This year, while many Americans were getting ready to celebrate love on everyone’s favorite Hallmark holiday, Valentine’s Day, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida were hiding under desks, barricading themselves in classrooms, and pleading for their lives. Normally, I’d avoid such a heavy topic on our generally more lighthearted blog, especially …
Today is my high school/early college ex boyfriend’s birthday. Today I wished him a happy birthday, and was grateful that we are in a friendly enough place for me to do that. It wasn’t always that way. But I bring this up, because I have a lot to thank him for, and you probably have …
Lately, I’ve found that I haven’t been out to see Mr. Bones as often as I’d like. There are a few reasons for that. First is that when you have a ton to do, it’s really easy to point to a three hour chunk of your day labeled “Horse” and say, if I just eliminate …
Hello everyone. It’s been a little crazy on our end this past week or so, due in large part to some tough family stuff going on. Many of you know that my dad is an alcoholic, and has been for as long as I can remember. Last weekend, we had an intervention and sent him …
Seth and I both recently graduated, him with his bachelor’s degree and me with my master’s degree. We went to two different schools and aside from school, Seth maintained one job and I maintained between two and three (yes I am insane). To say it was a challenge to spend time together was an understatement. …
Just imagine me listening to Louie Armstrong and reveling in the idea that future generations will benefit from the knowledge we are gaining every day (“They’ll learn much more than I’ll ever know”) while I write this post. Seth and I both care very deeply about the environment. His degree is in Environmental Studies and …
I heard probably my 300th couple whisper-yelling awful things at each other while bartending the other night. It’s something we’ve all seen and probably even done. I’ve heard women bitching about their husbands. I’ve seen full-on screaming matches. But isn’t there a better way? Every couple fights. It’s a fact of life. You will never …
I started writing my first blog post, got about halfway through, then realized some of you may not know what the fuck I’m talking about, because you don’t have a background in land usage. I decided to instead make my first post about words, word usage, and my opinions about language in general so that …
