Last week, a Gen-X Nerd’s dream came true, and Jason Kottke linked to my newsletter. Consequently, about five hundred new folks showed up. Hi there. *waves* Here is the least you need to know for all of this to make sense: Several years ago I was doing street level homeless outreach work, and I was […]
Concentric Circles of Care
I am the sort of person who needs a schedule. Left to my own devices, I will wander around in my house all day, wearing pajamas and leaving in my wake detritus consisting of the remains of crunchy snacks and coffee cups. So if I am to be productive at all, I must have a […]
Today I wept in a coffee shop.
Today I wept in a coffee shop. The last four months have been both the best of times and the worst of times. I have all of the excitement of starting something new. No limits, nothing is off the table, no traditions or sacred cows. A blank slate. But also the complete lack of funding […]
The Conversation
They were the loud table in the restaurant. It was Friday night, and Renee and I were out on a date at a little Tex-Mex restaurant not far from our apartment. We generally go to this one not because it’s awesome, but because it is seldom crowded and the food is dependable and there aren’t […]
Friends Show Up
Denise is one of my oldest friends. Her great-aunt was my next door neighbor. Some of my earliest memories of playing with other kids involve her. We would play in her aunt’s yard, making mud pies where the tractor had wallowed out a hole. In the fifth grade, I would change schools from the small […]