Well, shit. (And, as you'll come to see, I mean that literally.) So a little rainstorm blew through southeast Michigan a few days ago and, in addition to keeping me from my regularly scheduled blogging output, made an already depressing day that much worse. Unable to properly funnel the downpour, sewer systems backed up and streets [...]
Category: Life
Repeating, Repeating
When I was younger I would listen to the same CD on repeat for hours upon hours and days upon days. I would come home from school and go up to my room and before I sat down to do my homework, play video games, or watch the Red Wings I'd hit the PLAY button on [...]
Triggers
I, being the paragon of athletic achievement that I am, get most of my exercise from playing roller hockey once a week. Calm down, everyone. There'll be time for autographs later. Anyway, as unimpressive as that already sounds, the truth is even worse: Sometimes, due to a variety of factors, all the strenuous exertion of my, ahem, [...]
Social Programming
Caitlin and I had dinner with my parents over the weekend and I couldn't help but notice that a lot of their stories that in the past would have started with "I was talking to [so-and-so] the other day," now begin with "I saw on Facebook the other day that [yada yada]." That's not a meaningless difference. [...]
No Moms Allowed
It started as a daddy-daughter camping trip back in 1990. My Uncle Jeff and two of his best friends - who had spent a sizable chunk of their younger years hiking and backpacking and camping - took their daughters to a campground on a small inland lake and spent a few days eating and drinking [...]
Make Yourself
I'm hesitant to post anything that could be construed as life-coaching on this blog because, you know, it's not like I'm the perfect human or anything. I don't have all the answers, people. I know. You're surprised. ANYWHOO. I am, however, interested in trying to better myself. In the lead up to my wedding in May I [...]
An Idiot At the Door
Sometimes when I meet strangers I am charming and engaging. Sometimes I am an uncomfortably awkward fool. This is a (true) story about one of those latter instances. ----- On a bright summer day I stood outside of an apartment complex. The building itself was clean and modern, the grass healthy and well manicured. The sun [...]
Grow Up Guilt
I don't think that I feel guilty about any of the media that I enjoy. I'm not ashamed to admit that I still laugh at 'Everybody to the Limit,' for instance. I am aware, however, that I own some albums that I would be expected to feel guilty about. Paramore's self-titled release definitely fits that [...]
A Concert Confession
Here's a dirty little secret of mine: unless I really love the band, I'm not particularly crazy about live music. Considering that I played in a number of bands myself for the better part of a decade, that seems almost contradictory or, at the very least, anomalous. And yet it's the truth. If I have [...]
Galactic Destruction
Earth fought fiercely. I annihilated it all the same. The rings of Saturn were unable to defend their planet. I destroyed Pluto, too, just for old times' sake. By the time I was done even the sun was gone. No trace of the Milky Way remained save for the ruined detritus scattered in the wake of each [...]
Songs & Stories 