I’m a chronic insomniac (and I’ve tried all kinds of things, many prescribed by doctors, to deal with this). One of the things I do to cope is to lie in bed and listen to podcasts. Sometimes, I’ll drift off to sleep. Other times, I’ll just lie in bed for hours and listen. But at [...]

I’ve been slacking on weekends, I know. But I have a fab new Guy’s Story for you to make up for it.  Today’s story is from SFSingleGuy, the author of the blog’s very first Guy’s Story. Team in Dating “Hi!”, said her message in my OkCupid inbox.  Attractive, brainy, and rides bikes.  That was a [...]

So I was talking with a friend of a friend about a trip I took a few years ago. I took “off” for a month and took a trip I’d been dreaming about for years. There’s a nice little story I tell about where I went, and what inspired me to go. What I got [...]

Today was a glorious day. The sun was shining, there was a cool breeze. And I managed to break away from my computer for a while in the late afternoon and go for a lovely little walk in my neighborhood. While I was out, I overheard the following exchange: Man on the sidewalk, talking to [...]

And now for something completely frivolous – a while ago The Hairpin did a post on the British TV show, My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding and over the past week or so I’ve been watching it on Youtube. I’m not going to give you a laundry list of reasons why you should watch this. Or [...]