Cary Tennis After Hours

Musings, outtakes and daydreams

Cary Tennis

Cary Tennis
Location
San Francisco, California, USA
Birthday
September 11
Title
Since You Asked advice columnist
Company
Salon.com
Bio
Cary Tennis writes the Since You Asked advice column for Salon.com. He also leads writing workshops and runs a small publishing company. He lives in the Outer Sunset/Ocean Beach neighborhood of San Francisco with his wife Norma, who is a painter and book designer, and their two standard poodles, Lola and Ricky.

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March 08, 2012 02:31PM
“Thanks. That was cool. Just right.”
About: AA, San Francisco Style
March 23, 2011 01:33PM
“Good story well told. Thanks. Too bad about that bias against therapy. It's not like that here in SF -- or maybe I'm just too dumb to notice. I absolut…”
About: Poor Charlie Sheen's Meltdown
February 22, 2011 01:26PM
“These are good, sensible comments. They mirror much of what I had suspected. I appreciate it. We're working on it. Thanks to everyone. Sorry it took me…”
About: What's wrong with my Web site? What should it do?
November 11, 2010 12:34PM
“Nice piece. I say ask. And keep making these mistakes. They're the best kind of mistakes.--ct”
About: When Helping is an Ethical Quandary
September 23, 2010 06:07PM
“I love Gainesville! And I love Melrose! Me and my hippie friends from high school are gathering in Melrose next month! Yay, Millhopper! Yay, Paines Pra…”
About: Letter from Gainesville: We Are Not All Crazy
August 30, 2010 01:15PM
“Hmmm. Kinda makes me wish I had more nerve pain. But that's silly. I was too much of a pothead. I had to give it up. I can't handle it. I can't do drug…”
About: Research Confirms That Marijuana Reduces Nerve Pain
September 05, 2009 11:38AM
“It is our great sickness made visible. I mostly try not to look -- at suppurating wounds, pustules, venom-swollen madness. all made visible for our del…”
About: On Being Hated In a Nation of Assholes
September 02, 2009 01:58PM
“Gotta say I'm very moved by this and remember well my years of joblessness and it brings it all back and I do/will/must speak about people's unhappines…”
About: You lost your job? Good for me!
April 03, 2009 02:47AM
“OK, me and the solipsist are both going to bed now. (Central time. sheesh. why is any part of florida on central time?”
About: This wheelchair's on fire
April 03, 2009 02:44AM
“Oh, my god, I'm not the only one here! yikes! well, ok, yes, appreciate that. We are getting him out of there as soon as we can get 24-hour coverage at…”
About: This wheelchair's on fire
April 03, 2009 02:43AM
“Who said that? Man, these people with their comments.”
About: This wheelchair's on fire
April 03, 2009 02:43AM
“Hey, *dude* I'm just saying it's like hella juvenile, nitwit. like get in your car and go drive around somebody else's parking lot. *dude*”
About: This wheelchair's on fire
April 03, 2009 02:42AM
“And what do you know about it, dumbass? You think you know what is in this guy's head? You think you can just read one post and know what's in his head…”
About: This wheelchair's on fire
April 03, 2009 02:41AM
“these other comments are idiotic. those guys have no idea what he's trying to say. But I understand. He's trying to say that in spite of his exhaustion…”
About: This wheelchair's on fire
April 03, 2009 02:40AM
“ultimate in self-involvement, commenting on your own post, and yet ...”
About: This wheelchair's on fire
April 03, 2009 02:39AM
“what the hell is he talking about? sheesh. oh, wait. that's me.”
About: This wheelchair's on fire
March 30, 2009 10:18AM
“that's so cool. i'll be in florida this week too! any meetups in Ft. Walton/Pensacola/Panama City type area? future of online community indeed: the flo…”
About: Florida OS Meetup - The Lunch
February 12, 2009 04:49PM
“Yep, came from the workshop -- over at sandra's house, actually. gotta do something with this stuff, right? and maybe it would become a song. that would…”
About: Whatever wants to be written
February 12, 2009 04:36PM
“Hey, me too! A beautiful piece, Lorraine! Karen! We are all calling out to you! And *you* thought *I* was doing *you* a favor by doing the Colgate gig!…”
About: Ribbons Undone.... For Karen, Who is 51
October 24, 2008 03:28PM
“Um, it's kind of a long story. Short version: she collapsed on the beach in Hawaii while on vacation, the nurses asked if they could have her organs, b…”
About: I may even post a photo
August 13, 2008 03:07PM
“yeah, great work, Denise. I sort of saved a guy's life once. Later he sort of screwed me over. But he did thank me for saving his life. Sort of.”
About: Red Flag Day
May 02, 2008 12:31PM
“So I leave california for fort walton beach, fla, and am behind on the laundry, and pack no underwear, and so having arrived in fwb go to k-mart for un…”
About: Could we talk about the weather… please?
February 04, 2008 03:38PM
“does this stuff that we're doing just messing around, does this stuff ***go live*** when the thing goes live, or do we start all over then? because, u…”
About: Welcome, Alpha testers!