...i answered that age old question: Do I vote with my heart, or do I pick the candidate who has the best chance of defeating the candidate I can’t stomach ( Read more... )

my five that may or may not be true ( Read more... )

bless coffee.

thats all for today.

one more detail to write down, so as not to forget ( Read more... )

just returned from a quick trip to costa rica with my SO ( Read more... )

the names of the last book (or two) that you've read?

fiction, non-fiction, new, historical, philosophical, silly, summer, opinion -- whatev'
starting this friday, i have many a plane flight and many an airport to sit through before the month is out.

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i have been in SD for close to a year now, but only just yesterday faught off the intertia long enough to try surfing. my badass friend, KG, came down from LA. we rented very large boards and spent a few hours out each day. by sunday, we were catching waves ( of 2-3 inches of crumbly whitewater) and hanging 10 (of our fingers off the board to ( Read more... )

i am not sure if this will make sense, but in reflecting on the events of this week, i am grateful that i found out about my father when i did. at least i could participate in the closing of this chapter with some sense of realness, rather than finding out at some later date and having my reactions stranded by distance ( Read more... )

i am still a little bewildered that my father passed away just a few days ago, the day i wanted to speak to him so very badly. this door that i was trying to collect the strength to approach is now gone. speaking with my cousin, i learned that the last few years of my father's life were very rough. he was paranoid and had even been living on ( Read more... )

was about to post something light and airy. like on the political debates we have at work. maybe my travel plans ( Read more... )