As I was trying to drift off to sleep last night, I started thinking about how my life might change were I to win the lottery. My brain often gets extra busy after I turn out the lights at night. I don’t currently have any “live” tickets in my possession, but had been thinking about […]
Today is birthday number 37 for me. Two days ago, I’d had a bad dream of having had a botched eye surgery, and while on massive pain killers was having to give my personal information (including my birth date) to an intake nurse. She didn’t believe that all of this mess was happening on my […]
Nanook 1994 – 2006 My Alaskan Husky, Nanook, died very unexpectedly on Tuesday, 19 September 2006. I’ve had just over a week now to consider what tribute I might write to the very best friend I’ve ever had, and I’m not sure I’ve come up with anything profound. This process takes time. I’m still getting […]
I am troubled by this proposed 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: The Congress shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. The flag is a symbol — of freedom, of liberty, of the U.S. Constitution, of the United States of America. As a symbol, it can have […]
There are some strange things I’ve seen since moving to Portland. In an earlier blog, I mentioned watching two guys at a coffee shop test flame-retardant gloves by trying to set each other’s hands on fire. Last week, as I was walking home from the library, I saw a young man — dressed head-to-toe in […]
Speaking of having a name that’s not uncommon…. I got a call this morning from a guy named Marty. I have a friend named Marty, but this was someone else, with a rather pronounced Minnesotan/Ontario accent. Although I couldn’t place him, he insisted that he knows me. He told me that he’s Gwen’s fianc?, and […]
Yeah, so I think I’m done with this online medium of trying to meet someone. You can argue that I’ve not given it much of a shot, but I’ve tried online dating and connection sites on and off for awhile, and I am reminded of the definition of insanity: Trying the same approach over and […]
