realization
the nice thing about road trips is they give you plenty of time to think, so long as you’re not the one driving or navigating. on a whirlwind weekend trip to oklahoma and back i thought a lot and realized a couple of things i had hitherto not understood. they weren’t crushing realizations — uplifting … Read more
on the nature of experiments
in college i didn’t take psychology or sociology classes because i was, quite frankly, uninterested. and i was in a hurry. in retrospect, i wish i did have some formal instruction in both areas. i love studying how people act, react and interact and positing reasons for their behavior. i’m sure my explanations are far-fetched, … Read more
the type-written word
while committing a post-tax completion file purge this afternoon i came across the following piece of writing, which appears to be a stream-of-consciousness work on … whatever came to mind. it’s not dated, but i think it’s from the second semester of my junior year at KU. here it is for your enjoyment (though bewilderment … Read more
i told myself i would do something useful tonight
after washing the dishes and folding laundry … that appears to be listening to haydn on vinyl and reading p.g. wodehouse.
telling stories
“there are no bad days in tuscany.” and more than half of my bad days are only in my imagination.
g&t
i saw this on etsy. i don’t drink much, but i think the sentiment is cute. and yes, i would definitely be tonic.
midnight-morning memo
i don’t remember inviting you to my dreams, so stop showing up unannounced, would you?
this is not a cat video
i do not post cat videos. lolcats do make me laugh, but … i don’t post them. no, this is much, much better than a cat video. (thank you to the genius friend who posted this on facebook.) this is a video … of a tiny owl. being tickled. may i have one, please?
car songs
my repertoire of songs to sing in the car and/or shower has a lot of broadway musical numbers. sadly, altos seem to be the heroines in musicals about as often as basses are the heroes, so sometimes (often) the top octave or so of what should be high, strong, dramatic notes comes out squeaky and (thankfully) … Read more
talpidae tuesday
“The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust in his throat and eyes, and splashes of whitewash all over his black fur, and an … Read more
