One of my good friends is a baby. Well, not a baby, exactly, but he’s in his early 20s, and that passes for a baby to me. I’m pretty sure I have socks older than he is. On the 15th anniversary of 9/11, my young friend posted a photo of…
See me
It isn’t common knowledge, but every standard-issue human comes fully equipped with an invisibility cloak. Yes, like the one in Harry Potter. To activate it, all you have to do is hunch your shoulders, refuse to make eye contact with anyone, and speak only when spoken to. Keep your eyes…
Antilla
The first glimpse feels like flying, Mask breaking water, Fins at the ready, Unprepared. I am afraid of heights. (Absolutely no fins on the boat) Two rusty smokestacks rise upward. Set at absurd angles, They belie her. (Hold your mask and jump) Beneath, shrouded, ancient, Four hundred feet of sagging…
40: The Year of Going for It
Happy birthday to me! If you’ve been around a while, you know I like to set a theme for each year. So here it goes: 40 is the year of going for it. I have been warned. I just got a text from my friend John (also 40) that read,…
Fatty-fatty-boom-ba-lattie
TL;DR – Limiting beliefs, kids. They’re real. I’ve struggled with my weight my entire life, but never so much as I have in the last six years. During that time, I’ve bounced between 220 and 210lbs. The pattern was always the same: approach 220, freak out, lose 8 pounds, then…