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Life lessons from the Mission

If there’s a single long term benefit that’s come from spending eight months of my life working at a non-profit arts organization for free, it’s the realization that the Mission district in San Francisco is the best place to bar hop, ever. There are, oh, about a zillion bars in a mile radius and most [...]

Neophyte

I’ve been meaning to write this post for several weeks now, but it’s just such a beast of an entry that I reverted to my four-year-old self and have been sitting in a corner playing with toys, pretending not to hear my laptop calling and ignoring life almost altogether. Then I made the realization –well, [...]

He also throws trains at my head while I’m asleep

The only time I’ve posted about my good friend’s three-year-old son Josh (Joshy) is here, and I suppose talking about his poop doesn’t paint the prettiest mental picture for you, so here is a photo of him that I took with my phone a few weeks ago:     Can I tell you that I’m [...]

Thank you

I recently met a girl who has inadvertently turned my life around. She was hired at my place of business just before the New Year because everyone and their mother wanted to take some vacation time. I wouldn’t say that we really hit it off right away; I mean, she’s a friendly girl with lots [...]