“Call on God, but row away from the rocks.” Hunter S. Thomspon I felt the ground rumbling, the shower door shaking, the building rattling, and my heart pounding. It was an earthquake, the first significant earthquake in my hometown of Los Angeles in more than a decade. I stood up and took two steps toward [...]
Archive | July, 2008
Alaska
Beautiful moment: 07-23-08 11:30pm Homer, Alaska “What is true by lamplight is not always true by sunlight.” –Joseph Joubert I’d stepped outside at 11:30pm at night. It just finished raining and I was having a hard time getting used to Alaska’s midnight sun. The sky doesn’t go fully dark until well after [...]
The Schtick (Art Snobs)
The Schtick (Art Snobs) “If they took away my paints I’d use pastels. If they took away my pastels I’d use crayons. If they took away my crayons I’d use pencils. If they stripped me naked and threw me in prison I’d spit on my finger and paint on the walls.” -Pablo Picasso I’ve recently [...]
The Schtick (People Who Kiss on the Lips)
The Schtick (People Who Kiss on the Lips) “It takes a lot of experience to kiss like a beginner.” Anonymous Just the other night I was leaving a Sunday barbecue and making my rounds to say goodbye. I gave my friend Tom a high five and his wife a pseudo-kiss on the cheek. Then I [...]
Warm River, Vast Ocean
“He who doesn’t fear death dies only once.” Giovanni Falcone Maybe you’ve had an experience equally as frightening. Yesterday I was locking my bike at Wild Oats when I looked outside of the store and saw a young girl, mid 20’s, dragging her sister, late teens, away from the table. Initially, I couldn’t tell if [...]
Kicking Road Rage's Ass
Feelings are much like waves, we can’t stop them from coming but we can choose which one to surf. ~Jonatan Mårtensson Just the other day, I was a passenger riding in the car with my friend Rodney. Rodney is a nice, successful guy with a Type A, go-getter personality. We were driving along, having a [...]
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