Posts tagged "family"

October 16, 2016 9 Comments

The Big Move in Retrospect: Everything good and the bad about moving from Indianapolis to Chapel Hill

We moved around a lot when I was a kid, so I didn't really have a home town. There were two years in Indianapolis, four in Virginia, two in Maryland, back to Indiana for two more years, until we landed in Louisville, Kentucky where we stayed for eight years. (Thank, God.) The summer before I... [Read More]

August 15, 2016 23 Comments

Soon I’ll be back home again in Indiana

The short version: I was trying to move across town, but I've decided to move back to Indiana instead. The long version: Last year my apartment complex introduced a mandatory amenity plan that costs $125 a month on top of my normal rent. The plan includes cable TV, cable internet, and valet trash, and although... [Read More]

January 19, 2016 11 Comments

The great thing about feeling angry, and how it changed my life

I used to joke that I had five levels of anger. I'm fine.I'm fine.I'm fine.I'm fine.I WILL KILL YOU AND EVERYONE YOU LOVE AND RAIN SULFUR DOWN UPON YOUR HOUSE!!!! While this always got me some laughs, it was true. Recently I started to think I shouldn't have two levels of anger disguised as five.... [Read More]