"i feel nostalgia for things i'd never known." — I Keep a Diary It couldn't have been more than a few years ago, during the early-to-mid-Aughts-heyday of the independent blogger, I brought this little site to life. I did so out of boredom during my time occupying an undeniably cushy but wholly uninteresting job. IContinue reading “The 2022 (Belated) Birthday Post—The Day After …”
Category Archives: Birthday
The MMXXI Birthday Post: Upon turning L
Why have Roman numerals endured, maintaining a hallowed (if not necessarily useful) place in Western culture? Better: How many people read that sentence and either ignore it or answer, “No idea,” and don’t think twice about it; versus my predilection to flashback to a MCMXC’s Arsenio Hall-bit that infiltrated pop culture enough to inspire aContinue reading “The MMXXI Birthday Post: Upon turning L”
Facing 50: Deconstructing and re-editing my three-act structure
I was born in San Francisco 50 years ago tomorrow, and for the last several months when anyone has asked me that most terrible of conversation starters—“How are you?”—I have replied with some variable of the following: “Hopefully, reaching the end of this 25-year midlife crisis.” As my few most-recent attempts to resurrect this digitalContinue reading “Facing 50: Deconstructing and re-editing my three-act structure”
The Return of the Birthday Post (My 6th Jack Benny Birthday)
Maybe the third time’s a charm. I mean for this post. I started it last night; restarted from scratch earlier this evening; and now as I get ready to close-out another birthday, I’ve started over once again. Why is it so hard? I can’t say. The “birthday post” was long the one consistent and reliableContinue reading “The Return of the Birthday Post (My 6th Jack Benny Birthday)”
Trusting Douglas Adams on the Importance of 42: The 10th Annual birthday post on my fourth Jack Benny birthday
I did something different this year before sitting down to write this post: I read the previous nine. Since I began this blog in Feb. 2004, I can only claim one constant: Without fail, on Sept. 21st of each year, I have written a post acknowledging, sometimes even celebrating my birthday. That's something I doContinue reading “Trusting Douglas Adams on the Importance of 42: The 10th Annual birthday post on my fourth Jack Benny birthday”
The Ninth Annual Birthday Post: Another first (on my third Jack Benny Birthday)
If a blog sits dormant, seemingly abandoned, without a new post, is it still a blog? I’ve had a few big firsts since I last officially visited this space one year ago today. I’ve had several drive-bys here, but until now, have not stopped and left anything behind. Maybe not as important as some ofContinue reading “The Ninth Annual Birthday Post: Another first (on my third Jack Benny Birthday)”
The Eighth Annual Birthday Post: I’m turning 4! (My second Jack Benny Birthday!)
I have never been one to celebrate my birthday, at least not since my teens. I don’t precisely remember when I stopped regularly having birthday parties, but I do remember my last one: I had a party when I turned 30, precisely 10 years ago today; 10 days after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. IContinue reading “The Eighth Annual Birthday Post: I’m turning 4! (My second Jack Benny Birthday!)”
The seventh annual birthday post (and my first Jack Benny Birthday!): Happy World Peace Day!
Over the past six-and-a-half years, I have filled this space with plenty of thoughts, rants and ramblings, and over those same six-and-a-half years, I have also allowed this corner of the interwebs to sit dormant for extended periods of time. However, I’ve remained (somewhat ironically) consistent with one feature: I have never missed a birthdayContinue reading “The seventh annual birthday post (and my first Jack Benny Birthday!): Happy World Peace Day!”
The Sixth Annual Birthday Post: Time for a reset
In five months, this blog will be seven years old, but at precisely 2:56 AM Pacific Time, I turned 38. I’d love to have a convention of Sept. 21 birthdays one of these years, especially if it could somehow include those who have passed away. H.G. Wells? He’d be 143 today. The imaginative and influentialContinue reading “The Sixth Annual Birthday Post: Time for a reset”
The 5th Annual Birthday Post
That’s right … regardless of how often I write, I can always be counted on to mention that I’ve become a year older. There was the first one in 2004 when this blog was still a newborn (and I included photos of me as the same), and each year since, without fail, I’ve included anotherContinue reading “The 5th Annual Birthday Post”
Out of Focus 