Leaving Albuquerque today, a few days later than anticipated originally. About a week away from Jersey, probably less. Going to pick up some baseball on the long lonely road home while probably seeing no one I know till Philadelphia. That…
Category: The Long Tunnel
Truth in Advertising
I guess it shouldn’t be surprising that having access to all of one’s e-mails for several years should allow the refinement of particularly effective advertising. Still, seeing these two back-to-back was a bit jarring this morning: Thanks a lot, GMail.…
Happy Anniversary to Me
Eight years ago today, I married the love of my life in the hills above Los Gatos, California. Seven years after that, she sent me a sweet recommitting note from Monrovia, Liberia, which I already reprinted here. Two days after…
Hard Drivin’
From almost a week ago – viewer discretion is advised:
Lab Work
There is a certain satisfaction to a loud keyboard, to the drone of unknown engines in the background as one plugs away at creating verbiage in the midst of a building constructed for work. One has to be careful to…
It Doesn’t Get Better
It’s not a new thought that hit me while I was working on the Consequences of Capitalism Quiz, but the nature of it probably hit me harder and more profoundly than similar realizations in the past. We live in a…
Some Days are Rocks
This letter will be part of my outgoing mail today: “Today, I take you into my arms and into my heart and promise to hold you there forever. Through whatever we encounter, I promise you my unfailing love and my…
Summer Tour 2011: “TH’HEAT”
Man, am I glad we’re about to be done with May. May was not without highlights, but was mostly an unmitigated disaster. The first month of being out of touch with Emily has been rough. It appropriately began on May…
No Time to Think of Consequences
It’s been really hard to breathe lately. Maybe I need to do more yoga. Maybe I just need to swallow my pride already. Maybe there are no right answers, like Rabbit surmises in the comic below, only a vague attempt…