More than meets the eye

I love driving from the Eisenhower tunnel, down through the Rocky Mountains and into Denver (my home town). As you go barreling down I-70, you round one mountain, just to see another, and another and another. And just when you think that you are forever trapped in this rocky landscape, you round a curve and […]

Integrity or Exhibitionism

I was talking with my therapist last night. The subject as always was on religion. About half way through the hour, I realized that we were not on the same page. I was talking about my anxiety about being honest about my spiritual state with people I am close to. I told him I really […]

Peace

I am having a tranquil day. My most ambitious projects are already done (turn the garden water supply on and fill the tree gators). My wife is out of town and my son is playing contently with his new friend. As I write this, I am looking out the window on a gray Saturday morning. […]

Self Loathing in Northern Virginia

I took my wife to the eye surgeon today to have her bi-annual checkup. I always have to drive her because they dilate her eyes and she cannot drive home. While I was in the waiting room, I got an email from a colleague asking me to have my team work the weekend. Now I […]

Super Glued Friendship

Yesterday, I met with a friend that I had not spoken to because of an argument. He had told me over a year ago that he was sorry, but I was not ready to hear it. I probably “accepted” his apology at the time. But my hope was that I would never see him again. […]

Fun with the Apocalypse

Who said the end of the world would not be fun. According to people at my parents’ church, Barack Obama is the anti-Christ. Thank goodness! All of the other anti-Christs from my childhood were so mean. Henry Kissinger was kind of grumpy. Nixon was too evil. Clinton was too messy (especially on blue […]

Thanksgiving or mutterings of the ungreatful

I have no profound insights. Our Thanksgiving was OK. We have no family in the area, so it was just the three of us. We went to Clyde’s for lunch and saw the movie Madagascar 2. Today we are having dinner with our friends. We will likely play Canasta late into the night. […]

The Stranger

Billy Joel had a song in the 70’s about the stranger. The Basic idea is that we all have an alter ego that no one would recognize. And while I have a dark side like everyone else, I find that a Ben Folds Five song resonates more with me, The Best Imitation […]

12 Hours to Membership

So yesterday afternoon we were going to celebrate Jenn’s birthday since on her real B-day we are going to be at the clinic all day. Then we remembered, we had a membership meeting that we had to attend at our new church. Normally, I would not have rushed into membership. But since Jenn is […]

Noodle Salad

I want noodle salad. Watch the clip and you will understand. At my old church, I attended a Men’s retreat. We were in small groups and the leader asked everyone to share the greatest moment of their lives. Without exception, all of them said, the birth of their child. That my […]