How am I? I am fine. Thank you. How are you? How am I? I am fine. How am I? I am peachy. Fine! Good! Wonderful even, and a bit tired of the whole world asking me this question. But I think I might miss the ubiquitous question of “Hello. How are you?” asked often…
Why did the coffee taste bolder today, the prickly burrs less tetchy and the -ituses of life feel less inflammatory? How come the sun shone with postwar respite? Why did it seem like all the trees cast knowing winks? Today the unmistakable crisp of societal rebirth was in the air. Had a UN body gathered…
Home Home is tomato sauce from mom’s pepperoni rolls that no one registers enough to tell me I’ve something on my face, stuck in my beard the smell of her baking wafts like an opiate cloud that lingers in labored expressions on the pugs who will always know their needs without the muddling of articulation…
My days in rural Kenya have fallen in a a routine, a necessary state of affairs if I’m to do what I’m setting out to here. The passage of time is marked by dinosaurs. Each morning as Anita prepares tea and breakfast, I ask her to pick a color. She picks red, yellow, green or…
I had planned to get mucho done today in the order of computer required work. I even wrote myself a list. Tomorrow, Calvin, Tyler and I are jetting off into the off-the-grid wilds of Maasai Mara National Park, so I was trying to cram a week’s worth of work in a day. It’s 3pm here…
You know how the morning after a night of unkempt raging you cradle your hangover in your hands and swear to yourself and anyone unfortunate enough to be around you that “I’m never drinking again!”? That’s how I felt in the immediacy following the publishing of both my poetry collections. After each was finally ready…
Loving The Leave I love leaving Pieces of myself Everywhere There is a man Who is completely content To play checkers Until a forgotten Fanta cap skips Over its overtaken Sprite and Coke Counterparts Becoming the only Moment worth Recounting. Later When the Diligent details Call to mind The moment One possibility In a billion…
How many articles have you read whose thesis is “Facebook and other social media monsters subtract from compelling real world interpersonal interactions?” Every week I read about or meet someone force feeding this argument like it were doctrine. Brandlady.com explores these “broadly recognized” negative effects of Facebook touching upon Facebook addiction, being deprived of real world interactions,…
6 Innovative Things To Do With Coffee Grounds 1. Put them in your enemy’s mustache wax (beware Comic Book Dan). 2. Going for that I’m-a-misunderstood-artist-working-as-a-barista aura and aroma? Mix coffee grounds with body soap and lather, rinse then repeat until desired potency is achieved. Also acts as exfoliant. 3. Talk on the Internet says that you…
Let’s start with some good news. This person, somehow, call it divine intervention, call it dumb luck, call it superpowers, did not go blind: The bad news that’s coming is so bad, so so incredibly mortifyingly horrible, that I think we should all jack ourselves up with some more positive news and thinking before I drop a…
