Tonight, as part of our attic cleanup, I processed a box that I’ve probably not seen since I put it up there in, oh, 1995.
Category Archives: Life
“Funemployment” During a Government Shutdown
Lessons learned from previous periods of unemployment.
Clearing Out Those “Someday” Projects
We’re downsizing in preparation for moving house in a couple of years. To that end, all those boxes in the attic and all those projects in the closet now have to be reckoned with. We thought we’d get to them “someday.” And so, right on its own schedule, “someday” has arrived.
Final Thoughts on Montaigne
The final passage from Michael Perry’s book, Montaigne in Barn Boots: An Amateur Ambles Through Philosophy.
Amateurs Amble Through Philosophy
The only thing more fun than reading Montaigne, it seems, is reading what others say about Montaigne.
On keeping a one-line-a-day diary
As the saying goes, the weakest ink lasts longer than the strongest memory.
Domestic Comedy
Liz: “Thank you for doing the dishes and bringing home all these library books! This is an embarrassment of riches! [Pause] And…I have you!” Me: [Beat] “Just an embarrassment.”