I Have Seen the Future

Earlier today, Thursday, August 25, 2011, I was at the drugstore when I came across the following sign. In truth I am unsure why of all people the drugstore folks have access to this information—it seems to me the sort of knowledge better reserved for religious or...

We Need To Talk…

Earlier today I was thinking back on a time when a lady friend said to me one of the worst things you can tell another person in a relationship: “We need to talk.” When my partner says, We need to talk…, I know it’s going to be bad. I hear We...

An Evening with Rod & Rye

Occasionally I have one of those moments that’s so absolutely perfect it gives me hope for all sorts of things—I can’t specify what exactly: ephemeral notions of spiritual transcendence and kingdoms-coming and etc., but mostly they’re...

Not Gay

After sifting through the news over this past week—The stock market goes schizoid; Republicans draw cutesy, seemingly-meaningless straws in Iowa—I think the most important story I came across is the following: Last week, in response to an online petition requesting...

Image of the Day

The image below is of the sidewalk near my apartment. If you’re the type I suppose that there are many things that can be written in wet concrete—one’s name, a sophomoric opposition to existing cannabis laws, “Free Nelson Mandela” (this list...