My So Called Life
All the random ass shit that happens. Read at your own risk.
Day-to-day dispatches from a life that is technically ordinary and somehow never boring. Work problems, relationship observations, aging indignities, boundary violations, and the occasional moment of genuine clarity that makes all the rest of it worth it. The catch-all category for everything that doesn't fit neatly anywhere else — which, honestly, describes most of real life.The COVID Diaries – Day 7
Day 7 of quarantine. Someone at work tested positive, my brother broke quarantine to get an office chair, and I've lost track of what day it is. The COVID Diaries begin.
COVID-19 or Go Home – Life in the Pandemic Age
A good employer, an entitled coworker hoping for paid time off, and a realtor suing his own city over stay-home orders, March 2020 in one snapshot.
Desperately Seeking a Clue – Challenge Life
Parenting teenage boys is a challenge. I am struggling hard and its not for lack of trying, but at this moment in time I want to give up.
Decay of a Decade: Looking Back and Setting Better Goals
It is that time of year – the day before the New Year, time to take stock and plan ahead. In particular, it is time to evaluate the last 10 years and figure out how to better approach the years to come. I figure I can’t do much worse than I already have, what do I have to lose?
One Wild Night in the Seychelles
A wild night on Navy deployment: a hidden club in the Seychelles, a stranger who could really dance, and the shipmate ready to fight me over it. A look back.
