You could live forever without knowing the secret lives of your next door neighbors, let alone the lives of people in a tiny town three hours west of Denver. That is, until you discover they somehow know you. This is how I ended up in the wilds of Colorado, tramping around streets that haven’t changed [...]
In my work mailbox last week there was a letter stamped “Inmate Mail” from a correctional facility in Oregon. This letter is from a woman (who I’ll call “Corby”) I’ve started writing to who is spending the next 27 years, and more likely, her life, in prison. My friend FlyBoy, who works at Google with [...]
And this is what polo looks like from outer space, courtesy of Google Maps. It’s even cooler when you’re on the horse back on Earth. Trust me.
Woodside Horse Park, California
If I had pet chickens, they’d have names like Henrietta, Maude, Olga, Matilda, Harriet, and Esther. I usually am not a fan of animals with human names (like dogs named “Steve”) but for some reason, it really suits chickens.
“What the hell is your obsession with chickens?” Bee asked me one day. Why she doesn’t inquire [...]
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.- Ernest Hemingway
You know, I usually hate Hemingway, but wow.
These are the ugliest fucking shoes in the universe. I’ve seen athlete’s foot that’s prettier than these shoes. Amen.
Before Christmas last year I went to the post office to pick up my held mail. There was a guy in line who had obviously been misdirected by the post office inepts and had been standing in [...]
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