Please note that, despite the timing and the strange headline, this post is not in fact related to April Fool’s Day. Also, please note that I discuss reviews of the first 5,000 words of American Dream On below. I try…
Category: A Day in the Life
Fun Facts About New Jersey’s Priorities
After thirteen years of driving, I have received 1 (one) ticket. Yesterday, that number was 0 (zero). I’m still deciding whether to contest the ticket or not. I allegedly missed a no-U-turn sign before making such a turn. Where I…
They’re Taunting Me
This would be a good week for me to be living almost anywhere I used to live. Here’s the Mariners’ schedule starting later this week: Fri, 2 April: vs. Colorado @ Albuquerque Sat, 3 April: vs. Colorado @ Albuquerque Sun,…
Winning and Losing
Things are a lot better than they were Friday and even better than they were before. And while I can attribute a lot of that to the passage of time or mental adjustments or even a variety of positive events…
The Case for Today
So I’m having a pretty rotten time of things generally, for a host of reasons I don’t have time to discuss. Feeling pretty debilitated overall, spiraling downward, and so on. Nothing at a panic-level, but perhaps arcing toward reasons for…
Losing
I’m someone who is fairly accustomed to winning things. Debate rounds, scholarships, jobs, contests. Not NCAA March Madness pools, perhaps, but a lot of other things. Late yesterday, it was announced that I will not be winning the Amazon Breakthrough…
A Fresh Start
I don’t want to talk about healthcare today. Not much, anyway. It’s weird to be in a maelstrom of euphoria that seems so unwarranted and unfounded, touched with a counterpoint of ludicrosity almost as bizarre. It’s a little like the…
I Want to Live in a Tall Building
This post has been over sixteen months in the making. Yesterday we spent most of the day at Ariel & Michael’s, hanging out with banter, books, and Boggle. It was exactly the kind of day we’d hoped to have when…
Why I Don’t Believe in Representative Government
Forty-seven million Americans are without health insurance. Why? Because they can’t afford it. And what’s Washington’s solution? Require people to buy private insurance with the government providing a subsidy to the health insurance companies. What a pathetic state of affairs…
Become a BP Fan on Facebook!
Despite my concerns with Facebook’s impact on blogging, the time has come for me to recognize that the train is leaving the station and I might as well get on board… The Blue Pyramid on Facebook Click the above to…