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Post subtitle: Turning 40 in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, a town described by Lonely Planet as “a bit faded, filled with high-rise condos and hotels next to pastel businesses all in varying shades of seaside decay—some are definitely looking one hurricane past their prime.”
And what a faded, one-hurricane-past-its-prime birthday celebration it was! The rest of [...]

This might be the longest I have ever gone without posting. No good reason (except for life, school, kids, and working my way through the final levels of Assassin’s Creed II). And I should add “working on the house” to that list, since it’s always up there.
There are lots of good reasons to hate home [...]

Nothing says “high school love” like a gigantic Valentine’s Day bear. I saw a few of these imposing creatures roaming the halls yesterday, usually led by the hand of a girl glowing with love. I guess I should be happy for the couple—part of me thinks of Corduroy the bear, and the warmth of “I [...]

There are obviously lots of strange things about home ownership—especially the “grownup” part of it that I’m still getting comfortable with seven years into it. Suddenly you find yourself at Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Menards all in the same day, and you spend most of your time in the toilet section. (Not in a Jackass [...]

Got an e-mail from an old friend who I had not seen for well over a decade. It reminded me that I keep telling myself to post a list of friends that I haven’t seen for a long time. That way if they’re sitting around at work, find themselves a little bored, and type in [...]

A truly wonderful Christmas season but here’s the one reason I’m happy to move beyond it: Greed. I love the time spent with family, and the time off from work, but the whole emphasis on gifts makes me feel uncomfortable. What it does is make me want more stuff. I don’t usually give in to [...]

“How the hell do you have a sale at a dollar store?”
Outside the Dollar Store on Forum Boulevard.

Every year I apologize to my sophomore English students for making them finish the year with William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. It’s a discouraging book, mostly hopeless (if I’m reading it correctly). I tell them that I regret dragging them down before summer vacation, but I also say something heavy like, “After studying the [...]

I sometimes feel like I’m surrounded by germs. I’m not one of those germaphobes that carries sanitizer with me everywhere so that I can clean the handles of shopping carts before I use them. (Okay, I’ll go as far as only flushing a public toilet with my elbow or foot, and I exit bathroom doors [...]

It’s a brand new year–2008!–and culturally I assume I’m supposed to take a moment to reflect on my recent trip around the sun. (And to mourn my present state in life and vow to rectify my flaws with the Perfect Pushup or Ab Roller machine–as seen on television. Go ahead, click the links and craft [...]