When I was a kid, one of my nicknames besides Mimi was “chatterbox”. I talked and talked. I was an only child until the age of nine. I was used to being the center of attention and to just talking up a storm just about anything. I read […]
Oh, where to land now Another place tomorrow Pedaling quickly I am not a bike rider. And that is perhaps one of my biggest understatements ever. Maybe. I believe I have already shared how I also hate spinning. I don’t get it. I also do not like […]
Have you ever heard the song “Here’s where the story ends” by the Sundays? The song is a couple of decades old and was popular on college radio back in the day. It has a soft, pleasing melody that somewhat hides a darker vision of the world. Notably, […]
I woke up at 2am with a leaky eye. I was frightened that I now had an eye infection as well as my cough and ear pain. I watched the television show Scorpion to help help me fall back asleep. The problem with doing that is that the […]
Almost everyone I know has been complaining about the year 2016. Its been a crazy year all around. Who saw Brexit coming? Not many, I tell ya. After that we all should have acted forewarned. But, as a collective, we didn’t. Bowie died. I was stunned. His career […]
I don’t have it in me to write tonight. My pen to paper action is dead in the water. Or rather, my keyboard action is nill. I am lethargic, achy and uninspired. I had a million and one things to write about when I woke up this morning […]
We are not supposed to run with scissors. So we are told as children. And thus, in turn, we tell our children. Occasionally, also tell my son to not wave his hands in the frantically while holding a pencil. There are so many ways that children find […]
Have you seen Fight Club? I have a set of windows in my Los Angeles apartment that are very reminiscent of a few scenes in the movie. From my window you can see the financial institutions. It is a beautiful view. Anyway, Fight Club was a great movie. […]
This has been a couple long weeks. I could have ended this with that sentence and moved on. But I shall endeavor to be pithy. Eh. Not really. I shall endeavor to satisfice. But just stating that makes me angsty. Do you know what satisficing is? its that […]
I love making to-do lists. Everyday in the morning I grab my yellow pad and bright blue pen and start making my daily to-do list. Well, I overstuff my lists so that they actually lists more tasks than are humanly possible to do on one day. Thus, my […]