It was autumn; night came early.  We were roaming Greenwich Village, college sophomores who knew not their limitations nor believed in any.  I had never seen the City, but Barry’d been…

I’m not artsy.  Regardless, I do occasionally do art-oriented things....  courtesy of da lovely bomb, smoldering hotter than ever……

When I was a tyke I wasn’t too impressed with the idea that everybody puts on pants one leg at a time, so I figured out…

Beware the powerful wisdom of the intelligent mind!

now i know what people are looking for when they find me.  i just don’t…

isn’t it about damn time to throw another egg at the RECIPE CORNER?

So you think you’re too good for french toast, do you?  You’re probably right, it’s usually…

have i been away?  or have you simply lost track of the here i occupy?  no, you’re right, i’ve been away.  the…

I am led to believe that starfish have no brains.  They have a sucking orifice and a horny beak, but no higher functions.  I wouldn’t hold it against them, though.  I’d never ask my starfish…

Yesterday my plane landed at Burbank at 8 am and we took a shuttle downtown.  We got off the freeway at Hill Street and drove through Chinatown.  As we passed a pedestrian mall surmounted…

Last tuesday was boy’s night out at the GAMH (with the notable exception of the exotic and lovely Helena).  I left work late and went…

- How’s it going?
- Fine.
- Can I lend a hand?
- No, I’m okay.
- I just meant, if I could help -
- Didn’t I just tell you I’m fine?
…

We were leaving the car a few blocks from their apartment.  As we stepped into the brisk evening a sign beckoned to us both from across the street: ‘All Pies 1/2 Off.’ We knew these…

She stood in the lobby, waiting in her stretch beige pants suit. I had only been told that she needed to talk to a manager; I was pretty sure I wasn’t whom she wanted, but maybe I could help her figure…

The miracle of modern technology has yet to trickle all the way down to the hut, so Pea’s incisive pie comment didn’t come up in an accessible way.  But here…

all I have to say is 100 things about myself - check the sidebar and drink hearty

The crazy thing is that the streetlights do go out around me.  Not all of them, not all the time, but often enough that people who’ve known me for years see it happen when we’re together…

I always loved the freight elevators built into the sidewalks.  On my way to work I see the city waking up, some poor souls already stressed and clenched, walking like they missed a meeting, weaving…

It’s been a few days since the concert, but that’s only given us more time to reflect on our gratitude, dude.  Sourdo’h and Hapless did us a huge and generous favor, and it turned…

Here’s the story that broke my heart.  Chad came downstairs to find his parents waking up in front of the television in their southern Maryland home.  “Did they catch the sniper?”…

Maybe I should be concerned that so much of what I find noteworthy in my quotidian life occurs on or around the bus.  Then again, if I don’t want to engage in gossip or onanism, most of my…

it was 1:30 am and I wasn’t yet ready to sleep, so I wrote it up and it looked like this.

Tonight I watched the hordes walk past, then Tanja came and drove away with me - I’d helped…

- Would you please speak up?
- You don’t need to snap at me.
- I get tired of asking.  You know I can never understand you when you talk like that.
- You mean in my normal…

CABLE CARS
These are claimed to be America’s (or the U.S’s) only moving national historic landmark. …

I was going to be named David.  My maternal uncle Dick (yes that’s right, maternal dick, he has ovaries and an inviting bosom, don’t make this more difficult for him than it already…

Hey guess what?  I’VE DUMPED ENETATION.  It’s not bad enough that they go down, but now I can’t even access them directly.  By moving on to Haloscan I’m losing…

here’s a resource that sometimes provides just the word you didn’t know you needed - and sometimes not…

I guess I pander to a wide audience: search strings include this as well as…

Despite my best intentions, circumstances have intervened to keep me from my blogging for nearly a week.  I don’t know how you feel about that, but it rankles the hell out of me.  I…

Air travel is now a part of my regularized life more than it’s ever been before.  Back when I’d only fly every few years, the airport was a semi-magical portal for me. And by the airport,…

I’m glad I got to work early on Thursday and that I worked through lunch and focused on my burgeoning duties and obligations.  By doing so I justified departing for home one hour early, time…