600 Posts: High Five!
I’m a big fan of arbitrary milestones. Every time I hit another round number on WordPress, I tend to prattle on about it. Sadly (for you),…
Read articleThe Mysteries Of The Bathroom
We have two bathrooms at work as is fitting and proper. One for ladies and one for gents. I’m all too familiar with the women’s bathroom.…
Read articleEpical Art
In the book Stephen Hero, James Joyce’s titular character defines beauty and the artist’s comprehension of his/her own art. Stephen writes an esthetic thesis with theories…
Read articleAnatomy Of A Night’s Sleep
I have one cat and one dog. The dog is of average size, weighing in at 55 pounds. The cat is large, verging on extra-large, weighing…
Read articleMy Cold War
I watched a documentary the other day called My Perestroika about the last generation of Soviet kids to grow into young adults before the collapse of…
Read articleThe Anger Of Abuse
In the last few weeks, I’ve seen a lot of posts in my reader about awful experiences: depression, anxiety, abuse, rape, molestation. So many of you…
Read articleContinuing Car Saga: The Finale
The other day, I regaled you with the exciting and awful experience of having one’s car die and purchasing another. Fortunately, unlike last time I went…
Read articleWe Know You
My car died again. This time, it’s the transmission. It would cost $1500 to fix it and the car is barely worth twice that. I’m not…
Read articleTime To Move On?
Long ago, I had a friend who was a nomad. He wasn’t a nomad like this: But more like this: Every few months, he’d move somewhere…
Read articleCivic Duty
Some of you may think of America as the land of the free. Fortunately, I’m here to smarten you up. As payment for being a citizen…
Read articleInappropriate Comment Syndrome
I was just reading a post over at Becky Says Things about her terrible problem with verbal diarrhea, the poor dear. I don’t really have that problem, unless…
Read articleDumb Blonde
I am a real, genuine, natural blonde. My ancestors were from the harsh northern climes near the arctic circle where there is nothing but snow, giant…
Read articleFilm Career Of A Fish
Seeing as it’s Academy Awards day, I thought I’d share with you my experience with making moving pictures. I don’t care about the Academy Awards at…
Read articleThe Missing Childhood
I had a very severe head injury when I was in my late teens or early twenties. I can’t remember exactly when it happened because I…
Read articleThe Hound of Entropy
Anyone who’s read more than one post on this blog or has even glanced at the sidebar could probably guess that I’m a big fan of…
Read articleDo You Remember?
I was just reading the Author’s Note at the beginning of Hunter S. Thompson’s Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the ’80′s. It…
Read articleWork Work Work
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how I came to be here. Specifically, how I became an Art Director in Los Angeles. If you had…
Read articleNo Fumar
I like the sound of the Spanish no fumar better than the English no smoking. Male and I quit smoking yesterday. Well, he started to quit…
Read articleThe Phone Call
My dad is a New Year’s Baby born on January 1st of some year long ago. I don’t really know when; I’m terrible with numbers. I’ve…
Read articleWounds That Never Heal
This post started out as something entirely different and morphed into this. A word of warning, it might make you cry. My mom is firmly in…
Read articleFreshly Pressed Part Deux
Last time I was Freshly Pressed, I didn’t know about it until I was flooded with views, comments and likes. I frantically rushed over to the…
Read articleThe Winds of Doom
I live in southern California. Most of the time, the weather is great. There’s one thing about southern California weather that no one tells you before…
Read articleA Letter To My Dead Grandmother
Dear Gram, On December 6th, you will have been dead for five years. If other people write letters to their dead relatives, they’re probably full of…
Read articleThe Inevitability Of Plagiarism In The Age Of The Interwebzorz
I have a lot of words posted on this blog. There’s no way that I’m going to count them all, but I’d imagine the total to…
Read articleBeing Crazy: Things I’ve Lost
I’m not really crazy. Well, maybe I am, but I’m not diagnosed as crazy by mental health professionals. They don’t diagnose people as “crazy” anymore anyway.…
Read articleEl Autobús
Autobús has always been one of my favorite Spanish words. We, boring English speakers, would pronounce it ot•tow•buss. The Spanish language, on the other hand, is way…
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