Why my beard had to go.
I’ve had a buxom beard for a little over 5 years. Correction, up until last Sunday evening, I had a buxom beard. In many ways that beard was my stunt double. After several weeks on my mental teeter-totter on the topic, I decided it was time for the beard to go. This is the story […]
The ugly side of your worldview
You and I have a way of viewing our world. Sometimes it’s not identical. Here are some possible responses when someone doesn’t agree with the way you think any particular thing should be viewed: Discredit Question Debate Belittle Inquire Demean Defer Discuss Inform Demonize Consider Subjugate Listen Harass Embrace Murder Love We live in what […]
Maybe you have Banana Bone?
We’re driving home from the gym. It’s approaching bed time. In our home, bed time is sanctioned by the United Nations. You don’t mess with it. I tried once and I nearly got my son black listed the first week of kindergarten. Both our children need their sleep. William especially. General grumpiness is the gold […]
I’m pathetic / Empathetic
I am not who I think I am. Neither are you. Now that’s out of the way, let’s get down to it. There are a slew of qualities I admire about myself. I prefer to see myself as kind, honest, friendly and athletic. I wish the last one was a joke but it’s not. I […]
Make a promise
Nobody wants to talk about New Year’s resolutions in the second week of January. You and I have already screamed past the reset button and are on to whatever is next. It may as well be July. But why is our attention to these things so short lived? I’ve never been particularly fond of resolutions. At […]
Gifts only you can give
I didn’t enjoy Christmas last year. Not the way I hoped to. I’m afraid it’s going to happen again this year. Perhaps it’s just a matter of something seeming more beautiful in my mind than it actually can be. Perhaps I’m just a big baby. I remember the first Christmas I felt let down. I’m […]
Do I want to know?
Narcissus was a hunter. A beautiful hunter at that. He probably wouldn’t have worn camouflage overalls or blaze orange on account of it clashing with his eyes. After being lured to a reflecting pool by Nemesis, he falls in love with his own image. Then the poor guy drowns. What a way to go. All he […]
Can deer appreciate irony?
By the time I see the deer it doesn’t matter. So I do what I think we all would do. I honk my horn. Thinking back, it doesn’t make a lot of sense. Honking my horn at the precise moment of contact isn’t going to do anything. Except maybe make this ordeal scarier. It’s a […]
Keep a dangerous distance
Victoria Falls is terrifying. This is what I’m thinking as I stand next to it. I grew up so close to Niagara Falls that I couldn’t even get carsick on the way there. It still freaks my freak thinking about what would happen if I fell in the Niagara River too close to be saved in […]
