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Category: Shenanigans & Ruminations

Talk #2 with my “Higher Self” (There goes my pretense of normalcy)

Posted on April 20, 2016

This is a conversation I just typed on my computer in the last half hour. It is with me and my “higher self,” or at least, some spirit of inspiration that flowed…

Chaos in “Full Disclosure”-ville

Posted on April 16, 2016

Hello!  It is Saturday morning at 7:03am according to my computer clock.  I awoke over an hour ago, fed our starving, panicky, hasn’t-been-fed-in-at-least-six-years-or-so-she-thinks cat (one of two, the other is very caaaaasual about…

The Blog-Writing Monster Speaks (me want Blog Cookie!)

Posted on April 15, 2016

Okay, so here I am sitting at my computer.  It is Friday night at 8:16pm, according to my computer clock, which is always right as far as I can tell, because it…

This blog’s first guest blogger: My Higher Self (aka Why I’m Completely Crazy)

Posted on April 11, 2016

Hello. My name is CWiggz!, pronounced See Wigs.  I represent Chris’s higher self.  Or you might say his alter ego.  His inner superhero.  Or maybe I’m an angel spirit looking out for…

The Douchebaggery to Badassity Continuum (Where do you stand?)

Posted on April 6, 2016

A long time ago, before I met my wife, I was dating a woman and I remember one time she made a comment about some guy being a “douchebag.”  Maybe I was…

Post #4: Happy Birthday Dad!

Posted on April 4, 2016

Hello, all, and What’s Up! DISCLAIMER: I just came home from a cool experience working with some MCs and artists for a show I’m going to do here in Sacramento in June….

Post #3: How long will I keep numbering my posts? And other inconsistencies…

Posted on April 3, 2016

Okay, so as I set up the foundation (or whatever this is) for this new blog (which is an acronym for “boldly looking odd globally”), I think it’s time to talk a…

Post #2: I have no idea how to do this… (And other words of marketing genius)

Posted on April 3, 2016

Hello there!  Earlier today I started this blog. Here’s the exciting (to me at any rate) sort-of narrative of events: I bought the domain name on Godaddy after making sure it was…

My First Post: The obsession begins…

Posted on April 3, 2016

Hello, and welcome to my blog.  At this moment it is Sunday, April 3rd, 2016, and I am sitting in the office in the back of our rented flat in Sacramento, CA,…

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