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  • LOST: my inspiration. FOUND: this stuff…

    LOST: my inspiration. FOUND: this stuff…

      So I just told you in my boat post that I’ve been struggling with finding “inspiration.” That’s pretty harsh, but it’s true. I’ve been actively searching for, but (largely) failing to find, things that excite me. Apologies in advance for sounding like a total jerk, but I’ve been going through a big period of “blah.” I’m not, like,…

  • Fixing A Hole

    Fixing A Hole

      I wrote over 400 words in this draft. Then I erased it all. Call this “Take Two.”   I’m very proud of myself for writing more in this blog. There was a time, not too long ago (OCTOBER 2017) when I couldn’t even fathom stringing two words together. I was like, in a hole. A hole…

  • Good News! We Can Peel Our OWN Oranges!

    Good News! We Can Peel Our OWN Oranges!

      Well hello, again! It’s another weekly roundup of GOOD NEWS. Funny pictures and happy-making news items to stuff in your eye sockets when everything else on the Internet seems hopeless and depressing.We begin, as we most often do, with a personal update. Because you love meeeeeee, that’s why you’re here! First up, I bet…

  • Is This The Greatest Yodel-Based Power Ballad In The History Of The World?

    Is This The Greatest Yodel-Based Power Ballad In The History Of The World?

    Yes.   Wait, you wanted more than that? Bring it on, bring it on, I’m a dreamer.   “Yodel It!”, the Romanian entry to the Eurovision song contest, is so good that it makes me forget that I’m an American, and my country is falling apart while Europe hosts a song contest. “Yodel It!” reminds me of…

  • Currently… in March 2017

    Currently… in March 2017

    FEELING:  Excited and inspired. I’ve been working for the past …well, a little over a week… nonstop at the studio I was working at a few months ago. I love love love it. It’s so much fun helping out, and every day I get asked to do something that scares me: power tools, tiny details, complicated maneuvers……