Earlier this week I visited Rebecca at the rehabilitation center in Olympia. As we were talking, she said:
“I talk to God all day.”
And then she added, “God has been so good to me.”
On May 2, Rebecca was awakened in the middle of the night by the estranged father of her three children. She [...]
I won’t call week one a TOTAL failure. But I have a long way to go in terms of prioritizing my time management if I’m going to have any success keeping my sanity (or sense of identity) over the next 18 months.
For those who may have missed it, I started online classes last week [...]
Those who have known me for any length of time know that one of my favorite scenes from any film comes at the end of Say Anything. John Cusack’s character, Lloyd Dobler, leans over the armrest of his airplane seat to his “out of his league” girlfriend played by Ione Skye. She’s filled with apprehension, [...]
When surfing in the northern Pacific Ocean, it’s easy to not notice when you’ve cut yourself. But once you do, the little voice of “shark” can’t help but pop into your mind.
But when the weather and the waves seem to be cooperating as much as they were last weekend, it seems pretty foolish to [...]
It’s becoming increasingly difficult for me to keep up with this blog. Once a day was fine and all when I was on the road and could write in the car (not while driving, but while riding). Then it came down to once a week…once a month….and now? It’s been since February!
How did that happen.
It [...]
It’s hard to decide which is more surreal.
Going back 17 years in a time machine.
Or going back 17 years in a time machine with your 8 year old son.
Last night, we rocked out at the Showbox in downtown Seattle. Though it was an all ages benefit concert for Children’s Hospital, doors didn’t [...]
A group of Philadelphia scientists took on the challenge of empirically identifying the top six worst smells in the world. Smell being perhaps one of the most subjective senses, this was no mean feat. Though a cursory glance of the list is hard to argue against.
1. Skunk. Though there are actually fans of this [...]
I don’t want to start the new year on a downer, but I recently was made aware of a troubling prediction.
For the first time in human history, our children are expected to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. What’s frustrating about it, is that it’s entirely avoidable and inexcusable. The top three activities [...]
Just so I can say that I didn’t let the entire month of November go by without placing a few semi-coherent ramblings on this outlet, I turn here today to pay homage to the random ponderings that have filled my mind of late. Oddly enough, I’ve found myself thinking in axioms. Recalling (and in some [...]
It’s been a struggle. Finding a topic of inspiration fitting of the theme this blog was founded upon. Inspired originally by a cross-country journey and mobile office experiment, I landed on the name Pink Plus or Minus because it harkened back to the moment of perhaps the most emotionally confused time one can imagine: hovering [...]
