Homecoming, Briefly
The house is full of teenagers again this weekend. M is back for the Thanksgiving weekend, and in her wake, the usual crowd of LARP teenagers have tumbled into each […]
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Sara
“You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.” -Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book 2 I lost another friend this week. Yesterday I got to […]
Child Ballads and Most Horrible Cake in the World
One of the heuristics I’ve developed in my time on earth is to always be wary of things that try to define themselves in terms of what they are not. […]
Turkey Shoot
Ah, Earth Day. What better to do than rise before dawn and stroll through the countryside with a friend, marvelling at the wonders of nature and admiring the beauty of […]
Stories
The fox knows many things but the hedgehog knows one big thing. — Archilochus, 700 BCE. Most days, I feel a bit insecure about being a dilettante. I mean – […]
In which I try not to lose faith in the retail sector
I try not to whine too much about first world problems, but sometime, like with my conversation with T-Mobile and its inevitable sad aftermath, I’m just overcome by the humanity […]
What the Dickens?!?
[Hey – I’ll get back to hyperventilating about Antarctica shortly, I promise, but here’s a short digression I wanted to write up while I’m catching my breath.] Okay everyone, raise […]
