Month: September 2011

  • I choose to remember today by going about my life as normally as possible.  I would think that is the most appropriate way to respond to terrorism. – Dan from the blog, “Abnormality Locality.”

  • Every so often (Well, more than that. Like every other day) a status update will pop up on my Facebook feed that says something like this: Please do me a favor. Only some of you will do this and you know who you are. If you or anyone you know has battled (or died of)…

  • Mt. Saint Helens

    On my vacation a couple of weeks ago we decided to take a drive up to Mt. Saint Helens. I’d never been there before and have always wanted to check it out. The eruption of St. Helens in 1980 had quite an impact on me as a child (as it did for anyone who lived…

  • “I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they’re right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” — Marilyn…

  • One Sentence for Each Year of My Life

    This is a very long list. Because I’m old. 1969: I’m still considered a child of the sixties, right? 1970: I’m not the youngest anymore. Damn. 1971: I can yell louder than the baby. 1972: Fuck this middle child shit. 1973: Musical Kindergarten! 1974: Real Kindergarten and the Spokane World’s Fair! 1975: Chicken Pox during…