or, The Hound of... Whatever 

Belief trails
Like an untrained hound dog
Baying his complaints behind the massive behemoths 
Of Faith, Hope, and Love. 
Together they've raced over highways 
Byways 
Parkways
Driveways...
Always behind.

No match for the beast of Faith whose spawn he is,
N… Read full post »

If Monday had been like a Tuesday,
There would have been icecream and cookies involved
(Or at least the thought of it.)
There would have been more sugar, and less
Lemons (in the lemonade that would have been leftover
From that previous Monday.)

If Monday had been like a Tuesday,
There would have been danc… Read full post »

I figured the damage to be around $75.  Maybe $150, at most.  

I could tell my parents it was extra textbook money.  Had to buy a new A&P book.  They'd be so happy that I'd taken the initiative to take a college-level course in high school that they wouldn't hesitate… Read full post »

I'm 30 years old and I've lived in nine different houses and 4 different states.   I haven't lived with my parents since I moved out to college when I was 18.  Even my summers at college were spent working at the medical school of my unviersity.  Undergrad housing was not… Read full post »

Ever sleep so bad you lost your shorts?

Sounds like a bad segue into a mattress commercial.  Yeah.  Can't say I got the best sleep last night.   I'm sleeping on the floor because the A/C in my bedroom sounds like a lawn mower when it's turned on...  and it doesn't… Read full post »

School is in session.  After the first day, I thought I'd post up an elegy to a dying memory.   

Not So Gentle into that Good Week
with thanks to Dylan Thomas

I do not need to be advised
Not to go gentle into that good week
So I rage, rage, against the dying/… Read full post »