One of the benefits of standing over six feet tall and weighing around two hundred pounds is that, just by looking formidable, I am very rarely concerned for my personal safety. Even in dreams, I am not one to be trifled with, as Friend George recently informed me in the … (read more)
Minute by Minute is a mutual interview audio project. This on-going endeavour provides an opportunity for people to share their personal experiences, thoughts, and feelings with one another and the world. The Minute by Minute series continues with Samantha F. … (read more)
I’ve just returned from Target, where I purchased an exercise ball and workout gloves. Yes, I’m kind of a fitness nut. My daily workout routine, which fills my time and balances my serotonin levels, keeps me from killing myself during this extended period of unemployment … (read more)
Minute by Minute is a mutual interview audio project. This on-going endeavour provides an opportunity for people to share their personal experiences, thoughts, and feelings with one another and the world. The Minute by Minute series begins with Randall C. … (read more)
When I was 10, we all ran over to the Lewyns’ house because Emily had discovered her father’s copy of Playboy. What a scene it was, a crowd of six of us kids huddled around her parents’ bed, where the magazine was laid out in a state of reverence, soaking up the sordid … (read more)
Perhaps you’ve heard about that report drafted by FEMA in early 2001. It predicted that the three disasters most likely to strike the United States would be a terrorist attack on New York City, a powerful hurricane in New Orleans, and a massive earthquake in California. … (read more)
Back when I had co-workers, one of them asked me how much money I made. Now that’s an inappropriate question! Being a firm believer in, and highly-regarded practitioner of, the inappropriately-spoken word, I happily answered her: $40,000 (In the interest of … (read more)
Those who know me know that I am a simple man with simple loves. I love cookies. I also love road trips. So as the end of 2003 approached, I decided to leave a high-paying job with Yahoo! to pursue a non-paying amalgamation of my loves, the Cross-Country Cookie Crusade. … (read more)
I never knew my paternal grandfather. He got drunk and drove himself off a cliff long before I was born. My great uncle and my father were also raging alcoholics, and, coincidentally, they too are dead. With such a legacy as this, I instinctively recognized early on that I would … (read more)