I’m not sure why, but I feel the need to protect the feelings of others. Not my family members, mind you, particularly not my mother, a woman who I have called foul names and embarrassed in front of horrified, pearl-clutching neighbors. It’s the strangers I seem to give a shit about, the often nameless others [...]
Category Archives: everyday
Lessons lived
12.04.11 –
I went to a memorial service today. It was magnificent. Top shelf liquor, a room full of colleagues and friends, a vibrant program printed in reds and greens. I don’t recall the last time I went to something like this, but I think we should do them more often. As is a popular opinion, I [...]
Always
11.22.11 –
Anyone who has read any of my tweets for the past month knows I spent much of those four weeks watching Friday Night Lights. All five seasons in fewer weeks, one episode after another, capped off by a weekend with a cold spent glued to the couch and the final 26. That’s one fine, fine [...]