Death. It’s pretty much the most important thing in life. It’s important because it’s always looming as the only thing that’s absolutely certain. Everything else is a total crapshoot. Indeed, death is as much a part of life as breathing…
Today, Apple, the most valuable company in the world, unveiled the iPhone 4S. The excitement leading up to the announcement aroused speculation from bloggers, reporters and fanboys around the globe. Even the date of the announcement was hotly rumored all…
As far back as I can remember, I’ve been off-center. Whether it was terrible thoughts I used to have as a boy that eventually got me a week in the hospital with nodes attached to my scalp, or living for…
Yesterday marked the 16th anniversary of the day my girlfriend and I drove up to Vermont for a long weekend. I was carrying a ring in my front jeans pocket. The ring was not unlike the ring Frodo carried, as…
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Back at the end of 2008, I was completely infatuated with Twitter. I engaged everyone in dialogue. I would jump into conversations between people I didn’t know, and debate issues that I probably had no business talking about. But the…
Beck once sang, “Time is a piece of wax.” I have no idea what that means. But I do know that time is a bitch. One day turns into the next, and suddenly you’re in your 40s. If you’d been…