‘Tis Better To Have Lived Long and Be Wrinkly
So last week I got my face lasered off. Okay, it wasn’t that dramatic. I just had some spots removed. Those dreaded sun freckles that emerge in your 40s and…
So last week I got my face lasered off. Okay, it wasn’t that dramatic. I just had some spots removed. Those dreaded sun freckles that emerge in your 40s and…
I was watching this movie with Jake Gylenhall called The Guilty and a character in the movie said this quote, “broken people save broken people.” It’s so fucking true that…
So I was watching the Travel Channel last night and there was this show on called American Mysteries (I know, nerd alert). The show was about multiple airline crashes of…
(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…
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. …
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…
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 =…
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.…
You know the emoji you use when your mind is blown? 🤯 Yeah, that one. One day I said to someone that this emoji looks like a plate fell on…
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…
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…
“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…
So I was driving home from work tonight just thinking how thankful I am to have such a great job that I do indeed love. How many people can say…
We’re all in it, the Suffering. That’s what I’ve named this thing called the human experience. Sounds awful right? It’s not. The Suffering is a gift, a wonderful gift. And…
A friend of mine has inspired me to write this. This friend I've known for quite a while, many years in fact. We may not be the text ten times…