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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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