Utterly Predictable

I know I’ve talked about my levels of exhaustion a lot over the past few months. Between school, work, kids, and everything else life has tossed our way, 2022 has been a whirlwind of activity. …And then we bought a bakery… This past weekend was our first weekend in both owning a bakery, and having…

If you’ve been following this space for any length of time, you’ll be well aware of how much I absolutely hate marketing. I worked as a salesman for a few months of my life, and ever since then I’ve had an incredibly bad taste in my mouth for anything remotely sounding like salesmanship. Marketing, obviously,…

So, while I had been incredibly excited to make a return to writing regularly once school was done, it’s turned out so far that I’ve done nearly zero writing, outside of in this space here and some marketing materials for the new bakery. I’d love to get mad at my wife for making my post-school…

It’s the game that took the world by storm, only to have its inevitable purchase cause everyone to get up in arms about all of the changes they perceive to have happened since that date. Wordle! If you haven’t played Wordle, it’s a simple little word puzzle game, similar to Code Breaker or Mastermind, where…

As we near the moment in which my wife and I take over ownership of a cute little café/bakery (which, assuming all goes well, should have happened a few hours before this post hits the site), I can’t help but feel a little sentimental. While I’m not the kind of guy who should be owning…

As I write this, I’m sitting at the precipice of a big moment. A moment in which my wife and I sign away our lives to a little coffee shop/bakery that will, by all means, define the next few years (at least) of our lives. It’s an exciting moment, but also one that has caused…

Harold took a deep breath in through his nose and held it, wondering if any of this was actually worth it. “Okay, now exhale through your mouth,” the oddly calming voice with a British accent said from his phone. Harold did as he was commanded, feeling that all of this was stupid, but also knowing…

“You know, it’s really getting cold down here,” Fred said to Ethel. “Like, really cold.” “It’s always cold down here, Fred. That’s what happens when the ground freezes.” “Right, yeah, I get that. I know.” “Do you, Fred? It seems like every year when we get to this time of year, you start complaining about…

As I sit here waiting for my grades from school to come back, so I can know whether or not I’ve actually completed all my coursework and can be approved for graduation, I’ve come across a metaphor for school that has helped me explain to myself my current state of ongoing anxiety, even though I’m…

For the past few months, my wife and I have been holding on to this big secret. Something huge. Something exciting. Something which will ultimately send our lives into an entirely new level of chaos that we can’t possibly comprehend at this point. And, I’ve been using this secret as a way to troll my…