Category Archives: Current Events

Today is the beginning of the end. I walked into the classroom this evening – the first day of my final college course – and was immediately deluged with memories of my first day of my first college course. It … Continue reading →

On this, the 58th anniversary of Buddy Holly’s death, I finished reading The World We Live In. My great-grandmother, who had owned the book for over thirty years, gifted me the large, heavy, rust-colored book on this day in 1991. … Continue reading →

February is a better month than January. Mostly because it’s around ten percent shorter. At least February is honest with us. January sneaks in with duplicitous joviality – kicking off with a party and then spending the first day as … Continue reading →

As part of my efforts to be viewed as a non-shitty parent, I walk with Owen to his jiu jitsu class on Monday evenings. It’s only three blocks from the Zimmerman Compound and, when he first enrolled, he walked there … Continue reading →

I get on these self-improvement kicks. If, by “improvement” I mean “indulgent.” Right now, I’m on this kick of watching lots of movies. Every once in a while, I remember that I haven’t seen all of IMDb’s Top 250, or … Continue reading →