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.

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Good heavens. I guess I’m glad to be at work– in the last 26 hours, I’ve spent 24 hour editing. I took a 45 minute or so break this morning around 1:00, and stopped again for a 30 minute breakfast … Continue reading

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The best of intentions…

Strong though his literature teacher’s impact may have been, it was M’s social science teacher, Yang Changji, who was to have the deepest influence on M’s intellectual life. As M recalled later, Yang”was an idealist, and a man of high … Continue reading

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What the Bleep Do We Know?

I ended up writing a mini-review of What the Bleep Do We Know? in a comment on William’s blog, so I thought I’d go ahead and post it here: I was very unimpressed with the film. It came across as … Continue reading

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William hates the French.

If I don’t burn a bridge, I’ll cross back over it. Yeah, there’s a lot behind that statement, but no, I’m not going to explain it here. It’s just a realization that I came to this afternoon while driving back … Continue reading

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This might be the earliest entry ever.

It’s 7:54. AM. And I didn’t stay up all night. I think this is definately some sort of record. I certainly didn’t get up at 6:45AM on a non-school day of my own volition– for some stupid reason I signed … Continue reading

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WHHHHHHHHOOOO!

Remember when I posted yesterday and said it was snowing? Yeah, well, it still is. And I mean still– it hasn’t stopped. We’ve only managed like 6 inches of total accumulation, but still… it’s been snowing for 24 hours straight. … Continue reading

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It’s snowing!

I woke up this morning (after wearing shorts around campus yesterday) to find the world blanketed in a wonderful layer of cool, pure snow. It’s still snowing, and I guess it’s going to keep snowing. And that makes me quite … Continue reading

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Oh my allergies!

So I didn’t think that I had allergies. But now I’m thinking differently. Things are actually starting to turn green around Bozeman, and since the time I woke up this morning I’ve been sneezing like CRAZY and my nose has … Continue reading

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Mweh sha na ha fa buhoovurla

So another day of break has come and gone. Ken and I were pretty lazy today– we slept late, and then just bummed around the house till we left around 3:00. Well, actually, we made muffins, then Ken watched T.V. … Continue reading

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Your Suntan Faces

Yeah, I know I have a problem. I’m addicted. Hello. My name is Mark, and I’m a net-o-holic. No, not quite. Hello, my name is Mark, and I’m a firewall-free bandwidth-o-holic. This isn’t the first time that I’ve kept myself … Continue reading

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