The recipe for byte-sized acquaintances

Something Positive

I’ve been thinking a lot about friendship lately. Specifically, I’ve been thinking about a previous post of mine that got me into all sorts of trouble with my [label missing]s at the time. If you’ve not read that post, just…

Road tripped

Map This!

My roadtrip (mentioned here and started here) has officially ended. Actually, it officially ended a month ago, I just wanted to write my travels down when I had time and, sadly, that hasn’t been until today. For the first half…

I do?

Map This!

Having just left my friend Jess’ house, I have become fully convinced that she is the most wonderful person on the planet. Jess is now one of the few people I would be willing to marry without a second’s hesitation.…

Road tripping along

Map This!

My miniature road trip (I say miniature because it’s nothing compared to the roadtrip my friend Adriano is on as we speak) is nearing its apex. Today I travel to New Jersey to visit my old housemate Jess Levy. Jess…

Pants to Self

Scratch Jeans

I had an idea today, but I didn’t have a scratch piece of paper or notebook handy, so I wrote it on my jeans. That led me to a brilliant and marketable idea: pants you can write on!

Shh!! He’ll hear us!

Scratch Jeans

I’m staying in my friend Sandy’s house for the week. I met her roommate two hours ago. Soon after I met her boyfriend Matt. They’re having sex right now. They’re trying to be quiet, but as you can see from…

Philosophers eat their young

Scratch Jeans

Philosophy as a discipline peaked in ancient Greece. Then Aristotle messed it up. See, Socrates took questions to the people in power. With Socrates, philosophy and Socratic questioning was enough to scare the church, noblemen and politicians. Socrates was so…

Post-by-numbers

Atlas Shrugged

How I make a thoughtful post in six short steps: As I was writing the previous post, I noticed how all of my posts seem to have the same basic formula.  First, there is the background (“As I was writing.…

Byte-sized collusions

Atlas Shrugged

Background – In high school, I had lots of people I considered good friends who more or less vanished after graduation. Thanks to the arrival of Myspace, I somehow got back in touch with a few people I missed from…

Grumblings at the plant

Atlas Shrugged

I’ve been thinking of changing my theme recently as I’ve noticed it a) takes a long time to load on certain computers b) doesn’t load at all on some computers c) nobody has realized that the ‘options’ tab lets you…

Road tripping

Surfing is the only life

So I’ve been planning a cross-country trip since October. I have about a dozen people in the Northeast United States that I want to see again before everyone decides they have ‘lives’ and moves all around the world. Here is…

The tooth is out there

Surfing is the only life

28. I’ve counted my teeth four times now and I keep ending up with 28.  That’s weird.  I could have sworn I counted 32 when the week started.  What happened to the other four teeth? Furthermore, why are my cheeks…

Wow, that’s like, so friggin’ hilarious

Surfing is the only life

At last, the rotating carnival of witticisms and whimsy has come to another temporary station. Here now, the “Wow, That’s Funny” Carnival competition for comedic genius requires your help. We’ve got several very good witticisms today, and I look forward…

Measuring love

XOXOXO

And I don’t mean ‘measuring love’ in a naughty way. I don’t have a tape measure handy, anyway. As you might recall from my 2007 post, I am trying to hug 150 different people this year. January is almost over…

Culture skirmishes

XOXOXO

I witnessed my best friend break up with his three-year fiancée yesterday. She cried for hours while he was there then called him crying. Twice. At five in the morning. This is the story, as short as I can tell…