“I don’t think humans were biologically programmed to be monogamous creatures.” This was an odd statement coming from a very young, seemingly very happily married woman in her early 20s. But Alma turned around in her desk one day this week at work to face me and stated this out of the blue.

Needless to say, it sparked a great discussion. This ( Read more... )

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What do I say about the rest of the month? That it was typical would be telling the truth. There was nothing abnormal or truly exciting. I had a blast one night with Heather for her birthday celebration at Heidi and Justin’s and probably got drunker than I needed to be.

And then there was Thanksgiving. The big four-day weekend. We mark ( Read more... )

November went by in a puff of smoke. Maybe it’s because I’m so fond of it. Maybe it’s because it happens to be that time of year which I tend to look forward to expecting that it will heal whatever scars were created from the crippling middle quarters of the year. The entire year is endured with the anticipation that autumn will reap magical things ( Read more... )

October arrived and ended swiftly in a whirl leaving behind conflicting emotions in a mess of random thought and blank stares. It certainly was a month full to the brim with activity and life - the first time this year we were wrestled off the couch long enough to spend an entire four weekends with an agenda worth noting.

But it almost ended on a ( Read more... )

Vacation, as it were, is a term so often used to describe a time spent away from home for the purposes of revelry and recreation. Whereas fun is always the ultimate goal at any given destination, what so many “vacations” lack is that feeling of bliss that can only be extended from the contentment found within the welcoming arms of relaxation. So ( Read more... )

Visits are always nice things. And if there’s one thing that one can always count on cousin Mikey for, it’s this: he’s bound to pop up sooner or later.

I was bound to make this visit at least a bit more entertaining than the last. Of course, he would have to do without Q and the frivolous trip to Asheville, North Carolina. And Mony, his ( Read more... )

 

I’ve started a new trend of late. Maybe it will grow into a national phenom. I call it: I’m too broke to spend money so I keep my wallet out my hand.

This past weekend I barely stepped foot beyond the threshold. Shame too. The weather lately has been remarkable. Somehow, the world knows that it’s October and it’s pulled out all of her stops ( Read more... )

Are these the end of my feral days? The constant nagging in the back of my mind prevails and compels the hand to continue this methodical and silly time line of lame events that no one really cares about.

Signals - almost viral in nature - release antibodies to which I have become immune.

Antibodies which have both enslaved and wrapped me ( Read more... )

So I’ve committed to reading The Dark Tower series again. I say “reading” but that verb should be interpreted loosely considering the action takes place at work and the only thing these eyes are used for within the walls of this dreadful place is to blankly stare forward toward the light of a computer screen that sucks my face in like a void.

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