You ever start a story, having it already full-born in your head, and you think to yourself, all that I need to do is listen to my brain, and I’ll be okay.  Except when you get to the story, when you actually start writing down the words, it turns out that the story is garbage.  Its like your brain has put on beer goggles and is desperately trying ( Read more... )

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Ahimsa is something I struggle with. It is the Buddhist belief that the intention behind an action is just as important as the action itself ( Read more... )

I'm sure I'm misremembering this story, but it's fun to tell, nonetheless ( Read more... )

As some of you may know (or have suspected), I was recently in America for a short time. I didn't get to see anyone, spending all of my time at home. My nephew doesn't have much time left ( Read more... )

A couple years ago, before leaving the US and going abroad, I had made a tour around the east coast of America.  I went to Toronto for a wedding, Boston to visit with college friends, NYC for my best friend from high school, and a close friend from California, Miami for another college friend, London for old work friends, and Raleigh, North ( Read more... )

Me and the party people were sitting around at our friend Jan's place last night, playing board games. We dipped our big toe into the world of Pictionary after stealing/scarfing down her left over lasagna, and we found that it was pretty cold. The game dynamics of Pictionary did not suit us at all. Not one iota ( Read more... )

Peter was one of the coolest guys I met while traveling in Europe. He's a former architecture student, future eco-warrior. We worked on rennovating an old Japanese farmhouse together, and spent a lot of time bitching about the laziness of the owners. He spent most of this past year in Sri Lanka, working on his degree on Sustainable Development ( Read more... )

Kevin is indeed smart ( Read more... )