So I was working on my novel the other day (wahoo!), and I typed a sentence about a child born our of wedlock. A minute later I looked back and saw the blue bad-grammar squiggle mark under the word “bastard.” I didn’t see anything immediately wrong, so I clicked on it, and received a warning … More Facebook Post: June 25, 2021
Sit down and get comfy for a Very Long and Very Boring Saga! Earlier this year, I moved 5 blocks up the street. I went to the Virginia DMV website to update my address. The last time I used the Virginia DMV website was, apparently, several years ago. The Virginia DMV website forces you to … More Facebook Post: October 26, 2021
Sigh. Yet another sad day for America, thinking about this missed opportunity for awesomeness. I spent a lot of last evening and this morning thinking about what Warren should do. The real answer is: whatever the hell she wants. She’s Elizabeth Fucking Warren; she’s a smart, badass lady who has earned it! But if she … More Facebook Post: March 5, 2020
4:00AM: If you attempt to communicate with me later today and I seem nonfunctional this is why:1 week ago: Sarge starts letting loose gallons of pee all over the house and we take him to the vet. We wait a week for the result of cultures, which reveal a bladder infection. Fast forward to:YESTERDAY/TODAY2pmish: Finally … More Facebook Post: July 7, 2020
Please feel free to steal this idea: If I were a student whose school is planning to open up for in-person learning and is NOT stringently enforcing a mandatory mask policy, I would organize a dress-code-based protest. I would find my school’s dress code and make sure all of my friends (we’ll pretend I’m a … More Facebook Post: August 10, 2020
I’m so extremely sad to have just learned of the passing of Tony Horwitz. Celebrity deaths don’t usually affect me, but this one is different. He’s not just my favorite author; he’s my hero and role model; someone I aspire to be like and whose work I dream of emulating. I’ve read most of his … More Facebook Post: May 30, 2019
Today I learned: 1. Playing a volleyball tournament (in a freezing cold gym) and running a 5 mile trail race (in a freezing cold forest) within the same 24 hour period is a very bad idea. 2. A dude at the grocery store called me “young man” (twice!), so I guess I don’t look as … More Facebook Post: November 24, 2019
Oh man you ever have one of those weeks where you have to have an emergency dental appointment because you have stress clenched your jaw so much that you can’t eat and then on the way from the dentist to the pharmacy you get a flat tire and then you can’t go to work for … More Facebook Post: April 21, 2016
You ever have one of those morning where you’re lazily walking your dog in an urban area and then a coyote comes running at you from an alley but right when he’s getting super close a car comes in and spooks him and then you call animal control and while waiting realize that you’re right … More Facebook Posts: May 16 – 17, 2016
Informal metro/subway etiquette poll: How much time should you give someone to sit down at a window seat before sitting down in the aisle seat next to them? Today for the 2nd time in a couple weeks I’ve had some dude practically sit down on top of me as I’m still sliding my way over … More Facebook Post: May 24, 2016
Helga without the H 