All the hubbub about Ello has made me want to revisit all the social networking sites of my past. It's been ages since I've posted anything here which is kind of sad. I miss this long-form method of expression and keeping in touch. I also miss the way communities used to work where they would put you in contact with people on the other side of the ( Read more... )

So I have shingles. It’s a reoccurrence of the chickenpox - that childhood disease you only get once. Essentially the virus sits dormant in nerve cells including your spinal chord and brain waiting perhaps decades until something triggers it back into acton. Since it resides in your nerve cells, it traces the paths of your nervous system onto your ( Read more... )

This morning on my walk with the dogs, I came across a narrow stretch of lawn with a small scattering of rose petals. These rose petals though had writing on them. I thought at once at the romantic nature of the gesture, foregoing ordinary paper in place of a far more fragrant and symbolic stationary. Was this once one long note, penned across a ( Read more... )

Just found out one of my old High School friends, Paula, passed away last week. I guess you don't update your Facebook or MySpace when your dead.

Some of you here knew her as well. You can read her obit here.

I'm kind of dumbfounded at the moment. We more recently traded stories about bands we were liking and concerts we were going to see. I ( Read more... )

It started with the Ovaltine. Or at least that’s when I first noticed it. For all I know it could have started with that mysterious shaking in Orange County. What exactly are the repercussions when realities collide? Perhaps these were the shockwaves of all the little nuances shifting place to make way for the alternate universe that just came into ( Read more... )

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Happy Mid Year ( Read more... )