For those looking for my thoughts on hot gossip
Jul 30…I seriously don’t give a damn. So stop haunting my blog already. I have nothing to say on matters that don’t involve me. At all. Go buy yourself some good caramel popcorn instead.
The curse of second-guessing
Jul 30I have this friend, see. Let’s call him AR (short for Anal Retentive). AR’s a decent dude. But his obsessive compulsive tendencies can drive me up the wall at times. It’s good to have high standards and strive for perfection. Sometimes, though, I wonder why he puts Pulitzer-Prize winning effort into pithy blurbs no one will remember months down the line. But humans...
John Scalzi demonstrates absolute pwnage
Jul 29Everyone has to deal with their usual dose of stupid. But Scalzi’s response to a rather dimwitted commenter really should make the Internet Archives of Utter Win. "Reading this person’s understanding of how the First Amendment applies in these instances is like being slathered in a thick coat of ignorant, and then being put out into the sun to dry out before a second coat is applied,...
Under the same sky
Jul 29It’s said that to understand life, you must look at it backwards but it must be lived forward. And sometimes I almost get it, Pa, why our carefully ordered lives had to be turned inside out for us to be where we are now. I remember always being fearful, never feeling I would be worthy of anything but your criticism. When did it all change, Pa? When you fell in love with another woman and...
Why worry, love?
Jul 29The long break helped clear my head. Sometimes, it’s good to hear your shortcomings told to you kindly, gently, by someone who loves you. Who has nothing to gain from not telling you the truth. "Why worry, honey? We’re not going to live forever." ***My return from Singapore was delayed. Unexpected circumstances kept me 4 nights longer in Singapore than I wanted. The extra...