Let's talk about the election ( Read more... )

"Uncomfortably Numb"The normal routine on summer weekdays, at least during the summer before I left for college, was that I would call my mom at work when I woke up. So the fact that the phone woke me up at 8:00 was a little strange, especially since I wasn't usually up at that hour ( Read more... )

The Price is Wrong

When I first started telling people a few years ago that I was moving from Seattle back to the Bay Area, I got the typical range of reactions: good luck, we'll miss you, are you nuts? That last one was usually followed, in the same breath, by it's so expensive down there!I definitely had reasons to move down here, and they were ( Read more... )

Middle GroundI have friends on Facebook who span the political spectrum. Some are very conservative, bashing Obama at every turn and posting patriotic pictures and Bible verses every chance they get. Others are highly liberal, blasting the Republican Congress for being ineffective and sharing economic studies and pictures from Pride parades all ( Read more... )

Bums

A basketball player, generally acknowledged as one of the greatest athletes anywhere, cramps up with four minutes to go in a playoff game, and he gets ripped by fans and athletes alike.

A horse with a great pedigree wins two incredibly tough horse races, then loses a third by less than a second, and suddenly no horse is ever going to win ( Read more... )

"Believe""Jeff is up next. Where is Jeff?" Craig's voice booms over the loudspeakers, and a few young bros in the back cheer as one of their own makes his way to the stage ( Read more... )

"Voice of Unreason"It's a loud world out there ( Read more... )