The Mindstorm

Category: pity party of one

  • Fall Fail

    Fall Fail

    I dislike this time of year.  It’s not because summer is waning and, here in the Midwest at least, leaves are starting to fall from the trees. It’s not because summer hours at work are drawing to a close (not that I have much opportunity to use them anyway). It’s because I feel like such…

  • It’s Tim’s Party But I’ll Cry If I Want To

    Last week Tim had a birthday.  It was a big one – 17 – that age where you’re still legally a kid even if your stature makes you appear to be a man.  He’d been at my parents house for 10 days and with us all for the Independence Day holiday before that, so he…