Cat v. Roomba

I’ve mentioned before that my cat Chaplin is a bit of a Luddite. Watch him take on another technological marvel. Chaplin and the Roomba from Robert Coats and Vimeo.

what it’s like to be addicted

I wrote this when I was very early in recovery. Addiction sucks. gray never the gleaming brightness of white or the sleepy certainty of black only the fog of gray just gray down go slowly down the spiral no thrilling straight exhilarating plunge not the progress of up slow and constant just down numb avoid [...]

Summer TV on DVD: 10 Great TV Shows to Cure Summer Doldrums

While the remaining shows you watch on network are down for the summer and you’re waiting for the football season to start, you can do what those of us who don’t want cable tv do.. watch the TV shows you want to watch on DVD. Both Blockbuster and Netflix have a lot of shows available [...]

Naming Ms. Amy

I finally went and done it. After a fairly long trip in my tandem kayak (aka the giant yellow war boat) I put it up for sale on Craig’s List and unloaded it. I bought the boat in a perfect fit of impulse buying. My first trip in a kayak and my income tax refund [...]