Pet Please: Grandmas

I love so much about grandmas that I wish I weren’t typing this on my iPhone so I could go on and on. I love that my grandma took four giant scallops wrapped in bacon tonight when that would have been impolite for anyone else. I love that my sorta grandma can turn off her … Read more

The Ribs

This photo didn’t turn out all that well, but I wanted to share with you one of my favorite parts of my family reunion: Uncle Mike’s homemade ribs. He broils them in BBQ sauce plus extra vinegar at home, brings them to the beach, and then grills them with more sauce here. The result is … Read more

The Kitten

Ever since I posted incessantly about my new kitten on the blog, friends and readers have been asking me about the kitten. Understandably so. I have been avoiding the topic for about a week and a half now, but it’s time for me to tell you what happened. I took the kitten back to the … Read more

The Day College Died

I had a good college experience at Washington University in St. Louis, I really did. Some of the choices I made in terms of classes and majors left me wanting, but overall, good times. I think the key is that I went in with unreasonable expectations. My perception of college when I was in high … Read more

Floppage Time

I think pickup sports are the purest forms of any game. Let me explain. After college, I started playing pickup ultimate frisbee (I love any game with an open field). Then I added pickup soccer and pickup football to the mix. And I tell you, there’s nothing better than a pickup game to relieve stress. … Read more

What Do You Crave?

Many of my decisions find their origins in cravings, mostly in terms of food. Sometimes my cravings hit me hard and fast–popcorn, cake, Indian food, cucumbers, sushi. But sometimes I find myself sitting at my desk at work in the evening, knowing that I’m craving something, but the craving is just out of my reach. … Read more

Management Tactic #28: The Chosen One

One of the little things I do in addition to my full-time job is coordinate the marketing for a local barbershop called Cutters & Co. This basically means that I take the e-mail addresses the barbershop collects, enter them into Constant Contact, and send out a monthly e-newsletter. But then along came this company called … Read more