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.

A Toast to 2012

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Mark Egge

Let 2012 be the year of fulfillment–in our persons, in our work, in our play. Let us each proceed into 2012 with a new-found sense of self, renewed purpose in our work, and broad new horizons in our play. Let … Continue reading →

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Never Enough

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Mark Egge

I have thoughts. Honest. I do. Honest. Thoughts. But nothing to post here. There’s nothing appropriate to share here. This is the public facing self. And so this blog has to wear a tie. There’s no casual Fridays on the … Continue reading →

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Disfunctional Somnambulism

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Mark Egge

So, I’m sitting in the airport. I’m taking some time to think about the details. The milieu. The thousand cuts of modern life which I do my damnedest to ignore. Times. Gate. Terminals. Flight numbers. And so on. To be … Continue reading →

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Open letter to Sen. John McCain

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Mark Egge

I’m not in the habit of writing letters to my elected representatives–if only because I generally prefer watching movies or climbing mountains to writing letters, and I certainly do not expect any letter to make one lick of difference. (Want … Continue reading →

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Start Shouting

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Mark Egge

At a stoplight yesterday I pulled up behind a car with an “Ouck Fbama” bumper sticker, and I just about lost my shit. There might have been an incident of road rage, if not for Sagar being in the car, … Continue reading →

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Weird Expectations

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Mark Egge

Going home in invariably weird. Or, at least feels weird.  Inevitably, the conversation, at some point, turns to “how weird is it that …” How weird is it that Brandon is married? How weird is that we all have real … Continue reading →

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Scottsdale vs. The World

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Mark Egge

A list: what makes Scottsdale unlike anywhere else I’ve lived: Nobody cleans their own house. Or mows their own lawn Nobody changes their own oil–much less does their own auto repair There’s a dry cleaners in every shopping complex There … Continue reading →

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The Four Peaks

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Mark Egge

A insolent disregard for mountains is one thing the Four Peaks will cure you of. Me of, anyway. Showed up at the Lone Pine trailhead around 9:00 am on Sunday, feeling rather hung over. Didn’t know much about the Four … Continue reading →

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Electioneering

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Mark Egge

This election is going to be a hard one for me. I have no freaking clue who to vote for–such is the tumult of political views at the moment. I take that back. I have SOME clue. For example: voting … Continue reading →

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Jubelhoptoberale

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Mark Egge

Is Jubelale a celebration of Hoptober? Or, is Hoptober just the perfect season for Jubelale? At long last, it’s fall. That is, at long last it feels like summer. Warm days, cool nights. The mornings aren’t crisp yet, but soon. … Continue reading →

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