The Divided States of America

His skin is only a couple of shades lighter than burnt sienna as he takes the stage. I always notice his hair, it looks like dried up yellow cotton candy. His wife follows a few feet behind, pretty but unsure of herself, how disrespectful it seems that he never waits for her. She is […]

On Letting Go…

As I’ve been recently preparing, both physically and mentally, for a life-changing move in a few months, I have been doing a lot of reflecting, so forgive me if I wax a little nostalgic in this post or become a bit too preachy. You know how it gets when you start looking back, thinking that […]

Hopes For An Adequate New Year

It’s that time again. When we celebrate a new beginning for us all, when we begin to reevaluate certain aspects of our lives, when a bunch of A-holes crowd up my gym for the next few weeks as a result of their ill-fated yearly resolutions to “get fit in the new year”. Face it. You […]

Bang Bang

Does anyone remember when the whole country would stop after a mass shooting? Like, everyone paid attention. Everyone knew the details and cared about it. Not that we don’t care now, but it seems like we’ve become so desensitized to shootings these days, because they happen so often. Now we just mention it, almost in […]

Cups, War, and Our Collective Sanity

Can we all stop listening to Adele’s new song long enough to discuss an issue that’s plaguing this country?…an issue about cups. Not the Solo cups you see extras drinking out of in the background of a Miley Cyrus video, not Star Wars collectible cups, not even bouncy D-cups. I’m talking about the most controversial […]