• the Ring’s the thing

    the Ring’s the thing

    Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring…

  • Some Kind of Monster – Part 2

    The following is a re-telling of an event that occurred on the night of Saturday June 8th into the morning of Sunday June 9th 2013.  It is on a very short list of the most shameful experience of my life.  It has taken me literally two weeks to process everything…

  • Some Kind of Monster – a near-tragedy in 3 parts

    The following is a re-telling of an event that occurred on the night of Saturday June 8th into the morning of Sunday June 9th 2013.  It is on a very short list of the most shameful experience of my life.  It has taken me literally two weeks to process everything…

  • An answer to the question “to ink or not to ink…”

    When I first left Charleston and returned to Michigan, I thought a lot about getting a tatoo.  I don;t have any tatoos.  It’s something I have thought about off and on for years but there have been a few mitigating factors holding me back:  could I stomach the pain of…

  • vertigo

    The following is a re-telling of a dream I had the night of May 30/morning of May 31 2013: I was in a library at a college – my college I guess.  I was climbing stairs.  Going up, then coming down, then climbing over some of the furniture, sculpture on…

  • Love Rears It’s Ugly Head

    Love Rears It’s Ugly Head

    I get a call from my attorney Thursday afternoon.  Not one of the paralegals, mind you, but the actual lawyer.  I’ve been calling his office for the last 2 weeks trying to get my summer visitation with The Boy to get put on the proverbial front-burner, since his last day…

  • approaching zero hour

    Time, as it often tends to do, has snuck up on me.  Two days from now is The Boy’s last day of school.  Three days from now will be 11 months since the day I left Charleston; and I don’t feel any closer to being “officially divorced” than I did…

  • A question of trust

    A question of trust

    This is definitely uncharted territory for me. I know I haven’t been in very many relationships in my life, but this is the most insecure I’ve been in any relationship I’ve ever had.  Not once, not for one second, did I ever question the STBX, or doubt that she loved…

  • Worlds collide

    As I spent Tuesday and Wednesday nights at The Auteur’s house, it started to occur to me just how much our lives are starting to intertwine.  Of course, this is probably normal for this stage of any relationship; but the accelerated pace her and I have been on seems to…

  • Hacked!

    About one month ago, I was singing the praises of match.com to anyone who would listen. After all, I met The Auteur through match. She alone has made a supporter of online dating sites. Out of respect to our budding relationship, I decided to cancel my match membership a few…