My Mom has a rather depressing way of summing up the passage of time. She says our lifespan is like a bathtub full of water. Each year the water level drops a little bit until you reach the end and your life is circling the drain. Despite her overall optimistic attitude, my mom is great at coming up with pessimistic metaphors that relate to aging ( Read more... )

About six months ago, one of my co-workers sent me a link to Virginia's unclaimed property database. She was doing research for a story on the site and she happened to find my name as someone with unclaimed property. I went to the website and typed in my name. Sure enough, there I was, with a last known address of Harrisonburg, apparently ( Read more... )

I love reconnecting with old friends and acquaintances on Facebook, but sometimes that site scares me. Case in point: I signed on this morning to find that an old co-worker of mine had tagged me in a picture. I click on the picture to see that it's me - at a party - in 1998. Thankfully, I wasn't doing anything illegal or scandalous in the ( Read more... )

My cell phone went off this morning at 3:13 am - and chances are, yours did too ( Read more... )

So it's the last day of June and since I've resolved to do at least one public post a month, I'm writing something down that A) I want to remember and B) I'm not ashamed of anyone finding on the internet. We're now just two weeks away from McKay's wedding and I'm super excited. Not only will I get to see one of my favorite people ever walk down ( Read more... )

So lets talk about that singing competition. Hiss at me all you want, I deserve it. I’ll be honest, I haven’t watched this show on a regular basis since season three. I just haven’t had the time to commit myself to actually watching the show week after week - not to mention I haven’t been terribly impressed with any of the contestants. But ( Read more... )

"SNL alum Jimmy Fallon is succeeding Conan O'Brien as the host of NBC's "Late Night" sometime in the middle of next year ( Read more... )

Does anyone remember Showbiz Pizza? It was a predecessor to Chuck-E-Cheese and you probably haven't heard of it unless you grew up in the south during the 1980's. It was basically the same as what's now Chuck-e-cheese, except there was a much stronger emphasis on the "pizza theater" and animatronic stage show back in those days. There was also a ( Read more... )

That title is a little deceptive since nothing approaching what most people would consider "fine dining" exists in Lynchburg. But there is one little place in town that my family has always gone with for special occasions. The name alone - "The Crown Sterling" - is quite pretentious. One is advised to make reservations when dining here, although ( Read more... )

I'm in Lynchburg now. We're one week into the new job. Last week was a little rough for obvious reasons - getting to know the new job and the usual discomforts that come with a major change in one's life. Today has left me feeling much better about things. I almost hesitate to put that in writing, but it's an honest assessment ( Read more... )