startswithanx | August 24, 2010
Jake and I took a little stay-cation with Penny recently in Mt. Charleston. It’s just 40 minutes from Vegas, but looks and feels like we boarded a plane, jumped on a snowmobile and hopped on a ski lift to get there. During a hot Vegas summer, that just means there are mountains there and no one’s cracking eggs over the [...]
startswithanx | July 7, 2010
I’ll never forget the time I watched a frantic mother pace back and forth in the customer service area of Target while a guy in a red polo shirt held a walkie-talkie next to her. He repeatedly asked her to please calm down, insisted everyone heard his first, second and third intercom [...]
startswithanx | June 6, 2010
Jake and I had a moment Saturday night. He said something to me that I’ve been waiting to hear for a good four years now. Words my friends and family know instantly put sweet joy in my heart and soul. After a long night at the office, he came home, loosened his metaphorical tie, turned [...]
startswithanx | April 12, 2010
Dear Blogosphere,
Why did you leave me? Or did I leave you? So much time has passed I don’t even remember who’s responsible for this separation, but one thing’s for sure: I miss the shiznit out of you.
Whenever something funny happens, I want to fire up the ol’ laptop and tell you about it. Then I [...]
startswithanx | February 11, 2010
Sleep talkers are my favorite. The stuff that’s said during a good sleep-talking session is always so random-tastic and often the kind of stuff that, said in the middle of the night while wearing your pajamas, might seem odd, but if the oracle on The Matrix or Yoda were to say it, it would totally [...]