For some reason when I read this comment this clicked for me: maybe it's more about finding someone who is interesting, rather than finding someone who is interested. That is, if you're just having conversations with people at a film discussion or an art class or some event at a library or a wine dinner at a…

One of the things I've learned over the years with my partner is that she needs to know it's ok for her to be sad and I love her no differently because she feels sad, as much as I want for her not to feel sad. Sometimes when setbacks hit (usually work stuff) she just needs to be bummed for a while. And I have to deal…

I used to do something like this when my dad was on the east coast and mom on the west coast. It ended up being really relaxed. Granted, this was almost 20 years ago and air travel is a much tenser thing now. But then, everyone was in a pretty good mood, Christmas morning was a relatively quiet time so there were few…

Dropbox, f.lux, Caffeine, Cobook, iTunes Helper.

Yeah, always good to team up with someone who has the right overlapping chore preferences!

I would probably get to that if I thought it further through.

This is the one thing where I'm like "I don't get it." Everyone has their things. I can let laundry pile up for a while but dishes I do every night. It's the ritual for closing out the day. I do all of the dishes that have collected since the previous night, set up the coffee for morning and clean the kitchen…

That's adorable and will certainly be useful to someone with an anxiety disorder.

On the one hand, some interesting ideas about how to think about time and energy. On the other hand, after reading the open of the blog I found I couldn't really think about taking advice from someone who constructed their life like that. I'm not saying she should do things differently or that I do them better, but…

Lots of people trust valets, though, without thinking about it.

That's just utterly fucking decent and brought tears to my eyes. Well done human people of Oak Harbor High School.

Because we want different stuff than that. It's not complex.

BOOBIES

We were too tired and our friends had gathered at a local sushi bar....so we went there and had a great time. We skipped the hotel, too and stayed in the guest room at my mom's place where we held the wedding and where we'd stayed prior to it. At the end of the day (literally) we just wanted to be where we were…

They are terrific live. I saw them in Seattle in 2000 with my wife (well, then....I have no idea what we were then...but together somehow). It was one of the more fun shows I've seen.

Was literally listening to that when I read this. And I agree, Crazy is really good. I'm also a real sucker for Hello City too...the combo of beat poet music with really good harmony.

It really was a far cry and it does seem like someone was wrecked about something. Though for me, Brian Wilson hit a point in my life that gives it hooks into me much deeper than anything on Stunt.

Barenaked Ladies! (So showing my age on this one....I love them.)

Sometimes. But that's not really the point :)

Yep, single most important thing I learned in the course of my marriage. "I"m sorry" is a hugely important thing to be able to say sincerely especially when you don't think you're specifically in the wrong. It really does (if you meant it) show that you care about the other person's feelings.