I Want It All

I am the kind of person who tries to see the best in people. I am not bragging because I am wrong a lot of the time. Nonetheless, it is...

Pigeonholes are everywhere, although I am pretty sure we humans are the only ones that use them. I think pigeons prefer nests. For...

Sometimes being a compassionate parent is hard. Kids can get amped up over some pretty insignificant things. It starts early with a lost...

Aldous Huxley wrote that “most human beings have an absolute and infinite capacity for taking things for granted.” This is a top-of-mind...

The drink! The drink! I am poison’d. [VOMITS] Okay, so my reality isn’t exactly  the same as a Shakespearean drama. But, like Gertrude, I...

Sometimes, keeping up with the avoidance of reality is hard. Denial can be difficult to maintain. I am here to help. Are there things...

TRIGGER WARNING: This is about the unexpected loss of a beloved dog. Mulder, Maria, Hoss, and Pascal Last Saturday, Denny and I were...

Some people have great furniture. Others have wonderful patios. I have the world’s greatest tub. In fact, I have two. I have the world’s...

Ford Prefect knows that it doesn’t matter a pair of dingo’s kidneys whether my house gets settled or not. I, however, remain very...

To be, or not to be: that ’twas the question: Whether ’twas nobler in the mind to suffer The springs and narrows of outrageous furniture,...

I remember, very clearly, being 12-years-old and riding in a car down Rich Road in DeKalb, Illinois, on my way to my Uncle Kim’s...

Day nine of “the move, and I still am sleeping on the couch. I like my couch. It is very soft and inviting. I like my Grandma too. She...

de•lir•i•um: a state of confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech and hallucinations Nailed it....

I watched Natalie Portman hear her name announced as Best Actress at the 2011 Academy Awards. She looked relieved. She looked elated. She...

Moving makes you do weird things. When I was preparing the “old” house for our upcoming move, I found a bowl in which to heat up a can of...

It is 11:00 p.m. on June 6, 2011, and I moved today. “So what?” right? People move all of the time. Well, like other people that move, I...