It was scary at first, thinking about becoming a parent. I mean, sometimes I still feel like I’m fourteen, a latchkey kid who sometimes falls off the broken stool in the kitchen and can’t talk to girls unless he’s had some egg nog first. So, yes, it was quite scary to process that some day, … Continue reading Parenting 101
I always feel like I need to apologize for liking gangster rap music. I don’t know why I have that feeling. Well, actually, I think I do know, and it’s a really sad reason. Too many people judge those who listen to three specific types of music: heavy metal, emo, and gangster rap. They think … Continue reading My Semi-Sincere Apology for Liking Gangster Rap
A woman sits alone at a table. The table is in the Starbucks section of her local Barnes & Noble store. The woman is a 37-year old mother of two. Or at least I think she looks like one from my vantage point halfway across the cafe. She has that slightly overripe look that women … Continue reading The Watcher
So many of us strive so hard to be perfect, but what is perfection really? The dictionary defines it as “excellent or complete beyond practical and theoretical improvement.” If we subscribed to this theory, then we would have to be akin to gods in order to fit the definition. While it’s easy to sit there, … Continue reading The Perfect Nature of Imperfection
That live program is on that you’ve wanted so much to see. It’s that game between the Eagles and Cowboys. It’s that Country Music Awards. It’s that finale of The Voice, and you’re all set to DVR it because you have to get up early for work the next morning. It’s the perfect solution. You … Continue reading “Don’t Tell Me”: The Art of Avoidance
They say that money makes the world go around, but isn’t it really the lack of money that does that? I mean, when you don’t have money you are forced to be creative with everything. Why do you think that most inventors talk about coming “from nothing” and “making something” of themselves? It is this … Continue reading Cash Rules Everything Around Me
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