Riding the Socially Distanced Wave
Riding the Wave I didn’t realize how apt the name of this blog was when I came up with it. At the onset, it just described how moody I am &#...
Category: self esteem
Writing is Like Life; It Sucks Sometimes.
Writing a book is hard. That doesn’t sound like a revelation until you try to write one. Starting a book is easy. You’re lying in bed one morning, a...
Dickens Was Right, Damnit
We had to memorize the first sentence of A Tale of Two Cities, which didn't seem like a big deal until I realized it takes up the ENTIRE FIRST PAGE OF THE BOOK.
New Year’s Resolution, No Thank You
The term "resolution" makes me feel like I have to come up with a socially acceptable goal related to exercise or finances and achieve it so I have thus perform...
Coffee with a Side of Blackmail
My morning was hijacked by an email. I was poking through my spam folder when I saw a message that appeared to be from myself but with a different email address...
I’m a Complex Fellow, Unlikely to do Anything Twice
When we come home from vacation, I am fifty percent likely to unpack right away, put everything where it goes and start a load of laundry. The other fifty perce...
When I Grow Up…
When I was a kid, adults always asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. I knew the answer was supposed to be a paying gig, so I shrugged my shoulders noncommi...
That April Person is AMAZING
I’m in one of those slug phases, where I can get distracted from work tasks by just about anything. Today, this led me to scrolling through my own Faceboo...
Where Did 10,000 Steps Come From?
Ten thousand steps. That’s how many we’re supposed to get. But did you come across that article about bodybuilders who conserve their energy all day...
Happy Holidaze
I am officially hibernating. Except I’m pretty sure animals who hibernate don’t eat cookies and drink chardonnay. But in every other sense of the wo...