When the Awesome Becomes the Usual
Tales of a Pink Bathroom My bathroom used to be pink. I mean Easter egg, pastel pink, with pink plastic tiles with little gold flecks in them stretching most of the way up the wall. Above the tiles,...
View ArticleWhat Story Are You Telling Yourself?
When I was a little kid, one of the funnest games to play was “let’s pretend”: “Let’s pretend the living room is the ocean, and the furniture is islands, so you have to swim to get to them!”… “Let’s...
View ArticleOn “There,” and Recognizing When You’ve Reached It
With Christmas shopping fast impending, I’ve gotten back into the habit of going through my favorite survey sites in the hopes of shoring up a little extra spending $$. I’ve been letting that element...
View ArticleThe Shocking Things I Did This Weekend
This weekend, I did something totally out of character, and it was glorious. I watched a sunset. And talked to strangers. And I liked it. That may not seem very scandalous or revolutionary, but for...
View ArticleIn a Mirror, Brightly
When I was little, I’d sometimes look at my bedroom through the mirror on my closet door. It was a small room, barely a closet, so there wasn’t much I could do to mix things up if I got bored with the...
View ArticleThe Beauty of Boredom
Forget the iOS install and focus on the huge problem illustrated by this user: He’s on vacation in AFRICA — a foreign continent — and can’t find anything to do without his iPad. There isn’t one single...
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