Even If You WFH, Always Wear A Shirt
March 25, 2025
Non-Fiction & WFH & Writing
If I have learned anything in the last five years since COVID, it’s this: even if you’re working from home, put on a shirt. It was the summer of
Depeche Mode Memento Mori at 2
March 24, 2025
Depeche Mode & Violator & Music & Non-Fiction
No, I don’t intend to write one of these for each Depeche Mode album’s anniversary, but on occasion I will post something when it is something I
Remembering My Dad, Roy Diaz
March 21, 2025
Roy Diaz & Non-fiction
11 years… Loss is not profound, it is common, it is ubiquitous, it is mundane. I just want to be able to talk to my dad. And that’s it, really.
One Full Year of OUR GEEK THIS WEEK!
January 22, 2025
Site Update & Writing & Non-Fiction
I suspected the date was coming so I checked just a moment ago, and sure enough, yesterday, on January 21, 2025, was the one year anniversary for
Thoughts On Formatting; RIP “The Daily”
October 10, 2024
Site Update & The Daily & Non-Fiction
File Under: Shit Michael Thinks About I’ve spent a fair amount of time the last 24 hours thinking about formatting, specifically how formatting
Today’s Viewing: Will & Harper
October 7, 2024
Today’s Viewing & TV & Non-Fiction & Writing & Film
Spoiler Alert & Trigger Warning: This entry discusses scenes from the Netflix film Will & Harper in case you have not watched it yet. Let me start
The Only Way Is Through
June 21, 2024
Writing & Non-Fiction & Motorcycle
Roughly 10 or so years ago when I first started riding, I was uncomfortable going much faster than 45 mph. I realized such would be fine on back
365 Days of Sammy
March 30, 2024
Samson & Delilah & Dogs & Writing & Non-Fiction
Back in 2021 we had to say goodbye to our beloved dog, Samson, not even a year after losing his sister, Delilah. This is a loss that affects me far
Finding Your Catharsis
March 28, 2024
Writing & Non-Fiction
“…to sleep, perchance to dream…” I have long since passed that age where I realize that there is more track behind me now than lies before me. I
Kurt Cobain at 50 (republished)
February 20, 2024
Writing & Non-Fiction & Kurt Cobain & Nirvana & Gen X
I wrote what follows on February 20, 2017, on what would have been Kurt Cobain’s 50th birthday. Obviously Kurt died by suicide at 27, a lifetime
On Death…
January 22, 2024
Writing & Non-Fiction
I think of death all of the time. I’m ashamed to admit that I am a bit obsessed. Not the death of others, well, sometimes, but definitely not
Depeche John
January 22, 2024
Writing & Non-Fiction & Family & Depeche Mode
In the summer of 1988 my Uncle John, just 23 years old, was killed in a car accident. I don’t recall all of the particulars, something about a car
Mackinac
January 22, 2024
Writing & Non-Fiction & Family
It was the summer of 1984. I was 10yrs old, dorky and clueless as I’ll ever be, and for some reason oddly passionate about The Ghostbusters film. As
Defeated
January 22, 2024
Writing & Non-Fiction & Family
The light turned green, my right foot applied pressure to the accelerator as my 2004 Pontiac Vibe slowly inched forward into the intersection.