been thinking...

“I bet if you work at Google, you’re not allowed to ask...”
— Josh (via david)

Apr 1st

Seriously, you have to start reading her now....

Mar 31st

From laureola, kateoplis & brooklet14 This 1920’s Sat...

Mar 31st

Yell at someone on the street tomorrow.

So tonight, I walked out of work, into this dreary grey afternoon - wind whipping my hair into my...

Mar 31st

I wish that clothes were emotionally...

So that my pants might be able to say, “You know, this is a Monday. She’s still getting used to the...

Mar 30th

“At first, when we truly love someone, our greatest fear is...”
— from “Shantaram” -...

Mar 30th

juliekraut: This week I went to the HIV clinic with the positive babies from the orphanage.  Each...

Mar 30th

Kraab. just informed me that

Britney Spears pays someone to Tweet for her while Kim Kardashian writes her own Twitter. ...

Mar 29th

Listen

dogganghappened:sooshi: Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat - Lucky Gah. Part of me wishes I...

Mar 28th

Just had a few inches lopped off my hair and now I feel all...

Mar 28th

“And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is...”
— Anne Frank (via undertheoak,...

Mar 28th

I’m going to go ahead and tell you that...

Mar 27th

Tourism Returns To Iraq

negevrockcity: Interesting journalism piece on adventure tourists visiting Iraq. Not sure what I...

Mar 27th

So Kraab and I have been trying random beers from our vast...

Mar 27th

Please don't let this feeling end.

This is the first morning on the new job in which I’ve settled into a period of relatively silent,...

Mar 26th

Arlo's Possible Job Options ...

fascinating: This morning over breakfast, Arlo (4) listed his possible job options when he’s a...

Mar 25th

Delving into the Dalkowski depths -- The...

Mar 25th

The Big Picture has a set of first day of spring photos.  I...

Mar 25th

butterflyeffects:ccake: Taken at an abandoned amusement...

Mar 25th

Three Things

1.) I am dying to be outside. Alas, not just outside; Outside, moving and conquering in some...

Mar 24th

mandr,  simko: Crayon Rings designed by Timothy Liles… The...

Mar 23rd

Son of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes Commits...

Mar 23rd

“And how can you be happy, really, if you are only ordinary...”
— from Nick Hornby’s “Oh My...

Mar 23rd

I assure you this is an urgent question and not just a way...

Mar 23rd

I keep staring at this Big Picture I saw this morning and...

Mar 22nd

ryanjpointer:jessicaxmaria: itchypeach: animinimalism:)

Mar 22nd

“I have a light next to my bed: on a long metal arm hangs a...”
— “Dissection” via...

Mar 22nd

“And possess my whole heart and soul with the simplicity of...”
— Thomas Merton, New Seeds of...

Mar 20th

Watch

Today I went on a blasphemously early road trip with coworkers to attend a school retreat in a rural...

Mar 20th

needtherapy: MAMMATUS CLOUDS True to their ominous...

Mar 20th

Things about which I have heard enough:

1.)  Foursquare 2.)  Watchmen 3.)  The Bachelor 4.)  Bemoaned weight gains 5.)  High fashion...

Mar 19th

Ok, so you’ve seen this?  What did you think? I liked...

Mar 19th

melanyouth,willmccloud),heydeneen) Because dinosaur jokes...

Mar 19th

Old ghosts die hard.

Most days - for months and months at a time - I forget about the young marriage that I sabotaged and...

Mar 19th

Tonight I made this recipe for tortilla soup….slow...

Mar 19th

“Justice is not only the way we punish those who do wrong. It...”
— “Shantaram” - by...

Mar 18th

via - littleorphanammo:craytonc: Visualizations: Turn a...

Mar 18th

kateoplis:rocketboom: (via The Daily What) This is from...

Mar 18th

“5th grade revenge. I’m going to name all my Oregon Trail...”
— (via bblove)

Mar 17th

“Sooner or later, fate puts us together with all the people,...”
— from “Shantaram”...

Mar 17th

It's not cool to admit how much I miss...

It’s not; I know. It’s uncouth and rather weak. And still…. The couple behind me...

Mar 17th

“And how can you be happy, really, if you are only ordinary...”
— from Nick Hornby’s “Oh My...

Mar 16th

Mar 16th

And this is what I look like in a dirty, outdoor baño!

Mar 16th

Mar 16th

How sad is it if this is my new mental happy place?

Mar 16th

I’m not even going to pretend this wasn’t...

Mar 16th

Ok, I'm off to the beach right after...

So, dammit, I actually watched “Feast of Love” on my laptop in my room last night....

Mar 14th

Mar 14th

Cutest butt ever. (Please don’t arrest me).

Mar 14th

Mar 14th

GPOYF Prepared to venture out for dinner at a little...

Mar 14th

“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who...”
— Harry S. Truman

Mar 13th

Also, in between more bewitching novels, I am finally...

Mar 13th

Mar 13th

Mar 13th

Mar 13th

Worked most of the day, finishing a Goliath writing project...

Mar 13th

Mar 12th

Mar 12th

Zihautanejo

Mar 12th

So I am here now.  Have been all day… The pace is...

Mar 12th

Started packing for a long weekend in the sun last night.  ...

Mar 10th

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out...”
— President Theodore Roosevelt ...

Mar 10th

Confessions Of An Introverted Traveler

unicornology: buyhercandy: lowlife: I just read this piece on Worldhum by an introverted...

Mar 10th

For the record:

I’m fine with chest hair. In fact, I much prefer it. I’ve been thinking about this a...

Mar 10th

moderation: Souper!: b/c ‘The Plane’ Doesn’t Always Work -...

Mar 10th

r00ts:szymon: 270,000 trees are flushed down the toilet or...

Mar 10th

And so it goes.

So tomorrow is my last day at this place, and I am cleaning out my desk and cube. Sorting through...

Mar 9th

The True Stories Behind 5 Famous WTF Images | Cracked.com ...

Mar 9th

Slightly less poetic….but doesn’t this snow...

Mar 9th

Crappy, poetic pictures from my cell phone: Edition One.

Mar 9th

The Banff wedding was a real cast of characters.  Late each...

Mar 9th

““My brother and I used to play a game. I’d point...”
— Nicole Krauss, just like her...

Mar 9th

ohgrowup: hannah lamb real coastlines. With diamonds...

Mar 9th

withoutmelissa: Lately, bobby pins have been my best...

Mar 8th

So we watched “Vicky Christina Barcelona” last...

Mar 8th

via

Mar 7th

Bhutanese countryside via

Mar 7th

via National Geographic

Mar 7th

Couldn't sleep in...

Researching trips to Algeria or Bhutan instead.  The Lonely Planet forums always crack me up because...

Mar 7th

littleorphanammo: fletter: Bracelets made from broken SLR...

Mar 6th

In other news, I'd like to become a...

So I got to write an “affidavit of good character and fitness to practice law” for my friend Em...

Mar 6th

If I could stop drooling, I’d be quite...

So I went to the dentist early this morning to have two old fillings replaced.  (Really old and...

Mar 6th

“We read to know we are not alone.”
— C.S. Lewis (via...

Mar 6th

Venezuela's Chavez takes over plant owned by...

Mar 6th

mandr: via ffffound: Aaron Huey « The New Breed of...

Mar 5th

“When I got older I decided I wanted to be a real writer. I...”
— Nicole Krauss “The...

Mar 5th

On faith.

These past few years – hell, maybe most of my adult life – I’ve been wandering and drifting through...

Mar 5th

Kitchen Pass

Mar 5th

iindia: Houseboat on the backwaters in Kerala, India. by...

Mar 5th

Ramona/Beezus

Mar 4th

noraleah: What the world needs now is another one of my...

Mar 4th

Watch

noraleah: You’ve heard of interpretive dance; let’s call this “interpretive typography” of Nina...

Mar 4th

Portraits from the Congo In the Democratic Republic of...

Mar 4th

A fighter from the FDLR rebel group, which is being hunted...

Mar 4th

A war-orphaned child sits in a cardboard box at the Kizito...

Mar 4th

I missed last week’s photo essay on the Congo (DRC). ...

Mar 4th

nudawn: Rene Magritte, The Invention of Life In 1912, his...

Mar 4th

An Open Letter to Girl Scout Cookies,

My dear sweet biscuits, I know the time we spend together each year is fleeting.  That the long...

Mar 3rd

Pressing Issues of the Day

Are we the only ones that perpetually have a shelf full of cereal boxes that each house juuuuust too...

Mar 3rd

This is not the Pollyanna tone with...

However:  Listen up women who are my colleagues, acquaintances and friends.  I am done with your...

Mar 3rd

We had no plans to go snowboarding; The primary purpose of...

Mar 3rd

Also, we saw this guy and so I did not demand a refund for...

Mar 3rd

So we’re back from Banff.  If anything epitomizes the...

Mar 3rd

Oh hello there - I forgot to tell you we have been in Banff...

Mar 2nd