I kept wishing it were you instead of me behind the wheel
So maybe with my camera I could steal a shot of you and
Go home to put it in my room

I've never thought much about Europe.

For many people, going to Europe is a rite of passage; a sign that you are living comfortably and can afford the finer things in life. For me, though, Europe has never made it on my bucket list.

Watching the Jubilee celebration on TV tonight, I started to think about my relationship with Europe more critically. I ( Read more... )

I hate the new office building that my company moved to at the end of March. Here are the key reasons why:

• There are anal-retentive signs around the building that say things like, "Only use your finger to press elevator button; do not use briefcases, drawings, etc."

• I periodically get "censored" computer pages, like this morning, when I wanted to ( Read more... )

Remember when I use to write and perform music?

There was this one...

Oh, and this one...yeah< I love this one...

And dozens more...

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I've been thinking a lot lately about how to accumulate money, both in the short and long term. It strikes me that there is a definite ceiling on how much money one can accumulate with a 9-5 job. In my field, someone who works 9-5 tops out at about $100,000 per year, while a senior staff member that works a few hours beyond that can earn between $ ( Read more... )

In the past four days, I have three times observed how the growing duration of my marriage makes it an increasingly practical affair to maintain. On Sunday, I was briefly nostalgic for the time that I spent with my wife and daughter before my son arrived. Yesterday, as I held my son, I looked back upon my wedding photos and felt a swoon over my ( Read more... )

So I'm left wondering what all the fuss is about in the wake of the recent release of the Avenger's movie. I mean, I get wanting to see Scarlett Johanassen in a tight leather outfit - I get that - but why would you want to watch the rest of the film?

What is it about superheroes that is intriguing or exciting to people? Is it that people desperately ( Read more... )

So my poor wife has been struggling with intense itching for the better part of the year. Lately, it has become so bad, that she sought treatment from a dermatologist. The dermatologist suggested a bunch of possible explanations for the itching, but none of them seemed to fully explain the causes of the problem. Next week, my wife will go to see ( Read more... )

I have a strange relationship with fiction ( Read more... )

Lately, I have had frequent dreams about a girl I use to know well, but have not seen in a decade. I wonder why.

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