Well, it appears that going 34 weeks without posting anything is my limit. But, in all actuality, I just needed a place to describe the events of the past week ( Read more... )

Considering I haven't posted anything in the last month, I figured it was high time I write something. Today's subject is that of international affairs, being that I woke up this morning (afternoon, actually) and did a double take at the front page of the Seattle P-I. Pakistan's president has, over the course of less than 24 hours, moved an entire ( Read more... )

"Never Have Your Dog Stuffed."

I think I've finally found a phrase to live by.

I try and eschew the more nostalgic and sentimental topics, but occasionally I find such things important enough to actually voice. For instance, my love affair with baseball, which started back in the summer of 1990 and still remains a strong influence in my life today. It's just one of those things that's always been there, like summer vacation ( Read more... )

I must say, a wisdom-tooth extraction procedure was not nearly as frightening as my vivid imaginations the night before made it out to be. Granted, my apprehension intensified when I was led into a pale-green room whose lights were dimmed in an accidental imitation of every horror movie I've ever seen. And, of course, my heart skipped one or two ( Read more... )

Ok, I almost had to stop myself this time. I mean here I am, Friday evening, and my brother stomps into my room demanding that I take him to the gym. Ok, in his defense, it was more like "Would you mind taking me to go work out?" and I responded "I don't care, sure, let's go." So I guess I have no room to complain, but still. It's the damn ( Read more... )

It is distressing that anything I write (well, here at least) is probably going to end up cryptic, with shady details and vague illusions. And damn it, the Firefox spellcheck doesn't work on this. Well, I've dealt with worse. The question of where to start is easily answered of course ( Read more... )