American politics seems to be in stasis. It's not quite gridlock, where nothing gets done at all. Instead, its government by autopilot. ...

I wasn't happy with my life when I turned 30. I was divorced, stuck in a job I hated, had too much debt, no savings to speak of, hadn...

When I was a kid, I looked forward to a snow so I could stay home and play. Now, I keep my fingers crossed for a snow day so I can stay home...

Today marks my 500th day on My Fitness Pal. Cheryl and I ran 5k on the Al Beuhler Trail in Durham, the first time we've done 5k on hi...

So, when I said Cheryl and I would be building up to run 5k, I didn't think I'd hit the goal before the end of the first week of the...

As of today's hike on the Eno with Cheryl, I have logged 1001 miles of physical activity in Endomondo. About 450 is biking, another 450 ...

Earlier this month, I was invited to take part in an event at the main branch of the Orange County Library called The Storyteller's Gift...

"All over the States I wandered, and into Canada and Mexico .  The same story everywhere.  If you want bread you’ve got to get in harne...

On my Dragon Prophet blog , I've been chronically my reading for 2013, when I was trying to focus on reading classic novels that I'd...

As readers of my other blog know, I've been focusing on reading (and sometimes rereading) classic literature this year. As the end of th...

Last weekend I was a guest at Capclave, a speculative fiction convention in Maryland. I wound up on two panels about superheroes, one about ...

The debate among pundits seems to be that President Obama's handling of the situation in Syria was merely incompetent or outright idiocy...

It was 365 days ago that I downloaded MyFitnessPal on my smartphone and made the choice to turn my life around. I put in my weight that fir...

I read a lot these days about wealth disparity. One frequently sighted statistic is that the top 10% of households control 75% of the total ...

On Friday, I was given my annual performance appraisal. It was pretty positive all around, with high marks for my troubleshooting prowess an...

Last year, North Carolina voters passed a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. I voted against the amendment. I think gay marriage...

In a discussion last night, I was informed that the government employees who review the phone metadata and the internet data collected via P...

This morning, I read the second most depressing thing I've yet read about the NSA data collection "scandal." I put scandal in ...

I'd hoped to get under 220 by now, but it's been a slog just to lose the last pound I needed to get rid of to say I'd lost an ev...

One side effect of losing a lot of weight: It can be a little expensive. I've lost eight inches from my waist size, closing in on ten. I...