I was recently inspired to write an article for an online magazine’s “ten things” issue. They wanted lists of ten things, any ten things. My motivation lasted exactly as long as it took me to calculate the time between me and the submission deadline (5.8 seconds and 6.5 hours, respectively) and so I am now,…

I’ve had a few things percolating in my brain this morning and so instead of focusing (as I should if I felt like becoming a better writer) I will just lay them out before you. Perhaps I’ll focus another day. – Today I was planning to do laundry and wash the clothes I borrowed (without…

They tell me it’s important to express my gratitude. So here goes: I am grateful for over-the-counter pain medication. I am grateful that peppermint tea is healthy. I am grateful that our TV gets the Colts games so our friends come over to watch. I am grateful for the choice of pork roast over turkey.…

According to Gary Chapman, there are five main “Love Languages.” (For those of us who can never remember them all, they are: Quality Time, Words of Affirmation, Gifts, Acts of Service, and Physical Touch.) I disagree with him. I think there is a sixth one: Learning and Adapting to the Other Person’s Love Language. The…

I love words. Sometimes I love words so much that I get excited about saying something that’s really not exciting. Today I texted a friend of mine and wrote the following: “If you want to play hooky and drive to Milwaukee I’ll be your navigator extraodinaire.” Then I spent the five minutes after that spinning…

I recently reunited with my college roommate, and nostalgia ensued. It was rather humorous (and not a little disturbing) to find that each of us had forgotten large chunks of our college experience, most of which were brought back to vague and struggling memory by the prompting of the other person. Some things one of…