Foundational Weapons For A Modern War
Make it stop, make it stop! There I was, innocently strolling the asiles of the grocery store looking for the good taco shells– what passes for good taco shells in Alaska, anyway — when the assault occurred. Ooh baby do you know what that’s worth. Oh God. Ooh heaven is a place
I used to have soft hands. There was a point in my life when I considered an air-conditioned office, crisp business cards, and stain-free pants as ideal benchmarks along the path toward a version of manhood content to call a guy to fix something if it broke, valued self-preservation over action, and
Recently, we adopted a pair of kittens. They’re cute, cuddly, feisty; all of the things you’d expect from a pair of kittens, all of which our eleven-year-old cat holds in disdain. Whenever the kittens are near, he hisses and occasionally takes a swipe at them. It’s a problem, but not a true
Three of my kids are at summer camp. It’s for a short duration—five days—and as I write this I’m halfway through it. That is to say, I miss them. They weren’t gone for more than a few hours before I asked my wife if it would be pathetic for me to admit
Imagine you’re in a social setting, getting to know a person, or a couple, etc. There’s small talk, friendly banter about common topics such as weather, or maybe each other’s kids if they’re present. But inevitably, the men will ask each other, “So, what do you do?” by which they mean, What
I’m a bit of a nerd. Consequently, I tend to draw analogies along those lines. I tend to gravitate toward history and movies, though in the word-nerd category I’ve got some clout. I enjoy deliciously crafted run-on sentences that break all the rules. Shelby Foote once wrote a sentence in The Civil
George Clooney helped save my life. It was mainly Jesus, but Clooney gets a nod. Many years ago, before I knew Jesus, I knew VideoCity. I used to pick up movies a couple of times a week and spend a few hours on my days off immersed in Hollywood fantasy. Around the