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i came, i saw, i conquered…
…my fear that I was somehow going to get up in front of the lovely folks who came to hear writers read stories and vomit all over the podium. I didn’t. I win. Tonight I got up in front of a bunch of...
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it was fun while it lasted, but it didn’t last long
The taxi industry is going to lose the battle for the hearts and minds and wallets of the public. We’re already disliked, what with so many of the drivers refusing fares to the Sunset and Bayview and...
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it’s so loud inside my head, with words that i should have said
I woke up on a better side of the bed yesterday and my brain didn’t get moving for a while. I actually like that part of my morning, where you first wake up and can’t really think until your feet have...
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let’s sway, sway through the crowd to an empty space
There’s a lot of things that I’ve never learned to do, though most of them have been because I’m not interested. Generally, when I’m interested in something – anything – I will go at great lengths to...
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it feels good puttin’ money in your mailbox
As I pulled up to the address my computer had spit out four blocks before, I could see the two of them already standing out front of the restaurant flagging me down. I rolled down the windows just in...
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gotta get it while the gettin’s good, gotta strike while the iron’s hot,...
Today marks the first Oracle convention I’ve worked as a night driver since 2007 and if its anything like prior years, it stands to be the busiest week of the year. Fifty thousand people plus show up...
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silver bells, silver bells, it’s christmas time in the city
The only time of year that I become wary of asking people how they’re doing is between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. ‘Tis the season of some people having a hard time during the holidays. I get it,...
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it poured sweet and clear, it was a very good year
365 posts in a row and I am at a loss for words. It feels so strange to sit here at my desk and type, knowing that I accomplished a goal I had been striving for since I got out of college. The simple...
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