Oddly enough, a significant percentage of my head space is being taken up by long term relationships… specifically, I’m trying to find a laptop with which to commit. I’ve just had a bad run of luck, and it makes me kind of shy about it all. I was walking through Fry’s, not particularly interested in [...]

Part 1 A young boy was studying Zen and went to his master to ask a question about some aspect of enlightenment. He walked into his master’s meditation room and found it filled with bamboo walls. “Master, where are you?” asked the young boy. “I am right here in the room,” said the master. “Why [...]

She came to me, then, just after I had slain the monster and was picking gristle out of my hair. She was very beautiful and I was worried that I didn’t look good since I couldn’t get the blood out of my shirt. “So, I’ve slain the monster. Can I please be happy now?” “I’ll [...]

I’m starting to get jazzed about Nanowrimo. Nanowrimo is this insane exercise in self-flagellation whereby thousands of brave souls vow to finish a 50,000 word novel in a mere month. In many ways, it is very liberating… having to write so quickly means that I don’t stress over getting everything perfect. Two years ago I [...]

It has long been a belief of mine that feedback is a very uplifting act (well, kind feedback, at any rate). We’re all basically operating blind here on Planet Earth, at least with respect to knowing how other people perceive us. It is the rare adult that doesn’t have at least three or four misconceptions [...]