I’ve been a bit mute on the blog lately. I’m afraid this is my quintessential: I’ve-been-busy-yada-yada blog. Haven’t you noticed that almost every blog that is generated via someone with a full-time job has these types of posts? Well, here’s mine. I’m writing this right after sending off one of my freelance-writing assignments, and while [...]
This essay first appeared in Martha Grover’s latest issue of Somnambulist. If I were to list out the meals I’ve eaten over the past three months, I’d guess that a rough 50 percent of them were consumed without company. Celebrated food journalist Michael Pollan would likely frown at my statistic. “… Most of what we’re [...]
The beginning of this infusion project dates back to May of this year. I was watching our friends’ dog for a few days, and you might recall I was also wallowing in my loneliness. Casey was gone in Thailand for a month, which gave me a lot more space to… well… think through e v [...]
Keeping with the theme of listing things… on the approach of my birthday (hint, it’s July 30) I’m thinking about aging. Insightful, I know. So I felt it’d be justified to express my little list of aging observations. Without further ado—here’s my version of: You know you’re getting older when…
It’s a day away from our second-week sadiversary. That’s anniversary, except since we have nothing to celebrate, it’s sad. What’s the lost-dog update? Yeah, she’s still gone. We’ve received a variety of heartfelt calls and emails, and a variety of ill-intentioned calls. I’ll start with the bad. We had a legitimate report that a homeless-looking [...]
The sun has set on another day without her. The last time I was with my little furry creature was two nights ago when I squatted calmly next to her, quietly petting her within her hot, little room, outside her hot little bed-box. Now the box remains empty, the food untouched, the water bowl full [...]
I vaguely remember a time when speaking about websites—especially of the social-networking variety—was culturally considered, in poor taste. Whenever the word MySpace or Friendster came up, I could hear a collective groan amongst my friends. And meeting people from the internet? No way. That was still mega lame. Oh, how 2002 that was. Now it [...]
Living the environmentally-responsible life is easy: don’t spend a lot of money, which in turn will reduce your consumption, which in turn will reduce that horrific demon called a carbon footprint. But then all these elements of life periodically get in the way, which in turn, transforms the easy-living task into a guilt-ridden challenge. Such [...]
So my partner’s in Thailand… for a month. Chances are if you’re reading this right now, you likely know this fact of life, and since you’re reading this on my food-focused blog, let’s talk about the art of being a party of one. It’s crazy! And fun! And, AHHH; I’ve been running around like I’m [...]
I wanted the old guy in the skirt, or, excuse me, kilt. He seemed like he really could be a “genius.” The scene: A Friday night at the Apple Store. The reason I was there: I was holding my six-month-old dead computer, and praying that I didn’t loose my hard drive. His name was Charley, [...]
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