Sorry it’s taking me longer than I thought it would to write part two of my last post, which I said I’d have written and mounted by 2 p.m. today. It’s an extremely thick piece to write, and so is taking forever. I’ll be done with it in … well, it better be within the hour, or for dinner tonight my wife’s gonna have to gnaw on raw spaghetti noodles. Thanks for your patience! Read more
(Update: All the posts of this series have been collected into one piece, Seven Reasons Women Stay in Abusive Relationships, and How to Defeat Each One of Them.) In the last few posts of this series (The Good Daughter Syndrome, Like Everyone Else, You’re Guilty of Love, and Wave Goodbye to Your Parents) I’ve talked about the relationship between how one was raised and how one lives as an adult. Now I’d like to talk a bit about how you... Read more
Below, listed in order of General Intensity, are some words one might use to describe a believer in Christ. Go down the list, and see where the words stop describing you. Supporter Believer Committed Dedicated Devoted Passionate Zealous Zealot Fanatic Did you stop at “zealot”? Most would, I think. I sure did. I’m a zealous believer in Christ; but I’m no zealot for Christ. Zealots are scary. And fanatics? Please. Werewolves are less scary. Relative to religious conviction, I think... Read more
Most everyone at the Starbucks at which I’m now sblogging (being “sitting” + “blogging,” doncha know) is gay. I know this because my wife and I spent 10 years living in the neighborhood in which this Starbucks is located, Hillcrest, which, to quote the Wikipedia entry on it, “is the residential and commercial hub of San Diego’s gay and lesbian community.” Not that I’d need that history to realize I was in Cafe de’ Gay. It’s not like anyone here... Read more
(Update: All the posts of this series have been collected into one piece, Seven Reasons Women Stay in Abusive Relationships, and How to Defeat Each One of Them.) To those following it, I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to get back to my series, 7 Reasons Women Stay in Bad Relationships. I’ve been under a tight deadline for a book—but that’s done. My next post will be my follow-up to Women in Abusive Relationships: Wave Good-bye to Your Parents.... Read more
Members of Marijuana Anonymous tend to think the world consists of three kinds of people: Normies, Stoners, and fellow members of Marijuana Anonymous. Normies can take pot or leave it. A puff now and then is cool, but if they run out of pot they don’t freak out. They’re just … normal about it. Stoners are people who by and large cling to the delusion that they’re normies—but who never, ever run out of weed if they can help it.... Read more
1. Ignore other blogs. Conventional wisdom has it that reading, commenting on, and linking to other people’s blogs will bring traffic to yours. But since when do people at conventions have good advice? Why would seeing you dining at someone else’s restaurant make anyone think your restaurant must be great? Act like the only party worth being at is yours, and people are sure to show up to it eventually. 2. Use massive images. Everyone knows that anything worth having... Read more
Since writing California Itchin’ I’ve been particularly aware of just how weird Southern California really is. I live in southern Southern California—in San Diego. The quality of Southern Californianosity increases, I have found, as one moves south from Los Angeles. Until finally you’re in the beach-side communities of San Diego, where, in a typical neighborhood, you can find road signs like this, which I found a block away from where my wife works: Related piece o’mine: Do People Get Stoned... Read more
“Bloggylaggin.” Sounds like the name of a flabby leprechaun. Leprechauns! Be afraid! (If you’re wondering what I mean, go here.) Today I didn’t put up a blog post all the way until right now, which is 4:30 p.m. PST. (Possibly Stupendous Turnips? Potentially Sensitive Tummy? Periodically Stuttering Transvestite? Positively Stupid Trend? Probably Should Terminate?) You know why? Because I had to take on work! That’s right. Someone out there—a Quite Famous Author—is now paying me to run through her book,... Read more
I’m a word guy. I would be a thought guy, but that’s an insane amount of work. In my (faceless) book, style beats substance every time, because substance necessarily leads to responsibility, which necessarily leads to me putting in earplugs and pantomiming that I can’t hear anything being said. Hey, it’s a lifestyle. Don’t judge. Anyway, what’s with the word, “Facebook”? I wonder why he/they/it settled on that “word”? Surely, in their meetings, at first it was just, “Face Book.”... Read more
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