-Words by CM
I have this candle that I absolutely love. Every time I smell it I just want to jump in it, live in it. Of course, it’s now discontinued. It’s Magnolia…
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…
Everybody cheats. I’m not talking Watergate or even Deflategate proportions here, I’m talking about the little fudging we all seem to do from time to time. Things such as not…
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…
Driving home from work tonight I heard on the radio that Matthew Perry died. For those who live under a rock or who are under the age of 30, he…
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. …
Lately I’ve noticed there are a lot of people out there in shitty relationships. Okay, not lately, I”ve always noticed this. Specifically, why do people get into relationships where their…
Watching Bohemian Rhapsody tonight, again. It's a movie about the band Queen for those living under a rock. The lead singer, Freddy Mercury, died in 1991 at 45 years old. …
We say this at work on slow days with no customers - just take the L and chalk this day up to a loss. No customers = no tips =…
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…
So I was driving home from work tonight and started thinking (keep your shocked faces to yourself), I write in metaphors a lot. Okay, now that I really think about…
Is there such a thing as phobia-phobic, a fear of phobias? Is it even a real word? When I first heard this word it made me laugh. A character on…
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…
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…
So I went to a funeral yesterday for the mother of a dear friend of mine. I saw a lot of shit that I feel I need to get off…
It’s funny how life works. I wrote Tuna Fish and Doritos a couple months ago (even though my procrastination pushed off my posting it), then a few weeks ago I…
I have no idea what this piece is about. I was just free writing earlier and the thought that I like Doritos on a tuna fish sandwich popped in my…
Are you a procrastinator? I wonder how many of us are out there. Now I’m not talking about the type of person that occasionally puts off cleaning out their refrigerator…
Dear Everyone That Calls Me, I am the worst. Who doesn’t talk to the people they love and care about? Answer: me. It’s a big joke nowadays that…
Who can I talk to? As much as I like being alone, times like now I just want to talk to someone. Not sure who or about what. Someone or…
Do you know the term for when an alligator violently spins his victim into a certain watery, inescapable death? It’s called the death roll. Pretty much describes my state of…
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…
What inspires you? I mean deep down in your soul, where it counts. What is that thing that makes you feel alive? Not just going through the motions of life…
