Brooke Geery

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States #24-26: Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado

Circa 2000 My first cross country road trip, right after my Freshman year of college at PSC in the year 2000, took me to a ton of new states, so many in fact, I am breaking them into two posts. I've also been back to each of these states many times and they are big, and unavoidable (also CO has good snowboarding.) 24. Iowa Dexter, IA. Circa 2006 I spent a night in Ames, a college town USA, a college town that could have been anywhere, but just happened to be in the middle of Iowa. On the same trip I skated the Council Bluffs skatepark where I found it…
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Change is Good

People talk a lot about the current state of the media. I am one of them. Seeing as I work in the field, these days as both an editor and a publisher, it is of great interest to me to watch the changing scope of things and read a bunch of articles with "real journalists" freaking out about how they can't make as much money in this climate and the impending death of the profession. Magazine publishers are having meetings about how to stay afloat, hiring kids to show them how to use facebook to revolutionize their businesses, and investing in those god awful eReaders that, in the words of…
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State #27: Montana

Circa 2001 In scenery alone, Montana is my favorite state. They aren’t kidding about that whole “big sky” thing. I took one snowboard road trip here in college, and have since made it a regular stop on my cross-country trips, staying in Missoula courtesy of the Graham brothers on multiple occasions. [gallery=27]
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Things I Am Good At: Part 4 – Scrabble!

I've been threatening to write this one for awhile now, mostly amidst gloating over annihilating a Scrabble opponent. It usually goes something like this: Random person I know or have just met, "Oh, I love Scrabble, we should play." Me, "Yeah, you probably don't want to play against me." Person, "I don't know, I'm pretty good, we should play." Me, "Ok." Fast forward to an hour later, most of which I've sat there twiddling my thumbs and/or tapping my fingers on the table while they labor over each move, then hastily slapping down a word worth three times as much as their average play. Final score: Me: high 300s. Them:…
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States #28-29: Wisconsin and South Dakota

I know, I know, these two states are NOT TOUCHING, and technically I think I drove though one of them on a different trip first, but it was my cross country drive in 2001 when I first stopped to skateboard in them each. I went back to Wisconsin a few years later while living in Chicago to skateboard, and went back on an epic South Dakota adventure with Sarah Morrison in February 2006, but as far as the order of initial visit, this is where they've ended up. #28 South Dakota [gallery=26] I love South Dakota. Maybe I just have a thing for states with South in the name, but…
Read More

2009 Stats: NBD

Well, since a few other bloggers with nothing interesting to post are doing a year in review thing I figured Brookegeery.com should jump on the bandwagon as well. That's right I am not a leader, I am a follower. I am not a woman! I am DEVO! All kidding aside I tend to be a bit shocked every month when I see people roll back to this site to consume whatever I put up. Brookegeery.com was started a few years ago and wouldn't you know it  - it's still going. At time Brookegeery.com has been a few different things - a my portfolio, a place to vent, a short-lived list…
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States #30-32: ND, MN and MI

Before I got bored with driving cross country, I managed to take just about every route possible, mostly to hit various skateparks for the above map. The first trip that took me through the states of MI, MN and ND in 2002 also involved Canada for a trip to the Millennium skatepark in Calgary, a passenger who learned to drive standard a few days before and had brought $17 total with him (but he had some Canadian money too!) It didn't, however, involve many photos (or it did and I just can't find them), so for this installment, you'll just have to enjoy my exciting tales about each state. Don't…
Read More

States #24-26: Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado

Circa 2000 My first cross country road trip, right after my Freshman year of college at PSC in the year 2000, took me to a ton of new states, so many in fact, I am breaking them into two posts. I've also been back to each of these states many times and they are big, and unavoidable (also CO has good snowboarding.) 24. Iowa Dexter, IA. Circa 2006 I spent a night in Ames, a college town USA, a college town that could have been anywhere, but just happened to be in the middle of Iowa. On the same trip I skated the Council Bluffs skatepark where I found it…
Read More

Change is Good

People talk a lot about the current state of the media. I am one of them. Seeing as I work in the field, these days as both an editor and a publisher, it is of great interest to me to watch the changing scope of things and read a bunch of articles with "real journalists" freaking out about how they can't make as much money in this climate and the impending death of the profession. Magazine publishers are having meetings about how to stay afloat, hiring kids to show them how to use facebook to revolutionize their businesses, and investing in those god awful eReaders that, in the words of…
Read More

State #27: Montana

Circa 2001 In scenery alone, Montana is my favorite state. They aren’t kidding about that whole “big sky” thing. I took one snowboard road trip here in college, and have since made it a regular stop on my cross-country trips, staying in Missoula courtesy of the Graham brothers on multiple occasions. [gallery=27]
Read More

Things I Am Good At: Part 4 – Scrabble!

I've been threatening to write this one for awhile now, mostly amidst gloating over annihilating a Scrabble opponent. It usually goes something like this: Random person I know or have just met, "Oh, I love Scrabble, we should play." Me, "Yeah, you probably don't want to play against me." Person, "I don't know, I'm pretty good, we should play." Me, "Ok." Fast forward to an hour later, most of which I've sat there twiddling my thumbs and/or tapping my fingers on the table while they labor over each move, then hastily slapping down a word worth three times as much as their average play. Final score: Me: high 300s. Them:…
Read More

States #28-29: Wisconsin and South Dakota

I know, I know, these two states are NOT TOUCHING, and technically I think I drove though one of them on a different trip first, but it was my cross country drive in 2001 when I first stopped to skateboard in them each. I went back to Wisconsin a few years later while living in Chicago to skateboard, and went back on an epic South Dakota adventure with Sarah Morrison in February 2006, but as far as the order of initial visit, this is where they've ended up. #28 South Dakota [gallery=26] I love South Dakota. Maybe I just have a thing for states with South in the name, but…
Read More

2009 Stats: NBD

Well, since a few other bloggers with nothing interesting to post are doing a year in review thing I figured Brookegeery.com should jump on the bandwagon as well. That's right I am not a leader, I am a follower. I am not a woman! I am DEVO! All kidding aside I tend to be a bit shocked every month when I see people roll back to this site to consume whatever I put up. Brookegeery.com was started a few years ago and wouldn't you know it  - it's still going. At time Brookegeery.com has been a few different things - a my portfolio, a place to vent, a short-lived list…
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States #30-32: ND, MN and MI

Before I got bored with driving cross country, I managed to take just about every route possible, mostly to hit various skateparks for the above map. The first trip that took me through the states of MI, MN and ND in 2002 also involved Canada for a trip to the Millennium skatepark in Calgary, a passenger who learned to drive standard a few days before and had brought $17 total with him (but he had some Canadian money too!) It didn't, however, involve many photos (or it did and I just can't find them), so for this installment, you'll just have to enjoy my exciting tales about each state. Don't…
Read More

States #24-26: Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado

Circa 2000 My first cross country road trip, right after my Freshman year of college at PSC in the year 2000, took me to a ton of new states, so many in fact, I am breaking them into two posts. I've also been back to each of these states many times and they are big, and unavoidable (also CO has good snowboarding.) 24. Iowa Dexter, IA. Circa 2006 I spent a night in Ames, a college town USA, a college town that could have been anywhere, but just happened to be in the middle of Iowa. On the same trip I skated the Council Bluffs skatepark where I found it…
Read More

Change is Good

People talk a lot about the current state of the media. I am one of them. Seeing as I work in the field, these days as both an editor and a publisher, it is of great interest to me to watch the changing scope of things and read a bunch of articles with "real journalists" freaking out about how they can't make as much money in this climate and the impending death of the profession. Magazine publishers are having meetings about how to stay afloat, hiring kids to show them how to use facebook to revolutionize their businesses, and investing in those god awful eReaders that, in the words of…
Read More

State #27: Montana

Circa 2001 In scenery alone, Montana is my favorite state. They aren’t kidding about that whole “big sky” thing. I took one snowboard road trip here in college, and have since made it a regular stop on my cross-country trips, staying in Missoula courtesy of the Graham brothers on multiple occasions. [gallery=27]
Read More

Things I Am Good At: Part 4 – Scrabble!

I've been threatening to write this one for awhile now, mostly amidst gloating over annihilating a Scrabble opponent. It usually goes something like this: Random person I know or have just met, "Oh, I love Scrabble, we should play." Me, "Yeah, you probably don't want to play against me." Person, "I don't know, I'm pretty good, we should play." Me, "Ok." Fast forward to an hour later, most of which I've sat there twiddling my thumbs and/or tapping my fingers on the table while they labor over each move, then hastily slapping down a word worth three times as much as their average play. Final score: Me: high 300s. Them:…
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States #28-29: Wisconsin and South Dakota

I know, I know, these two states are NOT TOUCHING, and technically I think I drove though one of them on a different trip first, but it was my cross country drive in 2001 when I first stopped to skateboard in them each. I went back to Wisconsin a few years later while living in Chicago to skateboard, and went back on an epic South Dakota adventure with Sarah Morrison in February 2006, but as far as the order of initial visit, this is where they've ended up. #28 South Dakota [gallery=26] I love South Dakota. Maybe I just have a thing for states with South in the name, but…
Read More

2009 Stats: NBD

Well, since a few other bloggers with nothing interesting to post are doing a year in review thing I figured Brookegeery.com should jump on the bandwagon as well. That's right I am not a leader, I am a follower. I am not a woman! I am DEVO! All kidding aside I tend to be a bit shocked every month when I see people roll back to this site to consume whatever I put up. Brookegeery.com was started a few years ago and wouldn't you know it  - it's still going. At time Brookegeery.com has been a few different things - a my portfolio, a place to vent, a short-lived list…
Read More

States #30-32: ND, MN and MI

Before I got bored with driving cross country, I managed to take just about every route possible, mostly to hit various skateparks for the above map. The first trip that took me through the states of MI, MN and ND in 2002 also involved Canada for a trip to the Millennium skatepark in Calgary, a passenger who learned to drive standard a few days before and had brought $17 total with him (but he had some Canadian money too!) It didn't, however, involve many photos (or it did and I just can't find them), so for this installment, you'll just have to enjoy my exciting tales about each state. Don't…
Read More

States #24-26: Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado

Circa 2000 My first cross country road trip, right after my Freshman year of college at PSC in the year 2000, took me to a ton of new states, so many in fact, I am breaking them into two posts. I've also been back to each of these states many times and they are big, and unavoidable (also CO has good snowboarding.) 24. Iowa Dexter, IA. Circa 2006 I spent a night in Ames, a college town USA, a college town that could have been anywhere, but just happened to be in the middle of Iowa. On the same trip I skated the Council Bluffs skatepark where I found it…
Read More

Change is Good

People talk a lot about the current state of the media. I am one of them. Seeing as I work in the field, these days as both an editor and a publisher, it is of great interest to me to watch the changing scope of things and read a bunch of articles with "real journalists" freaking out about how they can't make as much money in this climate and the impending death of the profession. Magazine publishers are having meetings about how to stay afloat, hiring kids to show them how to use facebook to revolutionize their businesses, and investing in those god awful eReaders that, in the words of…
Read More

State #27: Montana

Circa 2001 In scenery alone, Montana is my favorite state. They aren’t kidding about that whole “big sky” thing. I took one snowboard road trip here in college, and have since made it a regular stop on my cross-country trips, staying in Missoula courtesy of the Graham brothers on multiple occasions. [gallery=27]
Read More

Things I Am Good At: Part 4 – Scrabble!

I've been threatening to write this one for awhile now, mostly amidst gloating over annihilating a Scrabble opponent. It usually goes something like this: Random person I know or have just met, "Oh, I love Scrabble, we should play." Me, "Yeah, you probably don't want to play against me." Person, "I don't know, I'm pretty good, we should play." Me, "Ok." Fast forward to an hour later, most of which I've sat there twiddling my thumbs and/or tapping my fingers on the table while they labor over each move, then hastily slapping down a word worth three times as much as their average play. Final score: Me: high 300s. Them:…
Read More

States #28-29: Wisconsin and South Dakota

I know, I know, these two states are NOT TOUCHING, and technically I think I drove though one of them on a different trip first, but it was my cross country drive in 2001 when I first stopped to skateboard in them each. I went back to Wisconsin a few years later while living in Chicago to skateboard, and went back on an epic South Dakota adventure with Sarah Morrison in February 2006, but as far as the order of initial visit, this is where they've ended up. #28 South Dakota [gallery=26] I love South Dakota. Maybe I just have a thing for states with South in the name, but…
Read More

2009 Stats: NBD

Well, since a few other bloggers with nothing interesting to post are doing a year in review thing I figured Brookegeery.com should jump on the bandwagon as well. That's right I am not a leader, I am a follower. I am not a woman! I am DEVO! All kidding aside I tend to be a bit shocked every month when I see people roll back to this site to consume whatever I put up. Brookegeery.com was started a few years ago and wouldn't you know it  - it's still going. At time Brookegeery.com has been a few different things - a my portfolio, a place to vent, a short-lived list…
Read More

States #30-32: ND, MN and MI

Before I got bored with driving cross country, I managed to take just about every route possible, mostly to hit various skateparks for the above map. The first trip that took me through the states of MI, MN and ND in 2002 also involved Canada for a trip to the Millennium skatepark in Calgary, a passenger who learned to drive standard a few days before and had brought $17 total with him (but he had some Canadian money too!) It didn't, however, involve many photos (or it did and I just can't find them), so for this installment, you'll just have to enjoy my exciting tales about each state. Don't…
Read More

States #24-26: Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado

Circa 2000 My first cross country road trip, right after my Freshman year of college at PSC in the year 2000, took me to a ton of new states, so many in fact, I am breaking them into two posts. I've also been back to each of these states many times and they are big, and unavoidable (also CO has good snowboarding.) 24. Iowa Dexter, IA. Circa 2006 I spent a night in Ames, a college town USA, a college town that could have been anywhere, but just happened to be in the middle of Iowa. On the same trip I skated the Council Bluffs skatepark where I found it…
Read More

Change is Good

People talk a lot about the current state of the media. I am one of them. Seeing as I work in the field, these days as both an editor and a publisher, it is of great interest to me to watch the changing scope of things and read a bunch of articles with "real journalists" freaking out about how they can't make as much money in this climate and the impending death of the profession. Magazine publishers are having meetings about how to stay afloat, hiring kids to show them how to use facebook to revolutionize their businesses, and investing in those god awful eReaders that, in the words of…
Read More

State #27: Montana

Circa 2001 In scenery alone, Montana is my favorite state. They aren’t kidding about that whole “big sky” thing. I took one snowboard road trip here in college, and have since made it a regular stop on my cross-country trips, staying in Missoula courtesy of the Graham brothers on multiple occasions. [gallery=27]
Read More

Things I Am Good At: Part 4 – Scrabble!

I've been threatening to write this one for awhile now, mostly amidst gloating over annihilating a Scrabble opponent. It usually goes something like this: Random person I know or have just met, "Oh, I love Scrabble, we should play." Me, "Yeah, you probably don't want to play against me." Person, "I don't know, I'm pretty good, we should play." Me, "Ok." Fast forward to an hour later, most of which I've sat there twiddling my thumbs and/or tapping my fingers on the table while they labor over each move, then hastily slapping down a word worth three times as much as their average play. Final score: Me: high 300s. Them:…
Read More

States #28-29: Wisconsin and South Dakota

I know, I know, these two states are NOT TOUCHING, and technically I think I drove though one of them on a different trip first, but it was my cross country drive in 2001 when I first stopped to skateboard in them each. I went back to Wisconsin a few years later while living in Chicago to skateboard, and went back on an epic South Dakota adventure with Sarah Morrison in February 2006, but as far as the order of initial visit, this is where they've ended up. #28 South Dakota [gallery=26] I love South Dakota. Maybe I just have a thing for states with South in the name, but…
Read More

2009 Stats: NBD

Well, since a few other bloggers with nothing interesting to post are doing a year in review thing I figured Brookegeery.com should jump on the bandwagon as well. That's right I am not a leader, I am a follower. I am not a woman! I am DEVO! All kidding aside I tend to be a bit shocked every month when I see people roll back to this site to consume whatever I put up. Brookegeery.com was started a few years ago and wouldn't you know it  - it's still going. At time Brookegeery.com has been a few different things - a my portfolio, a place to vent, a short-lived list…
Read More

States #30-32: ND, MN and MI

Before I got bored with driving cross country, I managed to take just about every route possible, mostly to hit various skateparks for the above map. The first trip that took me through the states of MI, MN and ND in 2002 also involved Canada for a trip to the Millennium skatepark in Calgary, a passenger who learned to drive standard a few days before and had brought $17 total with him (but he had some Canadian money too!) It didn't, however, involve many photos (or it did and I just can't find them), so for this installment, you'll just have to enjoy my exciting tales about each state. Don't…
Read More

States #24-26: Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado

Circa 2000 My first cross country road trip, right after my Freshman year of college at PSC in the year 2000, took me to a ton of new states, so many in fact, I am breaking them into two posts. I've also been back to each of these states many times and they are big, and unavoidable (also CO has good snowboarding.) 24. Iowa Dexter, IA. Circa 2006 I spent a night in Ames, a college town USA, a college town that could have been anywhere, but just happened to be in the middle of Iowa. On the same trip I skated the Council Bluffs skatepark where I found it…
Read More

Change is Good

People talk a lot about the current state of the media. I am one of them. Seeing as I work in the field, these days as both an editor and a publisher, it is of great interest to me to watch the changing scope of things and read a bunch of articles with "real journalists" freaking out about how they can't make as much money in this climate and the impending death of the profession. Magazine publishers are having meetings about how to stay afloat, hiring kids to show them how to use facebook to revolutionize their businesses, and investing in those god awful eReaders that, in the words of…
Read More

State #27: Montana

Circa 2001 In scenery alone, Montana is my favorite state. They aren’t kidding about that whole “big sky” thing. I took one snowboard road trip here in college, and have since made it a regular stop on my cross-country trips, staying in Missoula courtesy of the Graham brothers on multiple occasions. [gallery=27]
Read More

Things I Am Good At: Part 4 – Scrabble!

I've been threatening to write this one for awhile now, mostly amidst gloating over annihilating a Scrabble opponent. It usually goes something like this: Random person I know or have just met, "Oh, I love Scrabble, we should play." Me, "Yeah, you probably don't want to play against me." Person, "I don't know, I'm pretty good, we should play." Me, "Ok." Fast forward to an hour later, most of which I've sat there twiddling my thumbs and/or tapping my fingers on the table while they labor over each move, then hastily slapping down a word worth three times as much as their average play. Final score: Me: high 300s. Them:…
Read More

States #28-29: Wisconsin and South Dakota

I know, I know, these two states are NOT TOUCHING, and technically I think I drove though one of them on a different trip first, but it was my cross country drive in 2001 when I first stopped to skateboard in them each. I went back to Wisconsin a few years later while living in Chicago to skateboard, and went back on an epic South Dakota adventure with Sarah Morrison in February 2006, but as far as the order of initial visit, this is where they've ended up. #28 South Dakota [gallery=26] I love South Dakota. Maybe I just have a thing for states with South in the name, but…
Read More

2009 Stats: NBD

Well, since a few other bloggers with nothing interesting to post are doing a year in review thing I figured Brookegeery.com should jump on the bandwagon as well. That's right I am not a leader, I am a follower. I am not a woman! I am DEVO! All kidding aside I tend to be a bit shocked every month when I see people roll back to this site to consume whatever I put up. Brookegeery.com was started a few years ago and wouldn't you know it  - it's still going. At time Brookegeery.com has been a few different things - a my portfolio, a place to vent, a short-lived list…
Read More

States #30-32: ND, MN and MI

Before I got bored with driving cross country, I managed to take just about every route possible, mostly to hit various skateparks for the above map. The first trip that took me through the states of MI, MN and ND in 2002 also involved Canada for a trip to the Millennium skatepark in Calgary, a passenger who learned to drive standard a few days before and had brought $17 total with him (but he had some Canadian money too!) It didn't, however, involve many photos (or it did and I just can't find them), so for this installment, you'll just have to enjoy my exciting tales about each state. Don't…
Read More

States #24-26: Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado

Circa 2000 My first cross country road trip, right after my Freshman year of college at PSC in the year 2000, took me to a ton of new states, so many in fact, I am breaking them into two posts. I've also been back to each of these states many times and they are big, and unavoidable (also CO has good snowboarding.) 24. Iowa Dexter, IA. Circa 2006 I spent a night in Ames, a college town USA, a college town that could have been anywhere, but just happened to be in the middle of Iowa. On the same trip I skated the Council Bluffs skatepark where I found it…
Read More

Change is Good

People talk a lot about the current state of the media. I am one of them. Seeing as I work in the field, these days as both an editor and a publisher, it is of great interest to me to watch the changing scope of things and read a bunch of articles with "real journalists" freaking out about how they can't make as much money in this climate and the impending death of the profession. Magazine publishers are having meetings about how to stay afloat, hiring kids to show them how to use facebook to revolutionize their businesses, and investing in those god awful eReaders that, in the words of…
Read More

State #27: Montana

Circa 2001 In scenery alone, Montana is my favorite state. They aren’t kidding about that whole “big sky” thing. I took one snowboard road trip here in college, and have since made it a regular stop on my cross-country trips, staying in Missoula courtesy of the Graham brothers on multiple occasions. [gallery=27]
Read More

Things I Am Good At: Part 4 – Scrabble!

I've been threatening to write this one for awhile now, mostly amidst gloating over annihilating a Scrabble opponent. It usually goes something like this: Random person I know or have just met, "Oh, I love Scrabble, we should play." Me, "Yeah, you probably don't want to play against me." Person, "I don't know, I'm pretty good, we should play." Me, "Ok." Fast forward to an hour later, most of which I've sat there twiddling my thumbs and/or tapping my fingers on the table while they labor over each move, then hastily slapping down a word worth three times as much as their average play. Final score: Me: high 300s. Them:…
Read More

States #28-29: Wisconsin and South Dakota

I know, I know, these two states are NOT TOUCHING, and technically I think I drove though one of them on a different trip first, but it was my cross country drive in 2001 when I first stopped to skateboard in them each. I went back to Wisconsin a few years later while living in Chicago to skateboard, and went back on an epic South Dakota adventure with Sarah Morrison in February 2006, but as far as the order of initial visit, this is where they've ended up. #28 South Dakota [gallery=26] I love South Dakota. Maybe I just have a thing for states with South in the name, but…
Read More

2009 Stats: NBD

Well, since a few other bloggers with nothing interesting to post are doing a year in review thing I figured Brookegeery.com should jump on the bandwagon as well. That's right I am not a leader, I am a follower. I am not a woman! I am DEVO! All kidding aside I tend to be a bit shocked every month when I see people roll back to this site to consume whatever I put up. Brookegeery.com was started a few years ago and wouldn't you know it  - it's still going. At time Brookegeery.com has been a few different things - a my portfolio, a place to vent, a short-lived list…
Read More

States #30-32: ND, MN and MI

Before I got bored with driving cross country, I managed to take just about every route possible, mostly to hit various skateparks for the above map. The first trip that took me through the states of MI, MN and ND in 2002 also involved Canada for a trip to the Millennium skatepark in Calgary, a passenger who learned to drive standard a few days before and had brought $17 total with him (but he had some Canadian money too!) It didn't, however, involve many photos (or it did and I just can't find them), so for this installment, you'll just have to enjoy my exciting tales about each state. Don't…
Read More

States #24-26: Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado

Circa 2000 My first cross country road trip, right after my Freshman year of college at PSC in the year 2000, took me to a ton of new states, so many in fact, I am breaking them into two posts. I've also been back to each of these states many times and they are big, and unavoidable (also CO has good snowboarding.) 24. Iowa Dexter, IA. Circa 2006 I spent a night in Ames, a college town USA, a college town that could have been anywhere, but just happened to be in the middle of Iowa. On the same trip I skated the Council Bluffs skatepark where I found it…
Read More

Change is Good

People talk a lot about the current state of the media. I am one of them. Seeing as I work in the field, these days as both an editor and a publisher, it is of great interest to me to watch the changing scope of things and read a bunch of articles with "real journalists" freaking out about how they can't make as much money in this climate and the impending death of the profession. Magazine publishers are having meetings about how to stay afloat, hiring kids to show them how to use facebook to revolutionize their businesses, and investing in those god awful eReaders that, in the words of…
Read More

State #27: Montana

Circa 2001 In scenery alone, Montana is my favorite state. They aren’t kidding about that whole “big sky” thing. I took one snowboard road trip here in college, and have since made it a regular stop on my cross-country trips, staying in Missoula courtesy of the Graham brothers on multiple occasions. [gallery=27]
Read More

Things I Am Good At: Part 4 – Scrabble!

I've been threatening to write this one for awhile now, mostly amidst gloating over annihilating a Scrabble opponent. It usually goes something like this: Random person I know or have just met, "Oh, I love Scrabble, we should play." Me, "Yeah, you probably don't want to play against me." Person, "I don't know, I'm pretty good, we should play." Me, "Ok." Fast forward to an hour later, most of which I've sat there twiddling my thumbs and/or tapping my fingers on the table while they labor over each move, then hastily slapping down a word worth three times as much as their average play. Final score: Me: high 300s. Them:…
Read More

States #28-29: Wisconsin and South Dakota

I know, I know, these two states are NOT TOUCHING, and technically I think I drove though one of them on a different trip first, but it was my cross country drive in 2001 when I first stopped to skateboard in them each. I went back to Wisconsin a few years later while living in Chicago to skateboard, and went back on an epic South Dakota adventure with Sarah Morrison in February 2006, but as far as the order of initial visit, this is where they've ended up. #28 South Dakota [gallery=26] I love South Dakota. Maybe I just have a thing for states with South in the name, but…
Read More

2009 Stats: NBD

Well, since a few other bloggers with nothing interesting to post are doing a year in review thing I figured Brookegeery.com should jump on the bandwagon as well. That's right I am not a leader, I am a follower. I am not a woman! I am DEVO! All kidding aside I tend to be a bit shocked every month when I see people roll back to this site to consume whatever I put up. Brookegeery.com was started a few years ago and wouldn't you know it  - it's still going. At time Brookegeery.com has been a few different things - a my portfolio, a place to vent, a short-lived list…
Read More

States #30-32: ND, MN and MI

Before I got bored with driving cross country, I managed to take just about every route possible, mostly to hit various skateparks for the above map. The first trip that took me through the states of MI, MN and ND in 2002 also involved Canada for a trip to the Millennium skatepark in Calgary, a passenger who learned to drive standard a few days before and had brought $17 total with him (but he had some Canadian money too!) It didn't, however, involve many photos (or it did and I just can't find them), so for this installment, you'll just have to enjoy my exciting tales about each state. Don't…
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States #24-26: Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado

Circa 2000 My first cross country road trip, right after my Freshman year of college at PSC in the year 2000, took me to a ton of new states, so many in fact, I am breaking them into two posts. I've also been back to each of these states many times and they are big, and unavoidable (also CO has good snowboarding.) 24. Iowa Dexter, IA. Circa 2006 I spent a night in Ames, a college town USA, a college town that could have been anywhere, but just happened to be in the middle of Iowa. On the same trip I skated the Council Bluffs skatepark where I found it…
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Change is Good

People talk a lot about the current state of the media. I am one of them. Seeing as I work in the field, these days as both an editor and a publisher, it is of great interest to me to watch the changing scope of things and read a bunch of articles with "real journalists" freaking out about how they can't make as much money in this climate and the impending death of the profession. Magazine publishers are having meetings about how to stay afloat, hiring kids to show them how to use facebook to revolutionize their businesses, and investing in those god awful eReaders that, in the words of…
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State #27: Montana

Circa 2001 In scenery alone, Montana is my favorite state. They aren’t kidding about that whole “big sky” thing. I took one snowboard road trip here in college, and have since made it a regular stop on my cross-country trips, staying in Missoula courtesy of the Graham brothers on multiple occasions. [gallery=27]
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Things I Am Good At: Part 4 – Scrabble!

I've been threatening to write this one for awhile now, mostly amidst gloating over annihilating a Scrabble opponent. It usually goes something like this: Random person I know or have just met, "Oh, I love Scrabble, we should play." Me, "Yeah, you probably don't want to play against me." Person, "I don't know, I'm pretty good, we should play." Me, "Ok." Fast forward to an hour later, most of which I've sat there twiddling my thumbs and/or tapping my fingers on the table while they labor over each move, then hastily slapping down a word worth three times as much as their average play. Final score: Me: high 300s. Them:…
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States #28-29: Wisconsin and South Dakota

I know, I know, these two states are NOT TOUCHING, and technically I think I drove though one of them on a different trip first, but it was my cross country drive in 2001 when I first stopped to skateboard in them each. I went back to Wisconsin a few years later while living in Chicago to skateboard, and went back on an epic South Dakota adventure with Sarah Morrison in February 2006, but as far as the order of initial visit, this is where they've ended up. #28 South Dakota [gallery=26] I love South Dakota. Maybe I just have a thing for states with South in the name, but…
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2009 Stats: NBD

Well, since a few other bloggers with nothing interesting to post are doing a year in review thing I figured Brookegeery.com should jump on the bandwagon as well. That's right I am not a leader, I am a follower. I am not a woman! I am DEVO! All kidding aside I tend to be a bit shocked every month when I see people roll back to this site to consume whatever I put up. Brookegeery.com was started a few years ago and wouldn't you know it  - it's still going. At time Brookegeery.com has been a few different things - a my portfolio, a place to vent, a short-lived list…
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States #30-32: ND, MN and MI

Before I got bored with driving cross country, I managed to take just about every route possible, mostly to hit various skateparks for the above map. The first trip that took me through the states of MI, MN and ND in 2002 also involved Canada for a trip to the Millennium skatepark in Calgary, a passenger who learned to drive standard a few days before and had brought $17 total with him (but he had some Canadian money too!) It didn't, however, involve many photos (or it did and I just can't find them), so for this installment, you'll just have to enjoy my exciting tales about each state. Don't…
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States #24-26: Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado

Circa 2000 My first cross country road trip, right after my Freshman year of college at PSC in the year 2000, took me to a ton of new states, so many in fact, I am breaking them into two posts. I've also been back to each of these states many times and they are big, and unavoidable (also CO has good snowboarding.) 24. Iowa Dexter, IA. Circa 2006 I spent a night in Ames, a college town USA, a college town that could have been anywhere, but just happened to be in the middle of Iowa. On the same trip I skated the Council Bluffs skatepark where I found it…
Read More

Change is Good

People talk a lot about the current state of the media. I am one of them. Seeing as I work in the field, these days as both an editor and a publisher, it is of great interest to me to watch the changing scope of things and read a bunch of articles with "real journalists" freaking out about how they can't make as much money in this climate and the impending death of the profession. Magazine publishers are having meetings about how to stay afloat, hiring kids to show them how to use facebook to revolutionize their businesses, and investing in those god awful eReaders that, in the words of…
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State #27: Montana

Circa 2001 In scenery alone, Montana is my favorite state. They aren’t kidding about that whole “big sky” thing. I took one snowboard road trip here in college, and have since made it a regular stop on my cross-country trips, staying in Missoula courtesy of the Graham brothers on multiple occasions. [gallery=27]
Read More

Things I Am Good At: Part 4 – Scrabble!

I've been threatening to write this one for awhile now, mostly amidst gloating over annihilating a Scrabble opponent. It usually goes something like this: Random person I know or have just met, "Oh, I love Scrabble, we should play." Me, "Yeah, you probably don't want to play against me." Person, "I don't know, I'm pretty good, we should play." Me, "Ok." Fast forward to an hour later, most of which I've sat there twiddling my thumbs and/or tapping my fingers on the table while they labor over each move, then hastily slapping down a word worth three times as much as their average play. Final score: Me: high 300s. Them:…
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States #28-29: Wisconsin and South Dakota

I know, I know, these two states are NOT TOUCHING, and technically I think I drove though one of them on a different trip first, but it was my cross country drive in 2001 when I first stopped to skateboard in them each. I went back to Wisconsin a few years later while living in Chicago to skateboard, and went back on an epic South Dakota adventure with Sarah Morrison in February 2006, but as far as the order of initial visit, this is where they've ended up. #28 South Dakota [gallery=26] I love South Dakota. Maybe I just have a thing for states with South in the name, but…
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2009 Stats: NBD

Well, since a few other bloggers with nothing interesting to post are doing a year in review thing I figured Brookegeery.com should jump on the bandwagon as well. That's right I am not a leader, I am a follower. I am not a woman! I am DEVO! All kidding aside I tend to be a bit shocked every month when I see people roll back to this site to consume whatever I put up. Brookegeery.com was started a few years ago and wouldn't you know it  - it's still going. At time Brookegeery.com has been a few different things - a my portfolio, a place to vent, a short-lived list…
Read More

States #30-32: ND, MN and MI

Before I got bored with driving cross country, I managed to take just about every route possible, mostly to hit various skateparks for the above map. The first trip that took me through the states of MI, MN and ND in 2002 also involved Canada for a trip to the Millennium skatepark in Calgary, a passenger who learned to drive standard a few days before and had brought $17 total with him (but he had some Canadian money too!) It didn't, however, involve many photos (or it did and I just can't find them), so for this installment, you'll just have to enjoy my exciting tales about each state. Don't…
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