Within the course of 24 hours, three people whom I love very much commented on the fact that I am "weird".  Weird.  What? What do you mean weird...compared to WHAT?  Well, the good news is that this kind of weird in two of the three opinions are favorable.  That weird means "not boring", diverse, memorable.  I like that - I never felt like I ever ( Read more... )

huh.  Hotwire came through for me yesterday while booking a trip to Vegas for February.  I've used it in the past and really have no complaints, but it's a bit nerveracking clicking "BOOK IT" when you don't know what you're really signing up for other then the price and some details....But, we got lucky - the incredibly cheap, cheap, cheap room ( Read more... )

JOY.  It is true.  STOP exhausting yourself trying to make others joyful - do what you do best and in it you will feel most joyful.
JOY.  It is true.  A month containing live shows from Motley Crue, Cheap Trick and Oasis made me very joyful (see above!)

NOT JOY.  It is true.  Getting yelled at over an ink cartridge.  Really?  REALLY? 

I suppose it's too late to unscramble my DNA and stop making me early and on time for absolutely everyone and everything in my world.  I should have started keeping score decades ago.  I imagine the amount of time I've waited on others could have bought me some constructive time doing lots of other things.  God Bless those who are late.  Not that ( Read more... )

Thank you, Cory Wells, for always being the gracious man that you are.  You never fail to give this girl her 15 seconds of fame which truly shows what a magnificent man you have always been ( Read more... )

 The route:  LAX to Orange County to Salt Lake City to Atlanta to Knoxville to the Car Rental through Kentucky, Indiana and then Illinois and the final destination: Chicago U.S.A ( Read more... )

The eye of the storm exists somewhere in my deep psyche.  I try to fill it up with chocolate chips and cookie edges and frosting and the outsides of candy bars and it hasn't felt full enough since at least 1962.  Before that I can't remember ( Read more... )

 WHAT A $#!*& GREAT SUMMER OF MUSIC ( Read more... )

I am a horrible patient - I know way too much.  This is what you become by default by being in the medical field.  So, I get to have this THING that is sitting on my gum, over a back molar, biopsied on Wednesday.   My anxiety-riddened mind has set the scene for every scary scenario that it possibly can.  And the more each person says "don't worry ( Read more... )

For lack of laziness, I just sat through an HBO comedy special that featured Bob Saget and his $#*&^@ routine.  This guy has got some serious esteem issues with the years he spent on Full House and hosting America's Funniest Home Videos.  Hey, Bob, you paid the bills, right, and it afforded you the leisure to write this pseudo-stand up routine - ( Read more... )