Dear Mr. Date,

After our relatively low-key outing, I feel compelled to inform you as to the dos and don'ts of hiking:
1 -- Paved or graveled roads are NOT hiking. Ever. Not if you're serious about hiking. True hiking involves boots that actually get dirty, leg muscles that actually get a real workout, and nature beyond "these damn bugs."
2 -- Getting ( Read more... )

Blake is just shy of two years, and he's been having problems with his hind legs ... just like every single one of my other boy rats. So I took him into my vet this morning. I have to drive 45 minutes just to get to this vet, but it's worth it ... I've had a crush on him forever. According to me, he's drop-dead gorgeous. I totally wasn't prepared ( Read more... )

When I arrived at work today, my supervisor asked me to step into his office. This is right about when my heart started pounding much faster than normal. He didn't ask me to sit down and shut the door, so I took this as a good sign ... and I was right. He told me that one of my current students stopped by and gave me very high praises. Apparently, ( Read more... )

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Conversation over coffee  ... let's just say it was a learning experience. What lessons, pray tell, did I learn?
1) Always have an emergency exit plan ... a friend who "calls" me on my cell about some "emergency" situation that requires my immediate departure.
2) Never assume that he'll know when it is appropriate to end the conversation. Believe ( Read more... )

On some very wise advice, I canceled the Harley ride. Apparently, there is some resemblance between the shake-rattle-and-roll of a Harley and a vibrator, and I'm not going there. Combine that with the fact that Mr. Harley Owner also wanted to cut my hair. Badly. Insistently. As in, I was suckered/coerced into agreeing to "at least a trim." No, I ( Read more... )

Final results from tonight's date: Definitely not something I want to repeat. Really nice, attractive guy, but no physical attraction (on my part) whatsoever. However, I do know that attraction is something that can develop after I get to know someone better. So what killed the deal beyond all redemption? Hmm ... let's see ... being told that I " ( Read more... )

I have one date lined up for tomorrow night, one lined up for Monday night, and maybe another one on Saturday. Different men ( Read more... )

If the link doesn't work, copy and paste or search YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY
It's worth it.

Most people assume that clouds are essentially white or varying degrees of gray. But then, most people never look beyond their immediate, self-defined worlds. If you look long enough, you can find every color imaginable. Muted, whispy white. Effervescent white that glows too brightly to be real. Deep menacing gray that precedes thunderstorms. Soft ( Read more... )

If you've seen The Piano with Harvey Keitel and Holly Hunter, then you might understand my romanticized fantasies that I can actually play the piano that well. I've even bought Nyman's sheet music, and I've been playing plunking my way through "The Heart Asks Pleasure First" for longer than I care to admit. I take pride in the fact that I have the ( Read more... )