What’s a moment when you realized you were officially an adult? Honestly, I don’t really have one. I’ve been an adult since I was a teenager. I grew up watching my brother get babied. My parents gave him whatever he wanted, took care of things for him, and somehow the world was always supposed to [ ]
Which is the best restaurant in your city? That’s a pretty easy question for me because the answer is apparently not in my city. Every restaurant around here sucks ass. I’ve looked. I’ve eaten at them. I’ve made the questionable decisions. I have survived. There is no culinary trophy being handed out here. My favorite [ ]
I was supposed to work today. Then somehow I got the whole thing off, and I’ve also got Monday off. So apparently I accidentally acquired a four-day weekend. This is the kind of mistake I can fully support. I don’t really have much planned, either. No big trip. No ambitious project. No bullshit itinerary where [ ]
If I had a time machine and could send exactly one message back to my past self, I wouldn’t waste time explaining the future, warning myself about technology, money, or any of the other bullshit that supposedly matters. I’d keep it simple: DON’T MARRY YOUR EX-WIFE. That’s it. No explanation. No context. No helpful little [ ]
If I could have dinner with any author, it would be George Orwell. No contest. I wouldn’t want some celebrity author sitting across from me talking about writing retreats and artisanal notebooks. Give me Orwell. I’d want to talk about government, propaganda, censorship, technology, and the general human tendency to screw things up while insisting [ ]
There’s a question that asks, “What’s a moment when a stranger completely restored your faith in people?” I think the answer is supposed to be some heartwarming story. A stranger paid for someone’s groceries. Somebody helped an old lady cross the street. A random person returned a lost wallet. Something wholesome enough to make everyone [ ]
I have spent pretty much the entire day working on a new custom WordPress theme. Hours of messing with code, changing things, fixing things, breaking things, and then trying to figure out what the hell I broke. Then WordPress threw a critical error at me. For a minute, I thought I had completely screwed everything [ ]
It’s been a slow, completely unremarkable weekend. Nothing happened. No big plans, no exciting adventures, no life-changing moments, and absolutely no bullshit worth pretending was exciting just because it happened on a Saturday. It’s been one of those weekends where the days just kind of blend together and you barely know what time it is. [ ]
National Night Out in Bridgeport, Ohio, was a pretty damn good night. My wife was working the event as a deputy, and Jersey was there doing her part as a crisis K9. There were police cars, fire trucks, EMS, a helicopter, the big sheriff’s vehicle, and enough emergency equipment gathered in one place to make [ ]
Tonight my wife and I hopped on our bikes and knocked out 6.4 miles along the river. Nothing heroic. No mountain climbs. No Tour de France nonsense. Just two people enjoying a summer evening instead of sitting in the house wondering where the weekend went. The Wheeling riverfront is one of those places that still [ ]