Despite the wonders that are delivered by digital music today, sometimes I really miss lying on my back on a shag carpet, eyes closed, two huge stack speakers aimed at my head, listening to a quality vinyl record played over excellent analog equipment.
One day I wish to retire to a dictionary.
Sometimes I come untethered.
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Sir @ March 16, 2011 # 18 Comments
This week’s installment of the IndieInk Writing Challenge was submitted by Nicollette, who asks me to recall ‘a moment you were your absolute worst to someone, but they forgave you and how it made you feel towards them and about yourself’. Difficult on a number of different levels. I clearly need to start writing about [...]
Sir @ February 24, 2011 # 6 Comments
In an effort to plug myself back into the ‘write something other than the driest of scientific blah blah’ arena, I’ve decided to throw my hat into the ring with the talented folks at Indie Ink. The ring in which my hat now sits consists of a group of writers issuing challenges to one another [...]
Sir @ November 29, 2010 # 2 Comments
Something you hope to change about yourself. And why. I trust no one. This complicates everything. Or rather, it complicates everything potentially important. And trust is a big idea here. I trust certain people plenty. I’d trust a handful of people with my life. I did this for a pretty good stretch of time, actually, [...]
Sir @ November 28, 2010 # 4 Comments
What if you were pregnant or got someone pregnant, what would you do? If I were pregnant, I’d invite biomedical researchers from across the world to a conference, wherein I would stand on the stage, spread my arms wide, and scream, ‘OK, PEOPLE. HIGHEST BIDDER. WHO WANTS A PIECE OF THIS?’ If I had gotten [...]
Sir @ November 24, 2010 # 4 Comments
Make a playlist to someone and explain why you chose all of the songs The last time that I saw you alive was 23 years this weekend. I was a newly-minted freshman in high school and you were in the 5th month of bone cancer’s incubation. Most of my regrets are of the petty and [...]
Sir @ November 16, 2010 # One Comment
Someone or something you definitely could live without Doubt The picture that you’re left with from the last day of your rat year at VMI is that of a hand reaching down from a muddy plateau to help someone up a sheer slope to freedom. Tell me, any of you, what a day without this [...]
Sir @ November 4, 2010 # 6 Comments
Something you have to forgive someone for I have a great relationship with my mom. Let’s just get that out there first. I never knew my real father. Those of you currently gasping or doing spit takes as a result of that sentence can relax. It’s a non-issue with me now and has been for, [...]
Sir @ November 1, 2010 # 8 Comments
Something you hate about yourself For a majority of my life, the honest answer to this question was ‘everything’. I wasn’t really sure why, but that seemed beside the point. Fortunately, some really bad stuff happened later on that forced me to realize what a boob I’d always been. This is certainly not to say [...]
Sir @ August 23, 2010 # 9 Comments
A couple weeks ago, I experienced what could be considered a breakthrough in the lab. I’d found the solution to a persistent problem that had, to that point, kept me from answering larger and deeper questions. This led to the proving or disproving a few established hypotheses and scientific progress was suddenly marching gloriously forward. [...]
Sir @ May 29, 2010 # 4 Comments
There was a guy that I roomed with for awhile at VMI. The second semester of our first year we ended up in the same room together with a ‘jock’ and an evangelical as foils to our prior-service background, meaning we’d each been enlisted for awhile. That first year at VMI is both a good [...]