One of the great joys of New York City is the truly weird but excellent stuff you run across.  Last weekend Kristen and I saw “Jollyship the Whiz-Bang” in an off Broadway theater.  Excellent.  Sure, I’ve seen puppets swear and have sex before (Avenue Q), but the nautical theme and an evangelist crab added just that much more to this show.  I highly recommend catching it before they close next month.

Voluntarily giving up reading for a week is harder than it sounds.

Had I stayed in the Navy, I would be eligible for retirement in two weeks.

Had I stayed in the Navy, I would be a completely different person than I am today.

People’s concepts of my freelancer/writer lifestyle are much cooler than the reality.

Regardless of those people’s concepts of my life being faulty, my life actually does rock right now and I’m damn happy.

Taking up jogging at 38 isn’t as hard as it sounds.