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A couple of weeks ago, I had the privilege of meeting one of my new favorite people. And all because one of my co-workers set a box of toffee flavored shortbread cookies in the middle of the conference table for our 10am meeting…. His name is Rick… Continue reading
During a hot Florida summer, at about ten, I found my favorite thing to do at Silver Springs: the glass bottom boat. If you've never done this before, you simply must experience the novelty of a glass bottom boat trip. You sit in a boat and look down at what… Continue reading
A dame weighs in on the film from a different angle. This is not a review! Continue reading
If anyone knows me well, they know that I love to write (newsflash!) and that I love to play Scrabble, consuming 20 games at a time. I love words. Each new one you learn, you expand your ability to appreciate your world and to talk about it. I'm the proudest… Continue reading
One of the strangest things I remember from childhood is my Dad whistling as he did the dishes. He'd stand before the sink, belly pressing into the counter's edge, and let his own exaggerated vibrato carry him away. He was not much of an artist or a musician.… Continue reading
Hi, folks. I figured I'd smash together some of my favorite things and show them to you so you can judge me. Enjoy. DEADWOOD I'm well into the second season (idiots stopped making the show after the third.) If you don't know what it's about, it's the story of… Continue reading
"It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise." –Sara Teasdale My late twenties has been a barrage of firsts and self discoveries. I'm wondering if I won't feel this rough around the edges for a long time. I'm on my own… Continue reading
"I want to be an artist because I want to make the world beautiful and everything in it." I found this written on a slightly crumpled piece of notebook paper that my mom saved in a stack of other school papers from my childhood. I wrote this at eight years… Continue reading
I would like to take you out somewhere special. Ever been to Broadway? An opera? A vaudeville performance? (Quick… do you know what vaudeville is?) I don't normally ask much of my readers (all eight of you). But take three minutes and eleven seconds to… Continue reading
Satellite Beach, Florida. 1995. I am a sophomore at a high school so close to the beach that on windy days the salt spray from the ocean floats in toward the two-story building like a hazy cloud. I belong to an eclectic group of friends that changes based on… Continue reading
I just don't get women and bathrooms. Public bathrooms. Corporate. Public. Bathrooms. I just moved back into the corporate world six months ago and have been amazed by degrees at the strange behavior by women in the bathrooms of my building. Women can't poop… Continue reading
I never saw a movie in a theater until I was 14 years old. My parents even had a rule that rated R movies would not be shown in our home. My sisters and I were content for a long time with our collection of Disney movies like The Little Mermaid and Beauty and… Continue reading
