The Dragon's Pearl Of Great Price: A Brief History Of Sobriety 20 Aug 2013 | 06:31 pm

A bright pearl has entered my constellation of cherished images, joining the likes of the moon and ice cubes and bridges and water and thieves and fire (burn it!). I keep finding pearls in my dreams. ...

iPhone Airplane Ramble Part Whatever 5 Aug 2013 | 07:05 pm

I'm on an airplane to Chicago next to a member of the Chicago roller derby team, which is ranked 2nd in the world. She is also from Grand Rapids, MI, 30 miles from where I grew up. Born so close toget...

15 27 Jul 2013 | 05:46 am

“So you’re 15. For some reason that sounds a lot older than 14.” “I know. It’s weird.” “It’s absolutely insane. You’re approaching a time in your life when many young men mistakenly believe they pos...

Off The Trail 18 Jul 2013 | 11:32 am

All paths are possible, many will work, Being blocked is its own kind of pleasure, Getting through is a joy, the side-trips And detours show down logs and flowers —GS A piece of a Gary Snyder poem he...

Flux, Tattoos, Snakes, And The Irrational Discontinuity Beneath All The Changeless Things 29 Jun 2013 | 06:06 pm

So not much has changed except everything, but most of the distinctions are blurred so it continues to look as if not much has changed. I love crazy ideas that fuck with the obvious. Like, you know ho...

Brain, Child, Redefining This, A Charmed Life, And Your Concept Of God 19 Jun 2013 | 10:17 am

Sometimes you just have to write a post that has no beginning, middle, or end. A post that resists coherence via unified metaphor. A post that begins with a lot of sentence fragments. Because the post...

Nothing's Free 6 Jun 2013 | 11:33 am

Hello Black Hockey Jesus Reader and consumer of absolutely free internet content with no ads. Why are you here? What do you want from me? My heart? My soul? Blood! Guts! Addiction! Sordid Tales of Inf...

Emotional Residue 5 Jun 2013 | 11:23 am

I’ve told some stories about my old friend, Skip, in two meetings during the last week and it’s been going something like this: I was sober for around 5 years when my best friend, Skip, relapsed. I s...

What Missing Can Find 2 Jun 2013 | 10:02 am

When you miss someone you might perhaps find some solace in remembering the cliché that the world, after all, is a small small world and the distance between Las Vegas and Chicago can kind of sort of ...

I Said I'm Charming, I'm Dashing, I'm Rental Car Bashing 5 May 2013 | 01:34 am