I’m in this beautiful place now, but had a couple of rough nights battling a small army of mosquitoes. The insidious buzzing of these insects in my ear can keep me up for hours. As I hear that high-pitched whiny zzzzzzzzzzz approaching I feel my blood pressure rise and my visceral instinct for destruction...

I’ve had a few proposals this year to either adopt a lone cat who needed a home, or take care of one for some time in a foster care-like situation. I like the idea of having a pet, but I worry a lot about times that I travel, coordinating pet care, etc. I kind...

So I biked to my new office today for the first time. I’ve biked to other offsite meetings, but the new building I work in is surrounded by freeways and frontage roads and hasn’t seemed very appealing to get to until now. I just want to say that it was awesome and full of...

So I’ve got these rotting boards on the outside of my house that have been making me nervous. They leave the house exposed, and I’m imagining mold and insects and all kinds of other stuff coming in. I want to fix it. But they don’t make these boards anymore so I’d have to switch...

My friend Brendan is featured in just about every story I’ve told in public. So many wacky adventures we’ve had together. I just got the news that his mom, who I always considered kind of a second, cooler mother to me, died on Thursday. I’m so glad that I was able to see her...