Consider the wording here: “taller than most” – not “gigantic” or “freakishly tall” or even “uncommonly tall.” Granted: at 6’5” I’m a very tall person… but that’s it. Very tall. Next topic please. No, I would not like to field six or seven more variants of the “how tall are you” question, thank you. No, … Continue reading Being taller than most
Month: February 2017
Review: Cilantro
No. Thank. You. Wait… let me back up to provide some historical context. Records of the usage and cultivation of cilantro date back to a time pre-Ancient Egypt but it was first brought to the British colonies of North America in the mid-1600s. Relatively large-scale commercial cultivation of cilantro coincided with the increasing popularity of … Continue reading Review: Cilantro
Precious children
Goddamn children. Insufferable children. Sometimes I wonder: “I used to be their age… Was I ever this terrible?” No – no I wasn’t. Sure, as young bosses my big brother, RJ, and I concocted our due share of tumult, but we always maintained an internal barometer for “ok you’re just being an asshole now” which … Continue reading Precious children
True Jest 