Reaching across Generations, an Interview with Sandra
I’m sitting here in my virtual living room with Sandra, of one of my favorite blogs Add Humor and Faith…mix well. I absolutely love her stories, especially the ones about her and her Hubby. And I actually wanted to have her over (virtually) for Valentine’s Day, to talk about love and marriage. But because of [...]
A Date at the Laundromat
A romance thread at Sherry the Redhead Riter’s “BlogNTweet” forum reminded me of this story. Sherry asked how often we date.
Now, of course, I don’t date, because my Beloved (formerly “the Missus”), she doesn’t let me date. (It’s probably better that way.)
But we do “date” each other, occasionally… Well…
We used to date, even if we [...]
A Young Love Story: The Sister I Never Had
Just before my 15′th birthday, my father attended a weekend business meeting at a small college in Utica, NY, and the whole family came along for a weekend road trip.
Hung up on a girl I had met in school, before I had left for Utica, she and I argued. Words were spoken. Angers flared. Drawing [...]
Looking Forward to 9/11
I’m about to do something in extremely poor taste; and I’m going to explain to you the reason why; and I’m not going to apologize. And you’re going to understand. And more than that, you’re also going to support me.
You see, while 9/11 for most other people holds memories of dread and of grief, for [...]
Stories to Evoke Fear; Stories to Inspire Love
This is part 2 of my story of being subjected to the “texting while driving” video making the rounds, the kind of unintended effects videos like this can have, and why the alternative is so much more satisfying.
To sum up from yesterday, a friend of mine posted on Facebook the “texting while driving” video, which [...]
WARNING: Be Inspired Rather than Subjected to the “Texting while Driving” Video
I was going to write about something else today, but now I’ve forgotten what it is.
Instead, I’m going to talk about a personally traumatic experience. Because I was one of the people today subjected to the “texting while driving” video that’s been making the rounds.
I say “subjected to,” because I had not heard of it [...]
Hope through Feelings of Hopelessness
I’ve been updating my software-development résumé, trying some different things in hopes of finding a reasonably productive SD gig. Along the way, I think I may rub a few people wrong, but I think it’s for the best. Because it’s the only way I know to ultimately accomplish my goals.
There’s something about the truly great [...]
Groped in Good Taste
Jeremy Brooks, looking surprised
A quick anecdote…
Jim “Suldog” Sullivan’s post today about being groped by a woman (and then later, by a drunk man), it reminded me of a “groping” anecdote of my own, one that interestingly didn’t make it into the Love-Idiot book.
I went rollerskating with some friends, in particular, a girl I knew, who [...]
My Happily Ever After
The following story is derived from parts I wrote for Love through the Eyes of an Idiot.
I met Margaret in February 1992 at a Bible study. We talked. She looked young for her age; she was a little older than I had originally thought, but I didn’t see how that mattered, because we were still [...]
My Worst Date Ever
In my day, I went on my own share of bad dates. Here’s one from Love through the Eyes of an Idiot.
It all started after I developed a crush on this girl, a little young for me, but her mother liked me and trusted me. We sat and talked sometimes. She was small, cute, with [...]