Kidney Cancer
I’ve spent the last 24 hours trying to decide if this pain in my lower back is just normal old back pain, because I’ve been doing a lot of heavy lifting lately (you know, corpses), or if my kidneys have …
Category: Rants
Spring
Oh, thank god, Spring has arrived. I mean, sure, the trees have been doing their thing, and the weather’s been vaguely warm some days, but the true measure of the season comes in the form of girls. The women I …
Paranoia
I’ll confess to a little paranoia here and there. I like to think it’s because I’m from an urban environment. DC may be a small town, by most city standards, but the client suburbs hold millions of people. And the …
Sell-Crazy
I’ve become addicted to selling junk. As part of the ongoing storage shed cleanout (my little 2008 project to cut down costs and eliminate the enormous pile of trash I’ve stuffed into multiple storage units in the far-flung DC suburbs) …
Welcome to Nacholand
I’ve recently become fascinated with the idea of living on the ocean, thanks to an entry at Weburbanist. Permanent residences are currently available on The World, but it’s sort of a lark. “Vacation residences,” they’re called, even though there are …
Sci-Fi Saturday
Well, since I wrote about it yesterday, it’s time for a trip report. Mainly because I’m waiting on my friend Lonnie who called an hour ago and gave me some weak excuse about being late. The plan was for him …
Lego Maniac
Just to confirm that I’m a loser, I’ve been doing this thing for the last four years that I call “Sci-Fi Saturday.” I wake up early, brew up a huge pot of good coffee, make Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls (which have …
Harmony Grove
Well, the last post was kind of a downer, so I’d better put something up that leaves everyone on a cheery note, right?
Morphine Drip
My grandmother is dying. I spent a long weekend in West Virginia saying goodbye and watching my family quietly fall apart. It’s weird, really, to have inane family bullshit spin out of control around her deathbed. Weird because, well, we’re …
Arthur C. Clark Likes Little Boys
True! I wouldn’t bring it up except that I subscribe to hundreds of somewhat similar blogs on Google Reader and, when Clark died the other day, it was a bit much. Everything was: OMG Clark be ded! My friend used …