Facts about my neighborhood, #4

My dog is so cute when he sleeps. He either curls up into a little lump with his nose under his hind legs; or he falls over onto his side with his legs stretched out beside him. When he starts dreaming, those little  [more...]

Yesterday I began training for CERT (Community Emergency Response Team), which is a group of citizens trained to respond in the event of disaster or attack. After a course overview, the first class was on Emergency  [more...]

I really can’t figure out the point of dating anymore. It seems, quite simply, to be an exercise in whittling away the ego and leaving the participants — or, at least, one of them — diminished. Take  [more...]