You know that conversation where you talk about famous people who share your birthday?  I do not enjoy that conversation.  I think of this not because it’s my birthday (It was in July.  You missed it.  Don’t you feel awful?), but because another sad chapter has been added.  I was talking with a couple friends […]

A couple of bloggers have been kind enough to name me for the Versatile Blogger award.  (That’s why I’ve been in absentia for a few days now – I was at the awards ceremony in Copenhagen.  Well, I assumed there was an awards ceremony, and that it was in Copenhagen, but couldn’t seem to find […]

Went to a music festival here in town yesterday, a big celebration of area musicians.  It was one of those things where you have to sit directly in front of whoever you’re listening to, in order to avoid hearing 8 other bands at the same time.  About a hundred performers ranging from crazy impressive to […]

As some of my readers know, for several years I was a professional stand-up comic (there’s a little more detail on the Author Page).  Well, yesterday, a young, aspiring comic climbed the distant mountain where I sit, contemplating the higher dimensions of humor, to ask my advice. I kind of laughed (in a sagely, slightly […]

So, I ran my first 10k race yesterday.  Yes, I know – “Ooh, a whole 10 kilometers?  Well, you just rest those rocket launchers there, Mr. Prefontaine, while I dial the Guinness people for you.”  But it was the first one I’ve done, and only the second race I’ve ever been in.  So it was […]

Yesterday was a day for a couple good omens, which it seems like everyone could use right now.  One good omen involves some friends of ours who may be coming to the end of a very dark period in their lives.  The other was that my garage is clean. One is possibly a bigger positive […]

So, does everyone have these moments?  These moments where you think “I’m never going to get the hang of this ‘being a grown-up’ thing”?  Moments where the opportunity presents itself to be a responsible, forward-thinking adult and you kindly pass, thank you, I’ll go for juvenile and short-sighted?  I’m talking to a friend and he […]

Recently I went for dinner with a friend to this Thai place. It’s one of those places where you specify how spicy you want the food on a scale of 1 to 25.  Now, I don’t pretend to be all super-spicy food guy (“Yeah, I like my salsa to be cruel!  It should punch me […]