Have you ever had a secret crush? Not the kind you have as a pimply faced teen in love with the captain of the football team. Those kinds of crushes are considered cute, a requisite part of adolescence even. I’m talking about the chills on the back of your neck when you talk to your [...]
Is it just me or does everyone suffer from this crappy feeling of utter desolation that creeps up on me every winter? I make all these grand plans. I brainstorm. I plot. I make checklists, dang it. But come December 1st every year the result is the same. All I feel like doing is curling [...]
Where do ideas come from? I was at a happy hour in DC last night (completely unrelated story) and someone asked where I get my ideas from. This is a question posed to writers quite often, in fact this is THE question posed to writers in general. I have no answer. I get ideas in [...]
Jury Duty rocks! I reported for duty at the courthouse, and the lawyers only had to choose 7 people, so I was one of the lucky who got to go home (with $30 and a day off work to boot). Strangely enough I have no idea what to do with myself now that I’m home. [...]
There was a problem with the metro and I didn’t get home until almost 8pm. As soon as I think that I’ll actually have time for myself, something always happens. It seems to be a cosmic joke that’s always on me. I’m not ungrateful. I see bums on the street everyday and I thank God [...]