COMMENCEMENT SPEECH

On Thursday, we held a high school graduation for my 18-year-old daughter, Coco Dexheimer. Austin High’s official graduation was a week later, but she had no interest in attending what she felt would be a claustrophobic jam-out, preferring instead to sit in the living room with her boyfriend Matt, her best friend Rachel, Gus, Eric [...]