I’ve always been fascinated with the fact that death is the only certainty in life. And while I’ve never had to deal with the death of people close to me, it’s coming. Obviously. When I was a kid we lived in a Navy town during the Vietnam War, so death was all around us. But because it never touched us directly, I couldn’t establish a point of reference. So in my mind I used to pretend that people in my…
If a picture is worth a thousand words, consider my quota filled here for the next year. I just got around to uploading some of the 1,000 or so images we captured while on vacation to St. Augustine this summer. Man, was it fun. Click here to view the batch on Flickr. *** Jim Mitchem, Native Floridian/@smashadv Posted via email from 300 Words
One of the really awesome things about being married is knowing that you will never have sex with a different human being again as long as you live. Or at least, that’s how it is in my mind. Which is why it’s a good thing that I got all of that out of my system early on, and married someone who fulfills my desires. I’m fine with monogamy. But that doesn’t mean that desire just disappears. It’s almost like a…
In an act of bravado, my wife and I went out last night to see a movie. A grown up movie. Inception. I was stoked because of the positive buzz in my social media streams. We each knocked off work early to rendezvous at home and head out. She picked a theater in a fancy part of town and we arrived early to grab some appetizers at PF Changs. But there was an hour wait. So we went to Dean…
Is it real?
Let’s get right to it – I don’t give a damn about unlocking badges or stockpiling points in a virtual game that involves people I’ve never met visiting places I’ll likely never visit. Which is not to say that Foursquare isn’t relevant. It is. Folks everywhere are now experts on how to manipulate the service for commercial application. Stuff that most anyone can learn with minimal effort, rather than attend love-in conferences on the topic. But I’m not here to…
