I'm fresh back from a three day holiday up north(ish.) Eight of us piled our snow gear into two trucks and drove three hours north to intentionally fall down for a few hours. Humans are weird. It was a great trip, no drama, everyone got along, and no one broke anything. The cabin was a [...]
"I've told ya," he said, His cheeks flushed with pink, "It ought not be done, Here in the sink." "It's twisted & tangled, And a Bobby might stick. Wouldn't a problem be, If it weren't so thick." He handed me the bent wire, "And that there's the rub, Of washing it here, Instead [...]
Today was an overly exciting day at the office. It started out normal enough; early morning wake up and shake fist at alarm clock, brush teeth, locate and don real pants, drive 45 minutes to the office listening to an audiobook about how to live a more creative life, etc. etc. I logged in, plugged [...]
A village in the mountains, A village by the sea. The clattering of seashells, The swaying willow tree. The whispers of forgotten songs, Now told only to the sky, Alone you’ll walk this narrow path, None left to say goodbye.
This was my first year participating in NaNoWriMo. I was pretty excited about it. I explained to everyone who would listen to what it was, the rules, why I was doing it, "Of course I'll finish it," "Yes, I can write 50k words in a month," "No, I won't be quitting my day job."I talked [...]
The happiest of birthdays,To this sassy mynx,She's helpful, kind and loving,And nerdier than you think... She's smarter than Jean Luke Picard,More logical than Spock,And though she refused to watch 5th Element,She'd totes give Dobby a sock. She's taught a generation of students,Who still light up at her name,And now Bongo teaches her grandchildren,And is learning [...]
I got married today,Well, five years ago, that is,To a talented musician,Husband, friend and Wiz, Now in our Haszienda,With our two tigers, we reside,Playing music and video games,Our Insta happiness implied. But marriage isn't easy,For us, or anyone,It is all about compromise,The storm clouds, with the sun. We argue about bruschetta,And where dinos might still [...]
Why's it always Tuesday?The day before the Con,When I'm packing my possessions,And planning the nerd shirts to don... That I suddenly realize,Usually in the middle of the eveThat I don't have a costume,And I start to fret and grieve. I have the hair for Hermione,The sass of Lorelei,The unhelpful wardrobe of Johnny Cash,But which one [...]
The Small Town Scene: What It's Like to Live in One There are pros and cons with everything: Eat too much ice cream, you have to do more squats. Watch too much sci-fi, reality TV becomes too bland. Party too hard, fall asleep in an important meeting at work. The same is true for where [...]
I was never that into online shopping. The idea of putting my financial information online, somewhere hackable, still gives me the heebie-geebies. No. I don't want to scan my credit card. I don't want the website to "remember my data." I want to live off the "grid," in a cabin with non-traceable wifi in the [...]
