Adventures in Online Dating, Vol. 5

It’s been just about three months since I started this crazy adventure and while I’ve certainly learned a lot, as this post will demonstrate, I honestly don’t know what to make of it. Lesson #1 – I’m really bad at dating. Really bad. I’m not good at playing little games or flirting or even pretending [...]

Life

Shakespeare once said, “All the world’s a stage.” And he’s right – sometimes it does feel like we’re playing a part in a movie that never ends. I started to write about this, then I realized I already knew of someone who said it first – and better. “Life While-You-Wait” By Wislawa Szymborska (translated by [...]

Clash of the Mental Faculties

“Reality continues to ruin my life.” – Calvin, from Calvin & Hobbes I’m sure there are psychologists out there who would have a field day with the fact that I have quite a bit in common with a fictional, comic-book 6-year-old bent on world domination. I mean, not the brag or anything, but I was [...]