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Meet Finn, one of the two guinea pigs that I’m babysitting this weekend. I hope there’s at least one other person out there that thinks it’s really cool when animals look like both their food and their poop.

My friend Arwen was so touched by my story about bloodsucking towels (initially titled “Towelight” but now known as “Threadbare Lovers”) that she bought me a Twilight towel. With Edward’s face on it. My brother and I have put it to good use. Here’s what happened this morning when I went to grab my contact [...]

Every time I feel shaken by life, I re-read a recommendation letter written by a former teacher and forever friend. Here’s a clip: As I have followed Chelsi’s college career closely, I have seen that young woman struggle against a world in which the soul is so often left out. Through perseverance she has succeeded and now [...]

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to [...]

“Sometimes the hardest thing to do is just to stay human.” – Michael Franti

Angela and I fought on Gchat yesterday. The argument went back and forth long enough to reach out and touch the desperate territory you fall into when part of your mind sadly and quietly wonders how you’ll survive without this person, while the rest of it freaks the fuck out and makes you scream. It [...]