Archive for February, 2010
Cancer’s a real motherfucker. As you may know, my aunt passed away from cancer the other day. Colon cancer in particular. I wasn’t particularly close with this aunt, though my mother was, and that’s the hardest, seeing my mother deal with it. Further, notions of mortality once more trouble us all. I had a favorite [...]
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As it stands, the only thing I know right now about The Olympics is that the mascots are pretty goddamn adorable. I mean, c’mon. The lumbering sasquatch, Quatchi? The “sea bear” (which I assume translates to “seal”), Miga? The ambiguous animal mash-up that is the “animal spirit,” Sumi? Then you have the poor little bastard, [...]
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Today is the ascension of my wife to a new state of being — a brand new plane of existence. You can practically hear the “ding.” Yes, that’s right. My wife has hit one of those milestone ages. Finally, finally, she’s turned “sweet sixteen.” Let the fun begin! She can get her driver’s license! Woo [...]
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Ah, the epiphany. Like a brick flung from the heavens that strikes you on your skull. The resultant head-wound sparks a dizzying array of revelation: “Rhino meat is delicious! I should quit my job and become a human sailboat! My brother is a robot!” Each epiphany, a resounding holy shit moment. I had a small [...]
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I figure I’ll go ahead and pump a few rounds of wisdom into your eye sockets earlier than normal this week, because.. well, I dunno why. Because this is my blog, that’s why. Nothing you can do can stop me. Hey. Hey! Stop pawing at me! You can’t have it! Get your greasy flippers off [...]
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