Aug
02
Approximately two years ago, Dan and I planted a jalapeño plant and a habanero plant. They grew, and they grew, and then they flowered… but our apartment didn’t get enough light (or heat) for them to bear fruit. So they sat, for years, just barely hanging on. Until we moved into this great apartment that [...]
Aug
26
People often make rash assumptions about me. For instance, people often assume that because I’m tall, I should play basketball. Then I fall in front of their face and they reconsider. But until they see me fall/drop something they believe me to have wasted years of potential talent. Talent I promise I do not have [...]
Jun
28
This weekend Dan and I journeyed south to Morehead City on some wedding business. It was a great weekend, full of the unexpected and a lot of fun. My two brothers, Reid and Ryan, and my father and stepmother were there the whole weekend, and Dan’s parents joined us for Saturday. On Friday we were [...]
Jun
13
One of my favorite restaurants in the south is Hyman’s Seafood in Charleston, South Carolina. I love the town of Charleston, and don’t have the opportunity to go as often as I’d like. My favorite thing to order at Hyman’s is the fried dolphin fish (mahi mahi) with hush puppies and collard greens. With a [...]
Jan
18
When I was a kid, our family friend, Captain Fred Cates, used to take us fishing on his beautiful sports fishing boat. Capt’n Fred was actually my grandfather’s friend. The former mayor of Hillsborough, he is a bastion of hilarious stories about my parents and grandparents. He also spent all of my elementary and teen [...]
