Those who have a basic understanding of Howard Hughes may wonder about the title. Hughes had a well-documented history of terrible obsessive-compulsive disorder, resulting in locking himself up in a hotel room for months and collecting jars of his own urine. Rest assured: that’s not the behavior I’m referring to in the title. As I…
It’s been said that writers get weird inspiration for stuff to write about at the most inconvenient times. For me, that happened last month on my honeymoon while lying in bed watching TV. We had just caught the tail end of The Aviator (a quality movie!) and saw that the next movie on was The…
It was December 31st, 2009, and I was sitting on the floor of an apartment full of boxes. My cats, Rusty and Chandler, wandered around rubbing their faces on the boxes while I leaned my head back against the wall and gazed out my giant living room window for one of the last times. I…
Hi everybody! I am officially back from my honeymoon and wanted to send out a special Saturday afternoon post to you fine people, just to get back into the swing of things. When I first saw the advertisements for Boardwalk Empire, I got a little excited. This show had some very intriguing elements to it….
This Saturday, I am getting married. It’s a pretty big deal. As such, I’m a firm believer in pre-marriage counseling. Many marriages end in divorce these days, so I enjoyed taking the necessary steps to ensure a lifetime of commitment with me and my future wife. Pre-marriage counseling was a key cog in that plan….
