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April 30, 2014

Woozy from too much woo

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I am pretty sure I will look back on yesterday as a turning point. I think I already am, actually, if I'm blogging about this. What am I...
April 28, 2014

Best advice I've heard today: Go crazy!

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As I sit staring at my computer, trying to dredge up something worth blogging about, I listen to Prince's manifesto Let's go Crazy ,...
April 23, 2014

The chronic malcontent hedges some bets

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If I could have any life I wanted, this would be it, pretty much. I've got a great little apartment (aside from an ant infestation probl...
April 20, 2014

The chronic malcontent cavorts on Easter Sunday

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When the sun shines, people in Portland come out of their burrows and cavort. On Easter Sunday, they cavort in fancy clothes. I just got bac...
April 17, 2014

The chronic malcontent goes undercover

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Yesterday I left the Love Shack at 4:00 p.m., intending to catch a bus to downtown Portland. Of course, as usual, I failed to check the bus ...
April 14, 2014

Isn't a lovely day? Too bad I can't let myself enjoy it.

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It's spring for another day in Portland, and then we are back to the norm (rain). Rain is our year-round season. The only thing that var...
April 09, 2014

No one is immune to the plague of being human

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My favorite days are days when I don't have to go anywhere, and no one calls me. (I'm not saying those are good days, just that they...
April 04, 2014

Overlapping realities in the grocery store customer service line

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Today I ate my last four eggs for breakfast, which triggers an automatic foray to the store. (Yes, I eat four eggs for breakfast every day, ...
April 02, 2014

Introversion is not a disease

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Today, as one of my marketing activities, I sent an email to a marketing guru here in Portland. I will let him remain nameless. You might kn...
March 31, 2014

The ants in the Love Shack are taking no prisoners

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I decided to take the day off. From what, you ask? I know, it's not like I'm working. But I spend a lot of time working toward getti...
March 27, 2014

Win a battle, lose a war

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Are you sick of ants yet? One last post, and then I'm done with the ants, I promise. After finding ants in every room, in places I...
March 22, 2014

If you can't beat 'em.... eat 'em

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The ants in my kitchen discovered a flaw in the security system I devised to protect my compost bucket from marauders. I did not realize tha...
March 18, 2014

Once again we wait for news of the end of the world

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When huge airplanes go missing, it gets my attention. Despite continued attacks by the ant hordes in my domicile, I find myself distracted, ...
March 14, 2014

This time it's ants and dogs... well, one dog

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Last night after blogging, I enjoyed an evening of network TV and congratulated myself that I'd won the ant war that has left the Love S...
March 13, 2014

Who does networking better: people or ants?

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As I recover from the minor trauma of having my breasts squashed between two plastic plates by an overly enthusiastic technician, I reflect ...
March 10, 2014

Turn here

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I spent a couple hours today working on my first lesson plan for the Marketing course that was supposed to begin tomorrow evening. That'...
March 08, 2014

The chronic malcontent gets on with the business of living

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I'm pleased with myself tonight. If I weren't so tired, I'd be typing this dancing. Well, maybe not dancing, but shuffling. Why ...
March 04, 2014

It must be spring! The chronic malcontent has been swarmed by ants

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It's that time of the year again: the season when I subsume my own needs and desires to the whims of the insect overlords who inhabit th...