Subject is back in the dating field for the first time since April 2020, following the deterioration and somewhat comical implosion of a three and a half-year relationship, which finally ended in the fall of 2023 after several dead cat bounces. At Subject’s request, Researcher is recording Subject’s observations, reflections, and experiences as he re-enters…
Category: Relationships
10 Things I Think I Think On April 27, 2024
Spring is upon us, and oh, how the mind flourishes this time of year, with all those treebuds opening, flowers blooming, people out and about with fewer clothes on, and longer, warmer days lighting our way to another endless summer! Moods are brighter, my friends! Smiles abound. A long, shitty winter of my discontent is…
10 Things I Think I Think
Man, are some of these posts dense or what? Long-winded. Starchy. Reading them is like trying to chase a pound of spaghetti with a loaf of garlic bread and a potato. Maybe I should start using subheadings like I do with my legal briefs. Anyhoo, I’d like to add a little levity and brevity to…
The Unreliable Narrator
Every reader begins a story in good faith, suspending disbelief and accepting the narrator’s portrayal of events at face value. The reader’s understanding is limited to what the narrator chooses to disclose and the narrator’s subjective feelings about the story’s characters and their encounters. There’s no reason for the reader to doubt what the narrator…
A Simple Prop to Occupy My Time
There’s an R.E.M. song called The One I Love that I never liked because it’s simple, repetitive, and boring. It starts off as a love song, a dedication to a former lover: This one goes out to the one I loveThis one goes out to the one I’ve left behind But in the next line…
My Creed
Back when I was still a practicing Catholic, I was really into the Apostles. I had many questions about them. Who were these guys? Where did they come from? How were they chosen? Why were they chosen? Why did Jesus decide to give these particular men a rose on ‘A Very Special Episode of The…
Spock & Kirk
How do we make decisions in life? The big ones. The ones that tell us which direction to go when we hit a crossroads. The ones that impact us for years afterwards. How do we live with those decisions and deal with the consequences if they don’t work out right away, or if they don’t…
Hey There
Hey now. It’s been a while. Almost a year, in fact. Where the heck have I been? What have I been doing? Not writing creatively, that’s apparent. Let’s see…. The shortest answer is the most boring one: I’ve been working a lot more, focusing on generating as much income for myself as possible while it’s…
Escape From Facebook
It didn’t happen overnight. The thought had been fermenting in my mind for a long time. Seeds were planted during heated political arguments I’ve had with friends of mine over the past 10 years. Arguments that got out of control and became personal. I lost a good friend to one of them. We’re still connected…
Love in the Time of Covid, The Sequel
It’s about time I get to writing about this. The Big Meeting. The Close Encounter. The COVID Interlude. How did it go? Was there a Love Connection? “Will there be a second date?” as MAGA-ass Chuck Woolery would ask before going to commercial and coming back in Two and Two? Read on. So…. let’s start…