OK. So my buddy Joe appealed to my better nature last night, and I did *not* go to Starbucks, as planned. Instead, a mere soup and salad at Chili's, as I battled the urge to order a coffee or Coke or SOMETHING ... GAWD, ANYTHING ( Read more... )

The whole giving-up-caffeine thing still isn't going well.

Yeah. I'm going to Starbucks. I'll write more when I get back here in an hour or two...

...that if you give up caffeine cold-turkey, you might sleep for more than 12 hours the following night/day?

Just an observation.

Her fingers were cold and rigid as she pushed them into my flesh, poking and prodding as she went ( Read more... )

So we're walking through Hastings tonight, and Gianna is grabbing things off the shelves ... and just acting like a 3-year-old in general ( Read more... )

Chris didn't even bother with the formality of a greeting when I answered the phone ( Read more... )

From a Baptist church billboard I spotted on the drive home today: "Jesus: Not our homeboy, but our Savior ( Read more... )

He turned out the lights, and we started to kiss again. Our lips met awkwardly, sloppily -- like teenagers who haven't figured out each other's rhythms yet ( Read more... )

When I was in my teens, I hated my parents' hometown. I was mad at them for dragging me back there. It's hard to go from living in cities to a town of roughly 14,000, especially as a child ( Read more... )

Food poisoning. I got food poisoning ( Read more... )