Category Archives: Adventures

Crisp, and Other Adventures in Kamikaze Dating

Posted on April 22, 2012 by

I say I don’t date, but I actually did go out on a date last weekend.  And again, I know that writing about the specifics of dating is literally dating suicide, but please allow me to continue to serve as … Continue reading →

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China, All The Way to New York

Posted on April 21, 2012 by

I have to go to Hong Kong on Monday, which is something I’ve tried to avoid for four years.  This isn’t because I do not like Hong Kong (quite the opposite), it is simply that I can be funny about … Continue reading →

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Through the Looking Glass

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

“`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves   Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves,   And the mome raths outgrabe. “Beware the Jabberwock, my son!   The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, … Continue reading →

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That Time I Wore a Disposable Swimsuit

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

I have been on a ridiculous bit of travel the past few days. And I have to be extremely careful about building proper rest into travel, because if I don’t schedule things correctly, I wind up with a head-to-toe rash, … Continue reading →

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Simple Pleasures

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

Scintilla Prompt #8: What are your simplest pleasures? Go beyond description and into showing the experience of each indulgence  1)      Cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin: I went to Washington over the weekend for an event, and to see friends.  … Continue reading →

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A Little Faith

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

Scintilla Project, Prompt 6: Talk about an experience with faith, your own or someone else’s. When I was at my parents’ house this past July, a number of utterly bizarre things happened.  First, in a Sauvignon blanc induced haze, I … Continue reading →

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Promontory Point

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

Some big things have happened over the last few weeks – most of which are not mine to discuss – and the remaining few are things about which I do not want to write.  That leaves me a bit hamstrung, … Continue reading →

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Synecdoche

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

The trip to Napa had a bit of back story. In the days before we left for San Francisco, the financial news outlets kept saying Armageddon was over.  The Dow had reached 13000 again – the first time since the … Continue reading →

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How to Finish a Marathon

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

So we ran the Napa Valley Marathon, and it was incredible.  I don’t know what else to say about that, for fear of a) getting sickeningly emotional; b) getting cloyingly philosophical; or c) getting naggy about Why You Should Run … Continue reading →

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Toyotas

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

My parents used to say shout OBNO! like honking geese whenever they thought we were being obnoxious.  That, in itself, is sort of obnoxious. With that cautionary noise in my head, I think I am being kind of obnoxious lately … Continue reading →

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