When you’re scooping the litter box, do you ever pretend that it’s a treasure hunt, and you’re sifting for little gold nuggets? What’s that? You don’t? Yeah. Me, neither. There’s absolutely nothing that can make the process any less disgusting.… Read More Hey, Cat Owners….
Last week, I attended Techweek Chicago, as a Happiness Engineer for WordPress.com. Over the course of three days, we talked all things WordPress with the hundreds of people who stopped by. We even sat down with users and helped them with their sites….… Read More Representing WordPress at Techweek Chicago
Every time I hear Counting Stars by OneRepublic, I start singing, “You and me, baby, ain’t nothin’ but mammals, so let’s do it like they do on the Discovery Channel….” Because they’re the exact same song. Try it….… Read More Bloodhound Republic
We randomly passed by these guys as we were exploring Rome. They were pretty freaking awesome, and I ended up buying their CD. Here’s a quick clip….… Read More Hot Gypsy Jazz in the Streets of Rome
I’m not much of a photographer, nor am I a skilled Photoshopper by any means. Point being, these photos are totally unfiltered and unaltered….… Read More Sunset in Cefalù, Sicily
Last week, Automattic’s Store Team had a meet-up in Palermo, Sicily. Here, we are… ahem… hard at work….… Read More Working in Italy
This blog post, titled “How to Find Your Hidden Creative Genius,” really resonated with me. Four years of tireless blogging helped me land my dream job at WordPress.com. But ironically, now I find myself having way less time to write, whether on my blogs or freelancing for various random sites.… Read More Scheduling Creativity
If you’ve read my “polished” blog, then you may be aware of my issues with being an awkward hugger. I admit it, I accept it, I own it. Then this happened last night….… Read More My Continuing Adventures in Awkward Hugging
Here I am, circa 1973. I guess I get my squirmy disposition from my dad….… Read More Jumping on the Throwback Thursday Bandwagon!
Last Saturday, Melissa and I decided to ride the little ferry(-ish) boat that cruises around Mission Bay, and it reminded me of a funny incident from years ago — an incident that perfectly illustrates the plight of male friendships….… Read More Why Male Friendships Are So Complicated and Difficult
An interesting discussion came up with my colleagues at WordPress.com: How accessible should your blog posts be? Specifically, should you make your posts fully visible via email subscriptions and news readers? Or should you use excerpts and the “Read More” tag, so that people have to click to your blog to read the full post? People… Read More How Difficult Should It Be to Read Your Blog?
We happened to be in Vegas during Earth Hour this year, and Jenny shot a cool video of the hotels shutting off their lights. It was fun trying to guess who would be on it, who would lag, and who would be an outright party pooper. Paris… will they or won’t they?
There’s a tapas restaurant down the street that Melissa and I frequent, partially for the tapas and mostly for the sangria. I love tapas. I just hate the inevitable raised eyebrows you get when you tell someone you’re going to a “tapas bar” for dinner.… Read More Enunciation
I’m working on a couple of pieces for WordPress.com right now. They’re too long, so I need to cut them down a bit. If you’re a writer, then you’ll understand exactly how this kid must feel….… Read More What Editing Your Own Writing Feels Like
If your goal is to learn patience, do you fail if you learn quickly?… Read More Self-Defeating Goals
You end up with a lot of scowling.… Read More This is what happens when you hang out with a college buddy you haven’t seen in eight years ….
You know how you’re not supposed to eat undercooked pork? And you know how prosciutto is basically raw pig? Ever wonder how many centuries of explosive diarrhea it must have taken to perfect that recipe?
I can’t believe it’s already been five months since my life took this unexpected and exhilarating turn. And every day, I still think about how close I came to missing it completely. Here’s the story….
Having spent five years now blogging about dating and relationships and three years writing comedy on the internet, I suppose it was bound to happen: An attempt at conflating the two crashed and burned spectacularly.… Read More Choking the Chicken
Pissouri Beach, Cyprus. Sunday: Pissouri Beach, Cyprus. Monday: I feel bad for these guys: And these guys, too, but to a slightly lesser extent (because hey, Cyprus):
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