brothers in arms

there must be a rule about bonding immediately with someone who starts the same day as you—whether you're cherries in a far-off warzone or business consultants.

alonenessment

we're a generation of together-alones, each of us sitting with his head buried in the e-device of his choice while surrounded by the rest of us who do likewise.

I forgot what I was gonna post about.

if you have an idea for a blog post, make a note of it. maybe you'll post it, maybe you won't; but at least you won't forget it—which is worse than a poor post.

as good as it gets

what's the baseball-in-person trifecta? I've already caught a foul ball and seen a perfect game (August 15, 2012). does it get better? is there even a trifecta?

hear ye, hear ye:

thanks to their overuse, the following words have lost their original meanings and never again should be spoken: "amazing," "awesome," "great," and "literally."

non-haiku, from Facebook thread

how do you solve a problem like Maria?

how do you catch a cloud & pin it down?

St. Natalie of Demonseed.

my knee is often scraped.

thanks, friends of Natalie Lucio!

if only Burn Notice were...

...the name of both the show and the character, I could say things such as, "get 'em, Burn Notice!" "he's got a knife, Burn Notice!" "it's a trap, Burn Notice!"