1988-1993 The Silver Bullet My first car was a 1979 Ford Fairmont called the Silver Bullet. It didn’t technically become mine until 1990 when my parents abandoned me in Blaine to open a restaurant in…
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RiotFest Diaries: Chicago doesn’t seem tired at all, but I am
Twelve hours after leaving my house, I collapsed into our temporary hotel room in Chicago. Apparently it’s temporary because the blinds are broken and they can’t move us until tomorrow. I don’t care about the…
‘Mats-related Fan Fiction I’ve Been Writing in Anticipation
As I type these words I’m on the very edge of a chorizo-stuffed-poblano-induced coma. This was one of those pain in the ass meals (stuffing many individual things is no fun) to make that didn’t…
The Horns of a Dilemma: Good Citizenship vs Self-interest
I’ve always wanted to use that cliche: horns of a dilemma. My life is mostly dilemma free or at least I believe it to be. I had to search the archives and found roughly 42…
Adorable Plastic Garbage or Desire Thwarted
I don’t have a lot of records. I did once upon a time ago, but the crate I kept them in was swiped from the front lawn of the house I was moving out of…
Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon: On the 13th Anniversary of I Will Dare
If my website were a child, it’s birth story would go something like this: I was working in customer service for a software company that made digital photography software. When not working at the software…