Hope springs eternal in some folks, while other folks eternally disappoint those with eternal hope springing forth. Not that they mean to be a continual disappointment necessarily, but it just seems to be the way things go for them. Those[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you are a real stickler for closely adhering to rules in your game playing festivities, don’t play board games with young children. For them, most board games quickly devolve into moving all the game pieces visible into shapes on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Everything is relative. It seems that things I worry about from day to day eventually become overshadowed by a truly serious thing, and then I feel stupid for ever having worried about those daily things before. Of course, I always[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I remember, once when I was young, sitting at my Grandmother’s house waiting for my cousin and family to arrive from Virginia. I watched and watched out the window, expecting them to arrive at any given moment. Time dragged on,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m a big fan of pastries; however, the packaged pastries you can get out of vending machines are a little frightening. I think they “live” longer than humans, and some are every bit as dense as an anvil. If you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I haven’t handwritten a letter in quite a long time. I think that handwriting things seems to imply more care and effort, but since my handwriting is so horrible (likely due to the aforementioned not writing much of anything anymore)[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When Hugh Jackman was first announced as the future Wolverine for the first X-Men movie, I was rather skeptical. I hadn’t seen him anything that I knew of, and he just didn’t look like Wolverine. Turns out he did a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have never been camping. True story. It’s not because I’m afraid of the outdoors or wild animals (except rabid gophers, mind you). I think it’s because houses and electricity are awesome. Sometimes when I go to bed I pretend[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m often overcome with the need to get away from it all. Especially when I’m being chased by operatives who claim to be from the future and are carrying horrifying weapons they tell me are designed especially to break apart[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sometimes people think other people are jerks. Chances are, the person thought of as a jerk probably thinks the person who thinks they are a jerk is also a jerk. Jerk is also a seasoning. To my knowledge, it is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…