Several months back I wandered by the neighborhood used book store. Curious to look at the paperbacks they had on sale out on the street, for 50 centers or a dollar, I…
Author: Chris
Vindicating the Profit Motive
What’s the most infamous word in the English language?? I’m not talking about an expletive. We all know this word, and it does not objectively represent a bad thing. In fact, it…
Yosemite: the Sequel!
Thirty years ago, I went backpacking in Yosemite. I was seven years old. Each year at my school in Pleasant Hill, California, we went on a week-long camping trip. That year we…
Why this is incredibly stupid… (Don’t try this at home!)
Hello there! Okay, first things first. By writing this post, exactly 23 minutes after my last post (actually, I’m just guessing), I am breaking an unofficial rule of bloggers everywhere (that I…
The Prodigal Son Returneth…
Hey all! Yes I am alive! Woo-hoo. Writing on this blog for the first time in about 75 years. That’s because I took a portal through space, travelled light speed for awhile,…
Book Selling: Neal Stephenson’s “Seveneves” and Stephen King’s “On Writing”
Note: I wrote this post a million years ago (well 3 months ago), but never posted it, as I haven’t updated this blog since then. Hello there! Another triumphant (we hope) blog…
My Magical, Difficult Backpacking Trip in Yosemite
Introductory Note: I wrote this a week ago but for some reason didn’t post until now. Probably was being perfectionistic, trying to “get it right.” That’s the irony of having a profoundly…
Healing Begins Now (Or Childhood Tales of a Crazy Crazy Mind)
First of all, I really don’t want to write this post. It scares me. It’s a relaxed Saturday early afternoon, I could go buy the razor refills I need, that will be…
The Two Pennies That Became Twenty One Million Dollars? (Or Why It’s Not Okay to Quit Anything That Matters To You. Ever.)
This morning I must have been in a very thoughtful mood when I found the two pennies on the ground during my morning jog. Because the thought process that ensued was pretty phenomenal. Read on…
Tonight’s Righteous Battle Between Ego and Higher Self: Mr. Trashman and CWiggz Duke it out!
Hello! So here I am, it is now 10:30 on Wednesday night, and I have been having a very enjoyable evening. Tonight an idea for a song occurred to me, and I…