Bon Voyage!

On Friday, AM and RG are leaving for a three-week jaunt around Europe, originally planned with the intention of visiting me in London. I will be housesitting their house on the GC, but I am taking comfort in the concept that maybe the skill of planning is acquired.
 
Because of what happened when they went [...]

The Scoop

For four days I have had nothing to do. Not that I am usually saving the world (yet), but I seem to manage to fill the hours between coffee and scotch with frivolous movements that make the hours pass.
When I am bedridden, I feel like Superman without his cape. The world is still moving, but [...]

The Only Way I Enjoy Mono(gamy)

Don’t quit smoking. Your body will play very unfriendly games with you. Don’t get Mono. Large necks only suit a very specific bread of Japanese man. And don’t self diagnose. Because, contrary to my popular belief, scotch can’t fix everything.
 
Yes, I have mono. No, I am not impressed about it. Currently, I want to [...]

Puff The Magic Sall

I often make grand declarations and I often refrain from doing so because I have a cigarette in my mouth and can’t speak.
This is my catch-22. I know, I would mock me to. But then the cigarette might fall.
Last week, I finally made those around me aware (all six of them), that I [...]

Going Up In Smoke

Last week, I had my first inclination to quit smoking.
Don’t let the fact that I just drove nine minutes through The Bay to buy cigarettes and am currently smoking one fool you.
I think that my longest relationship may be coming to an end.
 
Two days ago, I started to announce that I may [...]