And my car is dead. If anyone can give me a ride from the southside to the eastside I'd really appreciate it.I can throw you a few bucks for gas if we can stop at Quality Dairy.

So my friend, who is a personal idol because she leads just the most amazing life, asked me when we were out for lunch last month "Dave what is it you want?" We had just finished talking about my brother graduating school this year, and reliving some old times. She was telling me about the work in Indiana and her time in Mexico and Florida. It was ( Read more... )

I was standing in the shallows. My pant legs rolled up to my knees, hands just below the surface of the water. Waiting like all the men along the shore that day. The sun heated my naked back in contrast to the cold submerged sand that had settled between my toes. I had been waiting since first light. Many fish had swam by my hands. Some just ( Read more... )

My grandfather died on Friday. He was 96 so it wasn't totally unexpected. I really wanted to write a fitting tribute. It's just I'm not all that poetic about death these days. He was a really triumphant man. The patriarch, our family owes much of what it has to him. He held two doctorates. One in fine art, and one in education. He climbed mountains ( Read more... )

I'm at work on a Saturday and I'm surprised at just how bad it does not feel. Last night when I got out I went home with some beers and watched Elizabethtown. Good movie filled with the absolutely adorable Kirsten Dunst, Mixtape wonder, and a memorial Freebird scene that had me laughing H A R D. The road trip at the end of the movie was a good ( Read more... )

I got my cellphone back just so you know.

Another Friday night surrounded by card sharks, call girls, competitors, the homeless, the road weary truckers, and conference goers that constitute the dwindling body of guests under my care. I walked through the swirling snow to a local bookstore with its adjoining coffee shop to meet two aquaintances. One, a nervous seeming type, was very ( Read more... )

Success, another holiday down with only my Volvo for a casualty. I held out on falling into the hustle of the season until 2 days ago, A personal best. Now i'm really trying to get my senses back about me. In this past year I have these moments of amazing clarity. It's like breaking the surface of the ocean. The Christmas season just pushed me ( Read more... )

I waited so long to do this entry. I just really wanted to be in the mental place I have been more frequently getting where all of my self doubts seem so little. I feel like I'm able to communicate more effectively. I've waited to long though and now I'm in the last fast paced hour of work. I'm going to blame all the Adam Ant videos I had not seen ( Read more... )

"what the hell?" I say to myself just before pressing the selector button over the graphic reading "post." I reason that it has been sometime since I've written a proper journal entry. Besides I feel inspired by the exposed nature of some of my friends entries. I am not sure I have enough strength or beer to pound out just what it is thats mattered ( Read more... )