Our friends’ 11 year old son passed away this morning. He had been fighting cancer for a long time. He and his family had been fighting so hard for so long that the fact that this is how that story ended fills me with unbearable rage. We weren’t close to his family and most of…… Continue reading I don’t have strong enough words for this
Category: Positive Disintegration
The pandemic icing on my 45th birthday cake
I’m already 45 in every other part of the country save those of us out here on the currently burning West Coast. The weather today was the same as it will be tomorrow, on my birthday: highs in the 90s, air quality unhealthy.The rest of my family (my wife and our two sons) have birthdays…… Continue reading The pandemic icing on my 45th birthday cake
What’s Important 10: Not So Desperate Times, Not So Desperate Measures
I’m upset that I’m not more upset.I don’t write as much as I used to. It bugs me and it’s mostly logistical because, you know, busy life and all that. And when I do write it’s stupid shit like blogging or writing about comics. I have been editing a YA book for MONTHS now.I miss…… Continue reading What’s Important 10: Not So Desperate Times, Not So Desperate Measures
Football is Awful Despite My Nostalgic Joy
Football is awful.The other day I was listening to Tiki and Tierney, a sports talk show on CBS Radio. It’s one of those rare sports talk shows where they actually talk about sports and both commentators are not only knowledgeable, but conscientious. The day the story about LeSean McCoy came out, Tiki and Tierney spent their…… Continue reading Football is Awful Despite My Nostalgic Joy
White Guys Saying Shitty Things
James Gunn was fired from as director of Guardians of the Galaxy 3 a while back. Disney fired him because of some offensive Tweets he posted years ago.Around the same time, Dan Harmon deleted his Twitter account after alt right trolls found an old sketch he’d done that featured offensive content.Then there’s Josh Hader, the…… Continue reading White Guys Saying Shitty Things
Emo Babysteps
I’m an emotional person.In the past I would have said “emotionally unstable,” and either description would surprise those who only know me on a surface level. The majority of people who know me well would probably go with a nicer form of “emotionally unstable.” It’s taken me years to get to the point where I…… Continue reading Emo Babysteps
Love in the Time of Internet Dating
This will be posted on the morning of 4/18, also known as our wedding anniversary. It has been nine years since we got married, although we’ve been together for about 13.5.I seem to post the following on a regular basis, probably every year, every time we have another anniversary either for our wedding or our…… Continue reading Love in the Time of Internet Dating
Me and my friend whiskey redux
A month ago I wrote a blog post about my rocky relationship with whiskey, which stemmed from habitual drinking and an inability to relax. The post went up last week, as you read this.In those three weeks, I have managed to tame my habit, although it hasn’t been easy. I decided to set a schedule…… Continue reading Me and my friend whiskey redux
Me and my friend whiskey
I’m a habitual drinker.I’m drinking while I write this. As with most nights, I’m at my desk, a class of whiskey to my left, this keyboard and monitor in front of me. I will probably spend most of my time blogging when I should really be working on the bajillion books and short stories I…… Continue reading Me and my friend whiskey
Me and my fancy birth defect
Image by artist Robert StokesI was born with pectus escavatum. Go ahead and Google that if you want, but fair warning, any images you come across will be kind of gross. They’re not upsetting by any means and gross might actually be overstating it, but it’s a major physical birth defect, so you should have…… Continue reading Me and my fancy birth defect
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