About this time of year I open the closet, and am confused and overwhelmed by all of the cold weather clothes. It is the middle of summer. It has been hot for some time, and will keep being hot for the foreseeable future. (Never mind that it is usually snowing by Halloween). I see all of the hats and coats and fleeces and scarves. The thick ( Read more... )

Animals are divided as follows into (a) those that belong to the Emperor, (b) embalmed ones, (c) those that are trained, (d) sucking pigs, (e) mermaids, (f) fabulous ones, (g) stray dogs, (h) those that are included in this classification, (i) those that tremble as if they are mad, (j) innumerable ones, (k) those drawn with a very fine camel's hair ( Read more... )

Jamie and I moved to State College, Pennsylvania a little over two years ago. One of the biggest adjustments was learning how to live in a small town. I immediately missed some big town things like diversity (funny looking people), food (mexican), and clubs (not shitty). But there were things I enjoyed immediately as well, like the commute (bike ( Read more... )

Some time ago there was a craigslist thread asking what it was like to live in State College as a graduate student / young professional. Here are some of the more insightful answers, edited for clarity and brevity. Understand that the answers depend largely on the background of the writer. If you are from Mechanicsburg it is big and expensive. ( Read more... )

“If you want to believe in something, then believe in it. Just because something isn’t true, that’s no reason you can’t believe in it … that people are basically good, that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything, that money and power mean nothing, that Good always triumphs over Evil … that true love never dies. You remember that, boy… doesn’t ( Read more... )

I am in the process of getting rid of my CD collection. Roughly a thousand CDs. I have three interesting observations ( Read more... )

My friend Barack is going to pay me about triple what my truck is worth toward buying a new car. I wasn't thinking about a new car, but it is rare someone offers me that much of Brett's money ( Read more... )

I put a bunch of pictures up from my time on the Kilo Moana and in Kaohsiung, Taiwan at ( Read more... )

About a week ago, I flew from Pennsylvania to Taiwan, and after a very brief stay in Kao Hsiung, boarded the Kilo Moana for a month long sea voyage in the Philippine sea. So far it has been a good experience ( Read more... )

There are moments in life where two hands is just not enough ( Read more... )