Night On The Town A couple of weeks ago I went to this open mic night. I’d been to a couple, and they are always interesting. If you’re paying to see somebody, then you have a much higher expectation of having a good time, but you’ll also see somebody who is going to […]
Divine Child Origins
Called Me In A Panic A friend of mine called me a couple of weeks ago and absolute panic. She told me she was pregnant. She said a whole bunch of other stuff, terrible was happening, but she couldn’t really calm herself down enough to explain exactly what was happening. So, I went over to […]
Punishment Of Evildoers
Three Month Probation I’ve a friend who was a programmer a long time ago. He’s probably still a programmer today, but when he first got one of his first jobs, they told him that he had to go through a 90 day probationary period, which he was okay with. But after a couple of […]
Future Visions
Restaurant I’ve been going to this restaurant for a few months now, and I just noticed something about it that I hadn’t noticed before. It’s kind of strange when you do this. You see the same area the same place many, many times but until something specific is pointed out you’ll never notice it. […]
First Supernatural Kingdom
Where’d My Toastmasters Go? A couple of weeks ago I went to my local Toastmasters meeting to give a speech. I had been practicing this speech for a couple of days. I was excited to give this speech, but when I got there there was no Toastmasters group. My Toastmasters usually meets or they […]
Science and Metaphorical Resonance
Tale of Two Teachers When I was in junior high school had two science teachers. Both of them were completely different. The first guy is what you might expect a science teacher to be. A junior high school science teacher to be. He was kind of a typical doofus geek type of guy. He […]
Your Super Genius Brain
Unexpected Aquarium A couple of weeks ago I went to a very interesting aquarium that unexpectedly opened in my neighborhood. I’m not a particularly huge fan of aquariums. They’re nice to go to. I like to spend an hour or so walking around looking at the various types of fish, but they’re not something that […]
The Transitionist
Woman From My Building There’s a woman who lives near my apartment. She lives in the same building, she parks kind of close to where I park and sometimes when we’re leaving we see each other. Sometimes when we’re coming back we see each other. She seems friendly. We each usually nod to each […]
Post Hypnotic Suggestions
When Blind Dates Were Blind A long time ago I went on a blind date. This was back when blind dates were really blind dates because it was before the Internet and you’re going to blind date because when you friends set you up with somebody and you didn’t actually know what they looked like […]
Comfort Zone Expansion
Boy Scouts When I was a kid my parents thought it was a good idea, would be a good idea for me to join Boy Scouts. First it was kind of cool we’d meet every Thursday night to Boy Scout type stuff. Then we started going camping and that was kind of cool. We […]