Our (bartered) wedding in pictures
Our September 1st, 2013 almost 100%-bartered wedding in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago… a day of Best Decisions, ending with the best of them all, becoming legal Best Friends. I found out Read more…
Having to buy your Cabbage Patch Doll on layaway, being bald, & getting fired don’t doom you for life
Business plan? Capital? An MBA? Rich-folk/political connections? Skinny-thighs? You don’t need no stinkin’ business plan, capital, MBA, connections, or skinny-thighs. Nine years ago I got fired, had none of above Read more…
Why UPS Would Deliver a Drawing of Yourself to Your Door
**If you have your images turned off or are reading this in an RSS feed, you may want to head to the actual blog to see the pretty images** UPDATE: Read more…
How a lovely relationship has closed my womb
It’s always been a given that I want to have kids. That is, until I came into a loving, healthy, fun, stable, invigorating, hilarious relationship. My interest in and experience Read more…
New Address: Saya & Boyfriend, Chicago, IL
There are two car households. Are there two refrigerator households? My food fills mine, and I’m just not sure there’s room for any beer and chicken fingers. Crossing fingers Boyfriend Read more…
Not every reference needs to be from the WSJ
I would like to steal and claim as mine a line from a well-written and fascinating article about public radio, specifically about the show This American Life – “It’s about Read more…
Only the best intentions
There are many things that when I start them, I have the best intentions. But somewhere along the way… Loading the silverware-holder in the dishwasher: Supposedly it’s better if you Read more…
It’d be nice to refamiliarize with the term “direct deposit,” but…
These are the things I no longer know, since leaving the 9-5 world five years ago for the Land of Self-Employment: Paid vacation days Paid sick days Holiday parties 401(K) Read more…