First and foremost... Happy Birthday to Valerie. So very glad to have you in my life.

I loved seeing Michael leave The Bachelorette ! He was such a weasel and snitch. I think that Zak may go next... only because Brooks seems destined for the end and Drew and Chris each seem to have a better chemistry with her (and Zak is strange looking).

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This morning my enemies nearly succeeded in assassinating me... by dropping a 16-pack of Pop-Tarts on the back of my head. Seriously, I had bought the box and set it on top of the stack of stuff on top of my refrigerator and this morning as I was getting a yogurt out of the crisper the box fell on the back of my head. Scared the living hell out of ( Read more... )

There is an awesome scene in the movie "L.A. Story" where Steve Martin's character Harris talks about what he would do if his love interest tried leaving. The dialog is :

Sara: And if I were to go?
Harris: All I know is, on the day your plane was to leave, if I had the power, I would turn the winds around, I would roll in the fog, I would bring in ( Read more... )

So, I had promised earlier that the Inn... the bug-riddled, hooker haven with beds akin to rock gardens... would come into play once more... and it did... ironically enough, as the "hero" in a very unexpected chapter in the perfect week ( Read more... )

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I) That I should clarify ! A little bird whispered in my ear ( coaxed , admonished , hinted , prodded , suggested , mentioned ) that in telling my tale so far strictly from the point of view of the severely-smitten somewhat-sexy senior citizen that I had created the impression that Valerie's trip here was entirely about seeing this one old cave- ( Read more... )

Where to begin to describe my journey... I will start with the beginning... "In" (wonderful), and transition to the accomodations ... "Inn" (the diametric opposite of wonderful ( Read more... )

Over the course of the last eleven or so days I managed to engage in one of the best adventures of my life. A manic, strange, surreal journey on which I proved beyond a shadow of a doubt to a special person just how little I exaggerated about my insecurities, social anxiety, and hermit-like existence. Oddly, this all started when my friend "J" came ( Read more... )

So, yesterday was one of those once in a decade or so events that define life for me. My friend "J", henceforth to be known as Jaypalm for her destructive ability, came to visit with her friend "V" (this woman's eyes are so incredible). For a bit of background, I dated J in the early 80's (our first real date was a Van Halen concert), then lost ( Read more... )