Hey Valerie it’s Me James

I’m not a bad friend; I won’t seduce your husband or talk behind your back, which is, I’m aware, a very low bar, but I’m also not a great one either. I spend a lot of time in my head, some of it spent thinking about my friends, but very little action comes of it. […]

Get A Job

It’s time to JOIN THE WORKFORCE (temporarily) which is the only kind of adult work experience I’ve had. I sat down last year and figured out that in the 35 years Lee was in the Marine Corps, I had 18 paying jobs. At some point, I’d thrown down enough blocks of sod (8 to be […]

I Just Want It To Stop

This was supposed to be an easy one. I called my sister, Emilie, and asked if she would Read an Entire Book Series with me. She seemed like an obvious choice. We share book recommendations, a love of reading, and an understanding that audiobooks succeed or fail based on the narrator. Foreshadowing. I read all […]

The Irrelevance of Rob Lowe, Dewey, and Bigfoot

READ A BIOGRAPHY (OR AUTOBIOGRAPHY) OF SOMEONE YOU ADMIRE So, when I planned to tackle this as my next challenge, I thought it was going to be too easy. I mean, people think I read for a living anyway. But, I’ve started and restarted this post multiple times. I feel like I have reader’s block. […]