I like gadgets. I have an ipod and a fancy new cell phone that can do way more than a mobile telephone really needs to do. We have a television that’s screen is way bigger than is truly necessary, and what maybe construed as a fancy surround sound system. I did push for my fiance [...]
We walk into our favorite P-town sandwich shop, we sit down for an overpriced breakfast in Novato, we step into a trendy burger restaurant in Corte Madera and what we hear in each place no matter the city or sophistication of the establishment is the "hey guys" greeting. Throughout our dining experience the "guys" theme [...]
I do, I sincerely love my job. Don’t get me wrong I still have plenty of days when dragging myself out of bed to go to work, or getting on the 101 only to get stuck in traffic, is the last thing I want to do. Of course there are days when giving five hours [...]
Moving is the pits! The cleaning and packing. The boxes and the tape. The bubble wrap and newspapers. I can honestly count how many times in my life I have moved from one home to another, and it’s eight. I am now packing a stressing in preparation for my ninth move. I’m not sure if [...]
Home. As defined by the flawlessly precise Wikipedia is a place of residence or refuge, but can also be perceived to have no physical local - instead, home may relate to a mental or emotional state of refuge or comfort. Why am I compelled to look up the definition such a basic word? I’m grasping [...]
I’m not a huge fan of the news. I realize there are plenty of arguments as to why one should watch the news, but I find that it is generally pretty depressing. It is for that reason that I’m a bit picky as to where I like to get my news and current events. I [...]
Prior to moving to lovely Petaluma, California I had not ever seen, nor experienced a DUI checkpoint. I suppose it wasn’t a strange concept to me, and at face value the idea of a DUI checkpoint doesn’t sound like such a bad idea. When has it ever, and how would it ever become a good [...]
A few years ago, while living in a different city and state, I had a girlfriend who was about 10 years older than me. We were both new to the city we were living in and were experiencing a bit of culture shock in our own ways. When we would share our stories over a [...]
As I approach my 27th year it hits me that I am a 20-something. I have been out from under my parents roof for sometime now and so this transition that I realize I have been in for a few years is not the same as figuring out how to manage my money, how to [...]