25 Things to Know about Me

The latest fad to hit Facebook is writing notes telling one’s friends 25 Things to Know about So-and-So. I think the object of the exercise is to write 25 things your friends don’t know about you, but I’ve been seeing a lot of “I love my friends” and “Chocolate is my favorite food.” Well, duh. Tell us something we don’t know! I decided to tackle this, and found that it was harder than it looks. It’s hard to think of 25 things I don’t think my friends know about me, which makes me wonder if I talk to much…

“No longer will I play the field.” —Holly Golightly

If it were 1989, I’d file my most recent date away in my Rolodex under “Worst Ever.” For now, I’m just going to blog about it. I wasn’t going to because not all bad dates deserve to be written about on the internet, but this date was so particularly bad that I had to laugh [...]

Um, actually, I went on a date.

It’s been a while since I’ve written, and I promise to blog about the highlights of the trip to Ireland eventually, but that’s going to have to wait for now.

I went on a date last week. I know – shocker. I mean, I was shocked when he called, so there you go. But I’m skipping [...]

Weddings, weddings everywhere, nor not a groom to spare.

Sunday was opening day of Wedding Season for me. My friend and high school classmate Preston got married, and my friend Adam asked me if I wanted to go to the wedding with him. Adam and I have been friends for years, so I was happy to go and celebrate with everyone. The wedding was [...]

Did she really just say that?

During my creative writing class in college, my favorite assignment was what my professor called ‘Found Lines.’ Each week along with our essays, we had to submit ten Found Lines that we had overheard. The idea behind the assignment was to get us to be more aware of the world around us, as well as [...]

Dad’s First Yankee Game – Part 2

After the National Anthem, I took a few minutes to check out who was near me. To my right was a newly-wed couple. Vom. Okay fine. They were cute. She had enough diamonds on her left had that, if sold, could fetch enough money to feed an entire third-world country for a month. They cuddled [...]