Author Archives: didofoot
Real estate daydreams
I was glancing at house listings and found this little gem: “Nestled against redwood grove on the west, with creek along northern boundary. Private gate into the grove. Large, level yard behind home.” Awesome, right? A creek, and redwoods, and there’s nestling happening…hard to beat! Then you come to the next, entirely unexplained sentence in … Continue reading
Pollyanna
Do you ever take a moment to feel grateful that you don’t have a cold? I recommend it. Just take a deep breath through your nose. Isn’t it great? While you’re at it, give a little love to any part of you that doesn’t hurt. Flex your toes, reach your arms over your head, whatever. … Continue reading
Train
Gene’s heading off to Europe next week with Clark (his dad). I would go, but, you know, that’s the three week period when New Moon is released on DVD, so it’s just not really a good time for me to be away. One of the many exciting activities they have planned which I am totally … Continue reading
Here’s what I know…
“I tried revising my monster book,” I told my dad. “It was awful. Just terrible. It turns out I have a really hard time writing an original monster hunter, since I’ve never been one or met one.” “Write what you know, eh?” my dad said. “I told you that.” “So now I’m writing a book … Continue reading
Some stuff I did in Philadelphia
– Ate goat tacos – Drank raspberry beer (but not with the tacos) – Met a zombie prison guard – Participated in a Jewish temple ceremony – Rediscovered the marvelous prose of Shirley Jackson – Had gourmet cupcakes from two different places – May have told some people that my fiance is Amish – Hung … Continue reading
I am here to scare you straight-man.
I was surfing around this morning and started reading a humorously ironic article about a racially-motivated MUNI fight. At first I was kind of entertained by the author’s ironic use of archaic racial slurs, but after a few paragraphs, when the terms kept coming, I started to realize that maybe I was reading an actually … Continue reading
adventures of a housespouse
At the grocery store today I was loading my items onto the conveyor belt when the check-out guy in the next aisle leaned over to my check-out guy and started urgently talking to him. “Just calm down,” said not-my-guy. “Calm right on down. Everything’s going to be cooool, man. No need to get upset.” I … Continue reading
be a very wary bear
Saw an article today about a recent march held in SF with the headline “March raises awareness.” I love that “raising awareness” used to be a step on the path towards getting people to act and has now become an end in itself. It is awesome how many things I am aware of now: breast … Continue reading
Awkward
I’m starting to worry I might have made myself a reputation for being an awkward drunk. I know the solution: stop drinking at social events. But I don’t want that to be the answer, so I keep looking around for some other option. So far, all I can come up with is to start drinking … Continue reading
Call no man happy until he is climbing rocks
Just when you thought you could not love David Belle more, he goes and says something adorable: “I feel that when I move around God is looking down upon me from high. If he looks at me, I have nothing to be ashamed of. I am not doing anything bad. He will see a human … Continue reading