I've seen a particular Nerd Boy and Cheerleader scenario play about about a hundred times. I am expressing their identities in high-school terms because this is a scenario that belongs in high school, although I have seen it play out with actors well into their thirties ( Read more... )

Sunday I got a call from mrsloane asking if I'd like to accompany him on a hospital visit to his cousin Bonnie, recently out of surgery. Since there are few things I love more than being in the passenger seat of a car for a long drive on a sunny afternoon--my paternal grandfather was a Labrador retriever, which explains not only this proclivity, but also ( Read more... )

While I was helping Jake pack last week, Guns n' Roses' "Paradise City" came on his stereo. It reminded me of this little piece of my personal history I recorded last fall, and I'm reprinting it below (Even if anyone's reading my Tumblr now, I'm almost certain no one was reading it in November.)

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