Author Archives: Mark Egge

About Mark Egge

Transportation planner-adjacent data scientist by day. YIMBY Shoupista on a bicycle by night. Bozeman, MT. All opinions expressed here are my own.

Happy Sixth Anniversary!

I just realized that, on January 27th, this blog had its 6th birthday! Just for fun, here’s the archives from January, 2003 (I was a Junior in high school):http://www.eateggs.com/archives/2003#January

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Ferraro’s Fine Italian Stalkers

It might prove to be a great irony if my History capstone course turns out to be the low point in my career as a student in the MSU history department. Not my performance–but rather, the worst class I’ve taken. … Continue reading

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Quiet, quiet down she said, speaking to the back of his head.

Today was my Dad’s 60th birthday. That’s a little weird… I mean, my Dad’s 60, right? You wouldn’t know it though–he’s busy right now training for his next marathon and next summer’s backpacking trip in the Wind River Range. The … Continue reading

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Bikes and Stop Signs

A Montana state representative from Missoula has introduced a bill (HB 68) that would remove the requirement that bicyclists come to a full and complete stop at stop signs–making Montana communities more bike friendly. Newwest.net has the full scoop, here … Continue reading

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Some Dime-Store Hooker…

So … I’ve made it to the end of another semester. Yet another semester? It snowed today. Snowed inches and inches … doing its damnedest to suffuse Bozeman in a while blanket of peace and quiet. A Christmas miracle, really–every … Continue reading

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Back Status Update. Good News!

Joyous exaltations! No–not about Christmas (I still, decidedly, don’t like the holiday!)–but about my back. I started with a new physical therapist (Dr. Milica Livesay, if anyone in Bozeman needs a good one) about a month ago. Though I’ve come … Continue reading

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Despite just playing four hours of Rock Band, I feel old.

You know you’ve been playing Rock Band too long when you look around and the room is scrolling up. At first, at the end of a song, I thought that the screen itself was scrolling up … but then I … Continue reading

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Boring Post About Recent Accomplishments

Finally, in the last week of this semester, I’m … finished with all my lingering projects from last semester! Let’s review: My Motorbike! Huzzah!(My motorbike, on a ride up Bridger Canyon, this October. 24 Oct 2008) This project actually dates … Continue reading

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Mars the Bringer of War

Willing my car onto the “Limited Access – Pickups Only” road not too far from my house, I make a pilgrimage tonight to an old, familiar place. It’s bitter cold and–out on the prairie–utterly dark, save for the stars. A … Continue reading

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Shelter From the Storm

Good lord. I haven’t posted in so long that my own blog logged me out. My own blog! Hrm… Well, it’s been a busy few weeks. In the wake of the election … all of the work that piled up … Continue reading

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