I was determined to get to the Fair this year, extended jury duty be damned; I played a gig at Outtakes Saturday night, got home about 1 a.m. and crashed out around 1:30 a.m. I didn't bother setting my alarm as I figured it'd be best to get a halfway decent night's sleep rather than leaving in time for the first express bus. This may or may not ( Read more... )

Well, that was a heckuva year ( Read more... )

In the beginning ( Read more... )

They don't put CD players in new cars. Instead you get an auxiliary input, a USB input, and a computer that will instantly sync to your phone so you can listen to whatever you listen to at the office and the gym ( Read more... )

Happy birthday, talekyn!!

For the record, I never EVER spend money on Candy Crush. Except last night right before the screen was wiped away I noticed I was one move away from clearing the level, so I bought five additional moves. And then there was an "undefined error" and the game crashed.

Zuigan called out to himself every day: "Master."

Then he answered himself: "Yes, sir."

And after that he added: "Become sober."

Again he answered: "Yes, sir."

"And after that," he continued, "do not be deceived by others."

"Yes, sir; yes, sir," he answered.

Raindrops falling and
the world drops out of focus
in a sea of gray.

Here for no good reason is my work history, beginning with my first job:

Cook @ Barnacle Bills Steak & Seafood, in Brooklyn Center: Technically, I started as a busboy but was promoted to cook as soon as they realized I generally managed to show up. This, by far, was the most glamorous job I've ever had as well as the hardest I've ever worked. You' ( Read more... )

I'm pretty sure I've been having a bit of a midlife crisis; typical 40-year-old behavior, I guess. I keep feeling plagued by the thought that somehow every time I've made a decision it must have been the wrong one, and it was making it increasingly hard to make any decisions. Something about turning 40, it hit me in a way that it's never really ( Read more... )