I've been thinking a bit about freedom lately. Sometimes I don't feel very free. Between the kids and the job and the house and just the inexorable march of time and the aging and impending doom that come with it, I'm more aware than ever of external limits on my freedom ( Read more... )

I'm turning 40 on Friday. I have this fantasy for my birthday ( Read more... )

So we've got a family Netflix account. We've got several different queues set up. ( Read more... )

I want
you to find me
pleasing

I'm thinking about getting a couple more tattoos. (I'm also thinking about tying my tattoos to my weight-loss goals, specific targets for each tattoo. Stole that idea, but it seems like a good one ( Read more... )

I've been having some pretty significant dreams lately. Most of them are very hard to describe. Lots of them, I could spend five minutes describing about 2 seconds of the dream, but then everything changes in the next couple of seconds.

( Scintillations. )

hard day

On the way to school, this morning, in the car, my son said "Looks like we're going to get some rain." I was looking forward, and the sky had a few clouds, but not rain. Nonetheless, I was amused by his adult turn of phrase. After I dropped him off, I headed to my office, facing south, and realized that he was looking south when he said that, ( Read more... )

Not sure it's a meme or not, but a couple different people posted "5 things I like" type of posts and I thought I could show a little gratitude for a change ( Read more... )

My wife could go into labor at any moment. Or not for another week. Or two. Probably this weekend or shortly after. Maybe. Probably ( Read more... )