Category Archives: Musings

What age do I act?

You Act Like You Are 26 Years Old

You are a twentysomething at heart.
You feel like an adult, and you’re optimistic about life.
You feel excited about what’s to come… love, work, and new experiences.
You’re still figuring out your place in the world and how you want your life to shape up.
The world is full of possibilities, [...]

Illicit love

I admit it. I know it’s wrong, in so many ways, but I cannot help myself. I’m in love.
Perhaps love isn’t the right word. I don’t love SUVs. I don’t love the idea putting hundreds of dollars toward gasoline every month. I don’t love spending thousands of dollars on new cars [...]

Mediation

I was not looking forward to today and had no illusions about the likelihood we’d reach an agreement. To my surprise, we did. My attorney says the divorce could be final next week.
As I sit here alone, surrounded by people in a busy restaurant and sipping a glass of very nice Lebanese wine, [...]

My son the Dungeon Master

From the New York Times yesterday (via boingboing), a tribute to Dungeons & Dragons creator Gary Gygax, who died last week. The accompanying article’s discussion on how D&D informs our world is, perhaps, the most lucid explanation of geek culture I’ve ever read.
We live in Gary Gygax’s world. The most popular books on [...]

I have a unique personality

From my Pei Wei fortune cookie the other day—I have a unique personality.
Well.
I’ve been pondering the wisdom of this statement since then, trying to determine what, exactly, makes my personality unique.
A friend mentioned that the fact I’m pondering this is one of the things about my personality that is unique. Then she laughed.
I heard [...]

The most awesome baby name ever

Poesy Emmeline Fibonacci Nautilus Taylor Doctorow
Announced on Boing Boing by her dad, Cory Doctorow.