Category Archives: Life

Out with the office for dinner/drinks/bowling. Yay.

So there I was today, sitting in my car in the Wawa parking lot. I was listening to XM Radio when a huge, hulking structure appeared next to me, blocking out the sun. Curious, I looked to my right and … Continue reading →

Boy, it’s been a taxing 24 hours. First, there was the hassle of starting the eviction process for my housemate of two months. Don’t even get me started. Hmm…Okay, I won’t get into the whole thing here, but I will … Continue reading →

People who go 30mph in a 45mph zone are one reason why I avoid one-lane back roads. Today, after three or four miles of following a little black Jetta at this pace, we came to a stop light. I was … Continue reading →

“No, Frank, I didn’t get a raise,” my supervisor exclaimed, his arms outstretched in a what-do-they-want-from-me pose. “It’s a Jewish hospital!”

Sure, I read the labels before taking medication. They always warn of the “headaches, nausea, vomiting, blah, blah, blah” that occur in like one percent of patients. But when you have no known allergies and rarely even get sick (once … Continue reading →

I told you I lived in an asylum. Imagine my surprise when I walked down the stairs only to see my porch cordoned off like a crime scene… Upon closer inspection, I realized the tape said CAUTION rather than POLICE … Continue reading →

There I was, laid out on the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum, having rollerbladed for several miles around the Schuylkill River. I hadn’t done that activity in several months, and it showed. At the end of my sprint, I was … Continue reading →

I made the hardest choice of my life today, and I’m still not sure if it was the right one. However, I don’t think there was any way I could have avoided making it. It is easy, with time, to … Continue reading →

I’ve been lost in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City as of late. Stealing ambulances, starting fights with strangers, spraying crowds of innocent bystanders with bullets…It can all be very cathartic when real life kicks you in the balls. I’m back … Continue reading →

The well hasn’t run dry. However, I’m distracted (and exhausted) after a week of senseless drama. I’ll be back, volatile as ever, soon.

I’m told the roommate ad wasn’t viewable by most of you. Well, now it is. Check it out!

Left: me.   Center: Rachel.   Right: Matt. Behind the camera: you? Hmm, let’s see. The pic is taken facing the far wall of my room, relative to where I sit. To the left is my fridge, microwave and (now discarded) goodies. … Continue reading →

There’s a vacancy in the asylum, and the room has been reserved for you. Check the listing here. You may contact us to make arrangements at your convenience.

I’m sorry…but I just can’t be with someone who’s this confused. I have been through this before. I am not some fucking nurse, who’s here to take care of the misfits! -Claire, Six Feet Under Amen.

I’ve worked 75 hours over the past seven days. Ca-ching.

My work schedule for the remainder of the week: 12 meetings in three days. The breakdown: seven presentations that I’m giving, fouroverlong training sessions for the company’s new enterprise application, and one meeting on the government’s new healthcare privacy regulations. … Continue reading →

I just sent this question off to The Ethicist over at the New York Times: Dear Ethicist, I took my beloved ’91 Plymouth Laser to the mechanic a few weeks ago for an oil light check, and got a nasty … Continue reading →

I told you things would change. I used to counsel other friends that, when the stress of maintaining any relationship outweighs the pleasure you receive from it, it’s time to step back and assess whether a separation is needed. I … Continue reading →

So I had this meeting with my boss today. Asked him what I needed to do for a raise promotion. He said I’d been doing a good job so far, but that I needed to keep team morale in mind … Continue reading →

One week I’m rollerblading around the Schuylkill River, and the next I’m driving to work in a blizzard.

Do you care if this is coherent? When I awoke this morning, I had a moment of clarity. My alarm had gone off minutes earlier, and I was lying there in bed at 5:30AM. And I thought to myself, “fuck … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago, I was talking to a good friend of many years. It was the kind of one-dimensional conversation I’d come to enjoy, and indeed to demand since I started blogging. In a nutshell, it usually goes like … Continue reading →

I finally got a car. A 1995 Ford *cough*Taurus. Upon learning of my purchase, a coworker paid me the following backhanded compliment: “Taurus is okay…my mom drives one.” Exactly. Stumbled across the car while riding the bus to work one … Continue reading →

I saw an SUV get stuck in the snow today. No, not in a huge snow-drift. Just a little pile of snow on the ramp to the parking lot. The driver was riding alone, of course, in his gas-guzzling, smog-spewing, … Continue reading →

My car died. Suddenly. Unexpectedly. Depressingly. It was quite alive at the start of the day: 6:20a.m., racing some guy in a minivan down I-76. He had cut me off on the US-202 off-ramp, and I was about to return … Continue reading →

hehe…just kidding.