ride.

When we were in Columbus for the Fourth of July, we hatched a plan with Juan, who still hadn’t been to Pittsburgh to see our house: Come out for a weekend, bring your bike and we’ll spend Saturday riding around town. He came out on Friday, and on Saturday morning, we set out for what… Read More ride.

foul.

It’s not you. It’s me. Just about every single interaction I had with other people today — in the office, on the phone, on Twitter, at the store — left me grinding my teeth. In a couple of instances — like with the clerk at Home Depot who thought suggesting that I get a cart… Read More foul.

freaking.

I used to give myself a massive case of the heebie-jeebies as I drove between Athens and Pittsburgh when Mrs. Crappy was still in school. Between Marietta and Belpre, there is a series of industrial plants  — power plants and chemical plants, mainly — and especially at night, driving by the hulking scaffolds and towers… Read More freaking.