-Words by CM
I was watching this show the other day where a man was in a military rehab center recovering from a stroke. And as no show is complete without the obligatory…
Seriously, who came up with this idea? I get why–the ubiquitous cleanse from all the overindulging we did around the holidays. I say it’s all bullshit. Dry January is just…
(This Post Brought to You by the Letter B) Crazy thought right? How in the world could trauma be good? Who would ever think that? I do. I was…
If you’re currently in the midst of dealing with the pain of being wronged by someone, this phrase might come to mind. Maybe a friend stood you up, your boss…
So I’ve written about the Tony Danza Principle many times before. Yeah, it’s a thing. But have you heard of the John Cusack Nudge? Oh you haven’t? Prepare to be…
Did you ever have someone in your life that wronged you and was incommunicado for a long time then out of nowhere they just show up at your doorstep one…
So there’s this tree called the Lodgepole pine, its pinecones need heat from a wildfire to melt its resin so the seeds can be released to make more pine trees. …
“That’s it, this is the last straw”! A lot of people have said this a time or two in their life, including yours truly. You know what most people who…
So tonight I went with a friend to a birthday party for a woman who worked at my friend’s old job, a hospice center. Apparently I met the birthday girl…
No, I’m not talking about a Facebook relationship status (though that would accurately describe pretty much all the romantic relationships I’ve had in my life). I’m talking about the term…
I hate that Guns N Roses pops into my head when I think of the word patience. The word whiny also comes to mind right now. I need patience to…
Blurry is the line between ego and self-respect. Worse than the fog outside my window this morning. So what prompted me to write about this existential face-off of good vs.…
Don't boil the ocean. A friend of mine said this the other night. At the time he was referring to a mutual friend being teased because his favorite football team…
Remember those Geiko commercials that had the turtles named the Slowskys? They’re gold. Don’t remember? Look it up. Done? Okay, now we can go on. The Slowskys, they’re on their…
No, I’m not drunk, yet. I wrote that correctly. It isn’t FOMO - Fear Of Missing Out. It’s FMYMO - Fear Makes You Miss Out. Don’t let fear rule your…
Not sure what to write about. Hopeless Tomatoes has risen to one of my all time favorite things I’ve ever written so kinda hard to top that.
I could write about the Ester Hicks quotes I’ve been reading lately about vibrations and energy. Yeah, deep, existential shit but I’m deep and existential I guess. I had a good conversation with a co-worker about that kinda stuff on Sunday. I have nothing else at the moment so maybe I should expand on that.
It’s recently been brought to my attention that I'm a hopeless romantic. Shocking right? Why do they call it hopeless? Less hope? Or even lesser than less, none? No hope…
The other day my house was crying. Tears everywhere. Well, water was pouring out of my ceiling and streaming down the walls from a hole in my roof, but I…
In follow up to Tuna Fish and Doritos, I heard this song in yoga class the other day. So fitting: “Sit Around the Fire” by Jon Hopkins Beyond all polarities…
“I’m like a fucking lighthouse keeper. Out here on my own...keeping this flame burning. Of course, when anyone sees a lighthouse, they steer clear, don’t they?” I am a…
A friend of mine told me he was going to do some work on his roof today. I just told him to be careful up there. It’s raining. Then it…
