As many of you know I consider most of the people on here I interact with on a daily basis to be as close to me as my friends on base, or next door. I may have never met you, but your value to me is no less than my drinking buddies or sparring partners (in some cases more!) So here's a little reminder ( Read more... )

a) Mostly moved into my new apartment, it's fantastic, and small and full of lovely things.
b) I'm feeling nostalgic, in a melancholy kind of way, and I'm not enjoying it.

I move to my new place tomorrow so I might be offline for a few days - which will coincide nicely with a planned break from the internet. If you need me email works as well as texting through msn, though I don't expect anyone will find themselves in pressing need.

Dear Grandpa ( Read more... )

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Of course most of you have noticed in the recent past I've begun working on trying to become more of a man, and I've been doing this because of the influences of the strong, powerful men in my life - past and present. Say what you will about the idea of being a strong, powerful, manly man (and God help me I know some of you will) but I've been ( Read more... )

...I'd buy this ( Read more... )

Here we go again!

My resolution this year comes with the promise, and requirement of a decent amount of change forthcoming. See, I've always sort of thought I've been fighting with one hand tied behind my back, if you catch my drift; not using everything I've been given, worked for or earned. I've been floating through life half assed, and ignoring the very ( Read more... )

I went out of my way this year to make sure that my Christmas wasn't dominated primarily by romantic woes, breakups or other such heart-y crap... but get this ( Read more... )

At what point did I become the sort of guy who would rather watch "White Christmas" than "The Fifth Element."
Or cares about the thread count of his sheets.
Curious.

See and really, apart from that...
...I don't have much to say.