Archive for the ‘ life ’ Category

goodbye and hello

So it’s been pointed out to me several times now that I haven’t blogged recently. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. In truth I’ve been taking a bit of an intentional “sabbatical” from writing because, well, because I wanted to. And it’s been nice. I’ve enjoyed stepping away from feeling the pressure to [ READ MORE ]

culture shock

I had a disturbing conversation with Steph this morning that I felt the need to share. It started as an offhand discussion we had this weekend regarding race and marriage and whether or not it was acceptable for people of different races to marry each other. Both Steph and I are from Minnesota, so I [ READ MORE ]

we are the beggars (part 2)

I spent my last post outlining the various methods by which the homeless beg for money – intentionally a little tongue-in-cheek, though I acknowledge that the root problem is truly not at all funny. As I was writing, an interesting parallel popped into my mind that has proven extremely difficult to get out in words: [ READ MORE ]

we are the beggars (part 1)

It was pointed out to me that San Francisco has a lot of homeless people… more than many cities, I presume largely because of the temperate climate year round. As I was wandering around downtown the other night, I couldn’t help but notice the different methods by which the homeless would beg for money. There [ READ MORE ]

random monday update

I’m just going to tell you right now this will be a boring post. If you want to be really bored, keep on reading: I go to San Francisco this week for a sales meeting with a fruit company. That should be interesting. Gotta give props to Flash for the great recommendation on the band [ READ MORE ]

back from the dead

Tim, your car nearly died this week. [I drive Tim's old car] I was backing out of my parking spot on Tuesday, put it into first gear, then went to second, and I wasn’t able to shift from there. It was permanently stuck in second – couldn’t even get it to neutral. I figured that [ READ MORE ]

autumn in five hundred words or more

Autumn does weird things to me. Autumn is the best season of the year, but I find that I’m generally the most dissatisfied with life during these months. Something about the changing colors of the leaves, the coolness in the air, rainy afternoons, darkness coming earlier. It makes me quiet. Autumn is the season of [ READ MORE ]

so much to do, so little time

So I’m starting something new… at Jon’s prompting, I’ve begun my list of “101 Things To Do in 1001 Days”. You can check out the list as it takes shape at burnsheads101.blogspot.com[ READ MORE ]

ashley

Two years ago my friend Ashley was diagnosed with cancer… again. When she was in highschool (before I knew her) she had already had a bout with it, but with a lot of cemo came through it ok. But this time was really bad. It had gotten into her bones and was affecting her spine [ READ MORE ]

oh, by the way…

I applied for a new job within my company a few weeks ago… actually, it was two months ago, literally. That is point of frustration #1, but oh well… I understand it takes time to decide these things. So I applied for the job – I felt really good about it too – figured I [ READ MORE ]