by Mir | Mar 17, 2012 | Ottomatic For the People, Retail Therapy
You may perhaps remember that during the last few months of last year—having no idea how much 2012 was going to suck, and how much less I’d be working—we decided to give all of our spare moneys to our favorite contractor so that he and his guys could...
by Mir | Mar 15, 2012 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
This week is Operation Rejoin The Human Race. Oh, I know, you weren’t aware that I left. But I did! Every now and then my natural tendencies towards hermit-tude intersect with massive life suckage and then I go underground (metaphorically—the clay in...
by Mir | Mar 13, 2012 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
… I bet you think my post over at Off Our Chests today is about me. Oh, wait. It is. Heh. The thing is, I feel I’ve reached something of a crossroads right now. I’m standing firmly at the intersection of “what I’ve always done” and...
by Mir | Mar 12, 2012 | Aspi(e)rations/AD(D)orations, Detritus, Retail Therapy
Every now and then I realize that I’ve left you hanging on a variety of things—by accident, and because I’m disorganized (not on purpose)—and/or I think of a few minor things I want to share that aren’t entire-post-worthy. And then I...
by Mir | Mar 8, 2012 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Health is overrated, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I used to pray for patience, you know, because I figured that was what I needed. But it turns out that if you pray for patience you get a whole lot of “character building” experiences wherein your patience is “tested” and you want to say...