I don’t drink alcohol. I was talking to someone yesterday and it dawned on my how many assumptions people make about someone who doesn’t drink alcohol and how every single one of them is wrong in my situation. In my entire life, I have never found another person who abstains for the same reasons I …
Back to Traveling Is it really traveling if I’m going back to where I lived before? I’m back in California helping out with family stuff. I’m glad I can be useful. I enjoy these trips, even if they aren’t to anywhere new. I took the bus this time. I found the experience interesting. It definitely …
When nerds say “No, I won’t fix your computer” preemptively after saying they work with computers A phrase so ubiquitous there are countless stores selling “humorous” knick-knacks with that saying inked on. I can’t even google to find legitimate nerds saying it because it’s only shopping results as far as the eye can see. It’s …
When entering early retirement there were a few things I wasn’t expecting myself to keep doing after escaping the restrictions imposed by having over 50% of your waking life dictated. One of those was waking up early. I am about as far from a morning person as possible. I love the feeling of staying up …
I came up with the idea for Sleep Walk Awake years ago. I had only just finished moving to California from the Midwest. One night I was dreaming about going to In-N-Out, a place I had heard much about but had never been to. The dream burger I ordered off the secret menu was as …