In 2021, I started tweeting microfiction about my dog. Here is the complete set: My Labrador weighs 1000 pounds and her teeth are made of solid granite. My dog eats uranium and can jump over...
Things that improve my life
A frugal man’s essentials Back in late October, I made a post about two things I love and one thing I don’t. It ended up being one of my more popular posts, so I’m expanding it today to a full li...
Lacy and the rotisserie chicken
I Years ago, I lived in a very bad apartment complex. The week before I moved out, the property manager1 quit after a resident assaulted her. The day after I moved out, I returned to collect a pac...
The boundary of big
I started thinking of this from a meme that it turns out originates from YikYak, an app I haven’t thought about since 2016. I saw it in the context of fake dialogue someone had put over a Doctor Wh...
Lacy and the vet
First off, let me say that Lacy loved the vet. They would get down on the ground with her, roll around and take her temperature. Lacy loved everyone, but she especially loved anyone who would get d...
Lacy and the gas leak
This is a story about the time Lacy saved the neighborhood. We were out for our walk, a day like any other. Me, my wife, and my big dumb dog (she didn’t know she was a hero yet). We rounded one co...
Why I Became a Foster Parent
One of the questions I get asked most often (aside from “are you colorblind?” — I’m not!) is “why did you become a foster parent?” Like any complex decisions, there wasn’t a single factor, but I’l...
Meeting Lacy
The first time I met Lacy, it was in a PetSmart downtown. My wife had been looking at dogs online for days, and asked if we could “just meet this one”. I reluctantly agreed, on the understanding th...
A partial list of things Lacy ate (by the evidence left behind)
One pit (6 avocados) Shredded cardboard (a family-sized box of granola bars) The zipper part of a zip-lock bag (a gallon ziplock of cookies) Shredded cardboard (an entire sleeve of Saltine...
October 2024 Roundup
Below are things I’ve learned or found interesting in the past month: This 2017 blog post, Reality has a Surprising Amount of Detail. Per this map by Mark Lotto, only 13 states a...