A day off
I’m taking a day off to hang out with my family. Normally when I do this, I schedule a blog post anyway, but this week that just ain’t happening. So […]
Author: John
Serendipity and transcendence, or the art of getting lost
In Georgia, like in most places, the times when the weather is spot-on perfect are brief and fleeting. A few days in spring, a few days in fall. Yesterday was […]
An introvert’s guide to working from home
I bathed today, and shaved. Unfortunately, due to the combination of several factors, this is a big thing. These several factors: I’m an introvert. Suzanne is out of town, so […]
With apologies to Robert Pirsig
As some of you guessed from my last post, I’ve been a little stressed out. But lucky for me, I have some motorcycle maintenance to do. Motorcycling, for me, has […]
Unfinished business
I hate unfinished business. Maybe that’s why I’ve usually had a scorched-earth policy when ending romantic relationships. Anything else seems like there are too many loose ends. Even this blog […]
Curls in the squat rack
…or what I learned from Planet Fitness I was reading an article from some muscle rag yesterday, and it mentioned someone doing shrugs in the power rack. And of course, […]
Nobody’s happy, and that’s okay
I’ve been fighting a battle I knew I couldn’t win for the last couple years with a longtime colleague. At times it’s gone from out and out aggression to being […]
Writer’s block
“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” – Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. In a way, […]
Pretty boys and hypocrisy
I’ve never had any patience for pretty boys. I was reminded of this the other day when I saw a young man in my gym spend a good 15 minutes […]
Georgia ghost town
Normally I’d do one of these posts using the photo gallery on this blog, but I want to tell more of a story than just photo captions. We got up […]