Holy Hand-grenade I miss the piss outta this. The last few days I've delved into old entries. I loved having a platform on which to ramble and bounce ideas off most of the people I knew socially. And I miss reading your reactions. It makes me happy, the infrequent posts by the precious few hold-outs. For every reason one can offer not to post here ( Read more... )

So I've recently become obsessed with the notion that two variables that are imperative to true happiness are humility and altruism. (i realize that technically these are two slightly different facets of the same basic essence, but the distinction feels important ( Read more... )

In less than 2 months I'm going to be a father. I've never been so simultaneously ecstatic and terrified ( Read more... )

Sometimes my confusion is more palpable than my hope.

There seems to be a marked difference between "feeling like a kid again" and "feeling the way you wanted to feel when you were a kid." Maybe the difference lies in the misconception many of us as kids held that the elation we occasionally experienced was sustainable. (i mean, while we'd all be ( Read more... )

My wife is the neatest person. (And I suspect her to be woefully underestimated.) She's well informed, candid with herself as well as her trusted inner circle, at once perceptive and humble, and, at times delightfully dotty. She's beautiful, on the level, and endlessly trustworthy. Determined, selfless, and hilarious. Reverent and dignified, ( Read more... )

So my 10 yr class reunion is in a few months. I'm a reflective fella by default, so I've been indulging these preponderant ponderings. I wonder about the people I've known. I wonder where they are and what they're like now. Are they still as dumb about life and focus and priorities as I was? ...as i still am now ( Read more... )

With much purpose and deliberation, I walked up to a teddybear laying on the ground and shot it at point blank in the face with a single action 12-gauge shotgun.

What'd you do this weekend?

Step one: In celebration of finally purchasing just the right kitchen range for our new house, we victoriously declared that day as the "last night we're ever going to eat out." Order from favorite Thai place ( Read more... )

We closed on our house yesterday. It's been anxious and nervous and excited and distracted around here. And to top it off, prosy's illin' hardcore. I cannot get sick right now. New house, new job, new bookstudy(?). These are usually the times I get crazy sick and put myself way behind. Here's hopin' I don't ( Read more... )

I just taught prosy how to drum. And wouldn't you know it, she's a natural. We jammed for almost a half hour. (drumming takes a lot out of ya when you first start out. oh, and also when all your chops are relegated to two feet and one arm ( Read more... )