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The Unnormal: Part 3 of x. People look better in masks

May 20, 2020 aaron47 Leave a comment

The longer this pandemic goes on the more companies I see getting into the designer-mask game. There are some really…

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Posted in: Uncategorized, Unnormal Filed under: coronavirus, covid-19, masks

The Buildering Files: Historical Climbing Guides to Urban Ascents in Norman, Oklahoma

May 4, 2020 aaron47 Leave a comment

Publishing these guides online for posterity. If you are interested in buildering and buildering guides you will appreciate these. The…

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Posted in: Buildering, Climbing, Uncategorized Filed under: buildering, norman, urban climber, urban climbing

Unearthed: Terry’s garage climbing gym

April 14, 2020 aaron47 Leave a comment

These days, garage climbing gyms are ubiquitous, if not a bit cliche. Holds on cinderblock walls, sheets of plywood attached…

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The Unnormal – Part 2 of x. 101 years ago

March 28, 2020 aaron47 Leave a comment

Ongoing dialogue and reflection in the age of covid-19 In thinking about what is happening in our world today it…

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Posted in: Blog, Uncategorized, Unnormal Filed under: 1918 flu, blog, charles luther odom, coronavirus, covid-19, epidemic, unnormal, WWI

Throwback: To outdoor film shows at the silos

March 25, 2020 aaron47 Leave a comment

The Renegade Picture Show was an idea I started in April of 2007. At the same, there were other guerilla-movie…

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Posted in: Blog, film, renegade picture show, Rocktown, rps, Uncategorized, video Filed under: movies, outdoor film, renegade picture show, shows, silos, throwback

The Unnormal: Part 1 of x. Staying Home

March 24, 2020 aaron47 Leave a comment

The difference between right now – March 24 – and the beginning of the month is staggering and evidenced by…

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Posted in: Blog, Uncategorized Filed under: coronavirus, covid19, global, march2020, pandemic, stayathome, unnormal

More articles, essays and stories

September 25, 2018 aaron47 Leave a comment

I’ve been going back through my archives of written material and it’s surprising how much stuff I have but haven’t…

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Heraclitus said it best

August 29, 2018 aaron47 Leave a comment

The only thing that is constant is change.  More to come…

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A bit about the origins of bouldering

October 8, 2017 aaron47 Leave a comment

For those of you who think bouldering is a recent occurrence in climbing history, think again.  There are documented accounts…

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Photo Reflection: The Thunderhead Boulder

July 28, 2017 aaron47 Leave a comment

It’s been a while now – perhaps we could call it a generation ago? – that we I had a…

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