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Tash 27 Jan 2013 | 03:15 am
One day several years ago when I was suffering from depression and anxiety, I came home from work to find a small piece of plywood with a simple painting on it, done in the style of a local artist. Ac...
The Gym 12 Jul 2012 | 07:59 am
After many frustrating months of trying to run for exercise and failing because of ongoing problems with my calf muscles and Achilles tendons, I started working out at 8th Day Gym (they’re on Facebook...
Dirty Clean Words 18 Jun 2012 | 12:20 am
A few days ago Michigan state congresswoman Lisa Brown dared to utter the word “vagina” on the house floor. In return, she was prohibited from speaking the following day (cf. Detroit Free Press). Late...
Things we’re good at and things we like 14 Apr 2011 | 05:12 pm
Now that my kids are getting to an age at which their proclivities are becoming more defined, I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes us good at things and what makes us like things. I’ve heard peop...
Handedness and Decisiveness 21 Feb 2011 | 09:57 am
Researchers have firmly established as a very true fact™ that left-handed people are more creative than right-handed people and that ambidextrous monkeys are more talented than both. But what about pe...
What did you say? 14 Jan 2011 | 02:28 am
When I read the first couple examples of a recent blog entry on “Marital Deafness” by Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic, I laughed in absolute recognition of the scenes in my own life. Then I ...
Calling All iPhone Users 26 Jul 2010 | 01:10 pm
I finally got my very own iPhone this weekend, and I’m very excited about it. A lot of my geek friends are talking about the Android-based phones now and some are even acting like the iPhones are a b...
The World Is Too Much With Us 21 Feb 2010 | 05:22 am
I’ve never been an outdoorsy kind of guy, but something about these first few lines from William Wordsworth’s poem resonates with me. The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spendi...
Goodbye, Edgar 30 Nov 2009 | 12:38 pm
It all happened much more quickly than Sara and I had expected. We put our 1993 Volvo 240 Wagon on Craigs List last week, and within two hours it was sold. In addition to the guy who bought the car, t...
XyliChew Mints 23 Oct 2009 | 08:14 am
A big box of mints arrived at my doorstep last week. But they weren’t just ordinary mints. No, they were XyliChew Mints with 100% Xylitol! I’ve been a big fan of XyliChew and its dusty purple cousin R...
