It Might as Well Be Spring
I took this day off months in advance when I knew Nacho was coming down for a long weekend, tacking on an extra day off for recovery that, as it turns out, was hardly necessary. We are not becoming old …
Month: November 2010
Moving
I’ve always identified with those Fight Club scenes criticizing the mass of useless stuff that we surround ourselves with. And, of course, the great cathartic moment where the apartment, and everything in it, is blown to hell.
Project Monday Update
No scorecard this week. I left for New Orleans last Thursday and won’t be back until late tonight. My goal for the trip was to divorce myself from technology – no laptop, no checking messages. Fuck everything. So, for all …
The Adventures of Sir Riverstone
A tale for children.
Journeys
As you read this, my plane will be bumping from BWI to New Orleans, a town I’ve tried to visit at least once a year since 2001.
Checking my list…
Well, it’s taken twenty years, but I have finally managed to have sex on every desk and at every workstation at my weekend job.
Customer Service
My day job, as you’ve no doubt gathered from the customer service transcript posts, is fucking insane. It doesn’t demand much brainpower, and, in fact, I have enough spare time to run a publishing company, act as a consultant for …
Project Mondays Scorecard: Week Two
I had planned to rail against Van Hollen, yet again, for the Election Day post. But, when I sat down, I pounded out the bulk of the rant James delivers in “American Musings,” then drunkenly wrote around that. I haven’t …
The Intern and the Candy Jar
We have an intern here at my thankless day job who’s probably one of the more stunningly beautiful women I’ve ever seen. Tall, with thick dark hair, and a body that defies genetics. No accident of birth here, this woman’s …