I’ve read several articles over the last couple of years about the surge in cookbook publishing. Seems like everyone and their dog has published a cookbook with many of them touting the virtues of a particular diet. Those are the ones that bother me the...
Continue reading...A Healthier Me – Obstacles
I really dislike it when someone tells a person they only have excuses for not eating healthy or exercising. I think saying that to other people is dismissive and degrading. It’s ignoring the nuances of a person’s life or their way of thinking. It seems...
Continue reading...Can Clothes Describe A Life?
I woke up this morning thinking about my closet. Not my physical closet specifically as much as the clothes that are in it. I got laid off from my job over a month ago and since then I’ve worn the same pair of jeans almost...
Continue reading...A Healthier Me – Step 2
There are many ways to measure one’s health and I’d like to use all of them. There’s the general emotional and mental health and that’s one I’ve got a sharp eye on since I can easily fall into a deep depression. I’ll know how I’m...
Continue reading...Surviving Unemployment – Career Woes
I want a break. Not a 4-day weekend-get-out-of-town-thing, I mean a real break. I want to take four months off of worrying about finding a job or having a paycheck. Why? Because I have no idea what to do with the rest of my life...
Continue reading...Easy-To-Make Recycled Wrapping
I love a beautifully wrapped package. In fact, I can often be way more interested in how the present is wrapped than what is actually inside. Several years ago, I started gathering up wrapping paper, bags and ribbon for presents. I have always attempted to...
Continue reading...A Healthier Me – Step One
In architecture, the very first step in the process is clearly identifying and stating the problem. It took me a while to understand why this was necessary but after a while I realized that it really is impossible to solve any issue unless there has...
Continue reading...He Said It Better – A Commentary on Current Architectural Style
When I started writing and put in a section on architecture, I wanted to write about the follies and silliness and stupidity that I see all around me. I wanted to write about those quiet buildings that don’t seem to get the attention they deserve...
Continue reading...Surviving Unemployment – Depression
There is no way to sugar coat the depression that can tag along with being unemployed. I’ve done a pretty decent job of holding it at bay for almost a month, that’s pretty good for me. I thought that I was going to be relatively...
Continue reading...If I Were President – I’d Be A Leader
That sounds silly doesn’t it? The President is supposed to be a leader, we think of him (because it’s always been a him, not because it always has to be) as not only the leader of the country but he is referred to as the...
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