As is the case with all important conversations, it began with an innocent remark and all but ended with tears. Continue reading
Month: January 2011
Regarding Rollerderby Rooting
StandardLike 100% of the human population, I have preferences.
I’ve been called a snob about some of these; I’m rather elitist when it comes to my music choices, picky about the food I eat, and judgmental about politics.
But nowhere are my rooting interests more clear than sports. Continue reading
Resolutions and Reasons
Standard“What’s your resolution?” she asked.
“To not make any stupid resolutions I’m going to break in a week,” I answered. Everyone at the party agreed it was the best resolution anyone there had offered.
That was moments into 2004; seven years later, I offered the same reply to the same question, because it’s pretty much the correct one. (This is not unlike how I tend to answer questions that start with “Why” which I don’t want to answer with “Reasons.”)