My friends Cole and Crystal came by last night and picked me up for a St. Paddy’s day celebration. We went to T-Bomb’s, a local bar here in Richmond, to have a pitcher of green beer. It was packed, so I held the girls’ hands and forced my way through the crowd. We saw our buddy Jonathan and while I stood there talking to him and guarding our spot, ( Read more... )

Still trying to find a job. It's getting ridiculous. I've put in nearly 70 applications, gone on 12 interviews, and nothing. Either I'm told I'm "overqualified" (dammit, I need a job!) or I'm told I'll be called and let known one way or the other (and then never called) or I just never hear from anyone after I put the application in. I'm going a ( Read more... )

There's an ugly strain of the flu going around Kentucky, and I managed to catch it ( Read more... )

I used to sneer, in my youthful arrogance, at those men I considered to be having a "midlife crisis." You know the kind of guys I'm talking about: middle-aged men who suddenly realize that time is running out for them, for the enjoyment of "toys:" motorcycles, fast cars, young(er) women. Hair ( Read more... )

Holy crap ( Read more... )

Everyone who spends any time at all in Richmond knows Big World. A harmless, mostly happy guy, he spends his time and makes his living riding his bike or his little gas-powered tractor around town, advertising for local businesses. He has never hurt anyone, and certain rumors that he likes the occasional practical joke aside, no one should have any ( Read more... )

I had emergency surgery Friday. Here's the story ( Read more... )

I said earlier that one of my earliest memories was the sound of my parents screaming at each other-my dad pleading with my mom, my mom accusing my dad of the most bizarre things, like seeing through walls to watch the pretty neighbor across the street; passing messages to people through his mind, telling them how awful my mother was-totally crazy ( Read more... )