The Muppet Learning Keys were a child’s ultimate indoctrination to computers in a world before the Wii. I feel as though I was born wired in. I had my first computer at age 4, complete with the Muppet Learning Keys to teach me how to navigate a computer more effectively than Fozzie Bear. My parents [...] Read more »
Image taken from Walyou.com “You,” she said, a wry smile slipping slyly across her face, “are a logistical nightmare.” I can’t deny it. I’m rarely prepared and I like it that way. Though I may learn from my game-changing mistakes, I often choose to ignore the little ones that add just a touch of challenge. [...] Read more »
For context, read A New Twist – Part I Apparently, Caleb’s first roller coaster was the Mind Eraser too. I can’t remember the first time I heard the phrase, “I remember it like it was yesterday.” I suspect it was quickly followed by a strange, soap-opera-esque stare into the distance, swelling music, and a wavy [...] Read more »
I woke up this morning feeling glum, much like during the waning seconds of the tail end of my final lacrosse game in high school, where I stared from the sidelines as our team lost well aware that it was completely beyond my ability to do anything about it. It wasn’t an oppressive glumness, but [...] Read more »
Elitch Gardens at night (2007). My heart flutters. I’ve barely done anything but stand idly since exiting the car, but I can feel the tension running through my body. My stomach rumbles. It’s not due to hunger, as I finished breakfast less than an hour ago, and I’m far from stuffed thanks to a brief [...] Read more »
The Last Supper (in Cebu) Robbie, Roger, Denise, Bandit and Vickie wait to eat lunch. Click here to see more images from the Philippines. The more time I spend traveling with people, the more I’m glad I’m not married yet. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still very much interested in settling down and having a [...] Read more »
I don’t know what gave me the idea that I’d be able to get flip flops on the road. Lord knows I have enough trouble finding shoes and clothes my size in the states, let alone in a land where I literally dwarf the masses in all directions. I wear a size 13 shoe (that’s [...] Read more »
“You have to know the past to understand the present.” -Dr. Carl Sagan I cried tonight. I’m sure no one noticed the few tears that raced down my cheeks to find safe harbor among the bristles on my chin. I couldn’t quite focus on my reflection in the bus window. Instead, I watched the sun [...] Read more »
“If we can’t be in a relationship, we can’t be friends.” There’s something inherently wrong with this statement. Simply put, it doesn’t make sense to me. How could I find someone attractive and interesting enough to consider spending a significant amount of time with them and yet not find that same person attractive and interesting [...] Read more »
“You know. I’m just saving the princess from the clutches of evil.” “Oh,” I said, impressed by the matter-of-fact way in which he replied. I ate another grape off my plate as I sat down cross-legged next to him. I’m not sure I realized it right then, but thinking back, I should have been in [...] Read more »