Vacation. What does it mean to you? If you break it down, and no this is not a snooty Latin exercise (which we all know would be ‘acation-vay’), you have ‘vacate’ and ‘tion.’ Maybe ‘tion’ is pronounced ‘shun.’ Vacate and… Read More ›
Rambling
The Kreativ Blogger and Versatile Blogger Awards
There is a whole lot of awards going on, and lucky for me I can join the ranks though a very kind, and unexpected, nomination for The Kreativ Blogger and The Versatile Blogger awards. The friendly tip of the cap… Read More ›
To Be Determined
There are a whole lot of blog posts out there on procrastination and I hope that I have read my last one (because it was really well written and on-point), “Stop Procrastinating…Now,” by Amy Gallo. I suppose it is a… Read More ›
Bloody Hell vs The J-Man
One of my favorite posts from the early days: I am uninterested in spending two years in London only to sit around compariing the UK to the US. I just will not do it (my goodness they fry everything here)…. Read More ›
The Nighttime is the Write Time
I’m not really a morning person, as hard as I try it’s just not me. I prefer the night (Let’s Talk about the Birds and the Owls), it’s the time to write. I guess it’s against my nature to fall… Read More ›
Razzled Runt
When I want to be a kid again I go to the movies and fill up a plastic bag with candy. You know the kind, the stuff you pay for by-the-pound. The options are exhilarating. I lick my lips and… Read More ›
Booty Traps?
You mean booby traps? That’s what I said, booby traps! God! These guys! I often write and think about “perspective” but I have never really tried to define it. You can’t touch or feel it (not an absolute statement, actually… Read More ›
So Long, Eh? (Strange Brews, Part II)
Last night, while my wife, her mother, and her Aunt, shopped the stalls at Portobello Market, I sat perched atop a bar stool and watched England take on Spain in a friendly international. And it was friendly, as far as… Read More ›
Talking Heads
Talk to the Hand WellI am finally home after three-plus-weeks of working from the road. I’d like to say I have a profound post for mydedicated eD followers, but I am afraid I am too damn tired to even try… Read More ›
Always a Catch in a Ride
I just bought an iceberg. My cabbie answers the phone, works the radio, and every now and again picks up his fares. He epitomizes an “owner and operator” and we have built up a repertoire over the last several months. … Read More ›