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Movie watched last night: “Home For The Holidays.” Better than I expected. Not great, but funny. Weird ending, though.

Forgot to mention that when I bought my new running shoes on Saturday (same model as I had before — Saucony Trigon, Responsive Cushioning), the running store guy moved me up a half-size. Which meant I had to buy men’s

Wow. The power just went out several times. It’s a magnificent storm! 🙂

My life suddenly feels so dramatic! I must use scads of exclamation points! Karsten and I are house- and dog-sitting for my boss’ boss in Belle Meade (non-Nashvillians: it’s where this town’s wealthy and entitled people live) while she and

I’m only finished with chapter one, but I could’ve recommended this book just for the introduction. “Why Didn’t I Think of That: Think the Unthinkable and Achieve Creative Greatness” by Charles W. McCoy Jr. is one of those books that,

Well, doggone. Looks like I have myself a case of iliotibial band syndrome. Last Monday, I did an 8-mile training run and had some knee stiffness and general soreness, but nothing remarkable. I iced, rested, took Ibuprofen, and felt better

We went out last night to a writers’ night that I consider the best-kept secret in Nashvegas, and we saw a gal play who’s reputed to be a real up-and-coming singer-songerwriter. We’d seen her a few times before, but not

Background: Two years ago, I wrote an article for the Willamette Valley (Portland, OR) chapter of the Society for Technical Communication about networking opportunities at the Portland Chamber of Commerce. It’s out there on their web site. This morning I

I’m not this bad. Yet.

So, say you were meeting a new person–blind date, new friend, who knows. And you wanted them to have some idea of what kind of person you are, and who you are. But you can’t actually tell them in so