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Looking Back

If you want to escape conflict, you have to avoid humans. Or die.

Road Ennui

You've heard of road rage. I have road ennui.

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Bugs

The world was not the friendly place I had imagined.

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Home Again

I come back here every chance I get when I'm in San Diego. It feels like home.

A Cautionary Tale

I took a deep breath and picked up the phone. Just the act of dialing calmed my nerves.

The End

There is nothing like being stuck in a nursing home for two weeks to make you think.

Scream

I could feel my need to be the Good Patient kick in. Please the doctor, please the doctor.

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Indecision is like an angry trail horse

How do you reconcile the desire for happiness, creativity, and fulfillment with the need for money?

Why I Spent the Day at the Laundromat – OR – Shit Happens

I wanted to hit myself on the head, over and over. Why did this keep happening?

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Give and take

"Do you have some pliers?" the woman shouted through the closed window. I wasn't about to open it to a stranger.