I thought wearing a fanny pack and watching the Bachelor were enough to prove how uncool I am but today I was reminded again. At a red light I got beat off the line by a Toyota Echo. Toyota doesn’t even make the Echo anymore do they? By the time I was up to highway speed,Continue reading “The Day a Toyota Echo Beat Me in a Drag Race”
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For Sale By Doner
Cleaning up the house today I found some things of yours. If you want them back make your way to the following stores. The bracelet you left, with the gold clasps It’s at Cheap Treasures, on the discount rack. The cute little shoes that took 4 hours to find? Won’t take you that long this time around.Continue reading “For Sale By Doner”
Four Days of Vacation: A Thanksgiving Story
I drove down to Florida Wednesday afternoon to spend Thanksgiving with my family. I’ve realized over the past few years that usually my “vacations” are always fun, but more exhausting than my “real life.” This trip was no exception. Here’s my family. At first I was worried about traffic because the day before Thanksgiving isContinue reading “Four Days of Vacation: A Thanksgiving Story”
The Middlefinger Flu
Friendships are like a man on his death bed, it takes work to keep them alive. I came across this reality in 2011 when I heard of a friendship suffering from the middlefinger flu. You know what the middlefinger flu is: your attempts to maintain the relationship are met with a harshly careless attitude. So without theContinue reading “The Middlefinger Flu”
Miracles, What Are They Anyway?
After barely making the playoffs, your favorite hockey team wins the Stanley Cup. Not a miracle. Speeding down the highway in the pouring rain, just missing the jack-knifed semi-truck trailer. Not a miracle. A man turning water into wine. Miracle. The word miracle is far too often associated with something that is simply not miraculous.Continue reading “Miracles, What Are They Anyway?”