God Hates Me

The allergy I forgot about

If I had a Med-alert bracelet my allergies would read: cats, walnuts, penicillin, nature, fragrances and stupid people. I’ve just remembered that I should probably add “dog snot” to the list - something I forgot about until an unfortunate situation occurred.
Yesterday, I played with Fats while peering at Townie Baby, then went to Emily’s [...]


Winter allergy fun

A week ago it was rainy and dreary, this week it’s hot and somewhat miserable. If I don’t leave the house, the heat doesn’t really bother me, because it’s always cold inside.
Well, the unusually warm weather has triggered all sorts of terrific allergies to deal with. I didn’t think to pop an allergy pill [...]


Heat waves hate me

If heat waves loved me, they would occur on their own time without inconveniencing me in any manner. Unfortunately, heat waves hate me so they’re pretty into making sure they’re going to happen wherever I’m going. After the Pacific Northwest I thought nothing could be that bad - but of course hot weather had to [...]


Conversation with an Ex with Whom It Ended Badly - Part the 2nd

So, this has really got to stop happening….
I ran into that guy AGAIN today. Actually, more precisely, I ran into his daughter in the ladies room at the local bookstore. She looked me up and down and said “Oh. You. Hi!”
“Hello…” I responded. “Nice to see you.” I then [...]


You can now reach me at deathspiral@travelcompany.com

So, for those who don’t know/haven’t guess, I work in travel.  We’ll just call my company Travel Company but you could probably figure it out if you paid attention.  Travel Company is a privately owned, small tour operator that runs group tours to weird places.  Being a small company and being as how the nature [...]