Note: I wrote this in the Fall of 2005, but never “published” it. I just found it and I think it’s pretty interesting, so I’m posting it here. ——————————————————— Foreknowledge of what comes after is so often desperately absent from what comes before. One can always argue that we learn from our mistakes, but who [...]

This is the story of some pants and a fire, but the pants were not actually on fire (nor on, for that matter). A little background as to my state of mind: following a long week with little sleep, I topped it off with an eventful weekend with even less sleep. Monday morning, I oozed [...]

In the end, it all comes down to the bitter bean. All I remember of my childhood is a swirl of disappointments. I know there must’ve been wonder and exploration, but my earliest non-memory is tripping over the carseat in the concrete garage and my teeth slicing through my bottom lip – you can still [...]