The Great Chain of Being in Contact

My friend Jane posted this on my Facebook wall: “Had a lovely imaginary conversation with you yesterday, which made me think it’s time for a real one.” Which brought to mind categories of conversations.
Face-to-Face: Or F2F. This kind of conversation happens in real time. You get to experience the facial expressions and gestures of the [...]

Going Around the Block to Get Next Door

1:29 p.m.
AAAAHHHHH! Everybody and everything are in my way today. I wanted nothing more than to get to the coffeehouse and do some writing. On my way out the door it started to rain and so one of the dogs freaked out a little, probably because she expected thunder. I had to wait until she [...]

On Yesterday’s Episode of “I’m a Politician…Get Me Out of Here!”

Bored with the violence against Iranians by their own government, many US news outlets chose Gov. Mark Sanford’s disappearance/affair as yesterday’s top story. Temporarily interesting? Sure. He has been lying, shirking duties, lying some more, and finally in a lengthy, rambling statement that was strangely fascinating and satisfyingly eyerolling, revealed himself to be an uberhypocrite.
This [...]

Doing the Aftermath

I’ve never experienced an earthquake, but from what I know about them, I’m guessing they’re a lot like panic attacks.
Both are difficult to anticipate (unless you’re in a particular zone, in which case, you should just expect rumblings at any time).
In their aftermaths, they somehow make sense, whether they were big or small. But you [...]

I Hope They Drive Into a Cul-de-sac

Today on the flat screens in the cafeteria, MSNBC showed “breaking news” of police chasing a white van. I flashed back to a similar situation–you probably know the one I’m talking about. A friend at my table said the cops should blow out the tires. I said they were going too fast so it might [...]