This blog was written on July 26, 2007

Last night, at around 9:00 p.m., I was almost certain that a beetle had crawled into my pants.

Now just to be clear, I was sitting on a sidewalk which was full of beetles at the time, so it wasn’t the most absurd possibility. At any rate, I could’ve sworn that I felt something move in my pocket. I jumped up, startling the person standing across from me, who watched in curiosity, and then amusement as I shook my leg (I thought I felt the beetle slip down from the pocket), then furiously untie my boot (I was certain that it had fallen into the boot from the pants).

As I struggled with the last loop, he came over and asked me if everything was alright. I said no, and that a beetle got into my pants... Continue Reading

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Ten years ago I was working in a nice, artificially lit office in Washington D.C. It was a small company, with not more than two dozen employees, and it was located in an upscale part of town. I’d get in around 8:00 a.m., sit at my desk, pound away at the keyboard until noon, go downstairs to the food court, bring my food back to my computer, and then continue working until leaving for home at around 7:00 p.m.

If I remember right, the commute was about an hour, so by the time I finally got to my apartment I was starving. Lucky for me, I didn’t know how to cook, so I always had a healthy supply of store-bought pre-made food... Continue Reading

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