Category Archives: One-liners

Sometimes the price you pay for conviction is standing alone.

Almost a decade has passed since I first began writing here, and although so many things have changed over the years, I find it fascinating that the very first post and the most recent post are essentially still about the same thing. A year and a half later, at least I can say I’m finally …

Continue reading “Change, in retrospect”

When you tell yourself that things will never change, what you really mean is that YOU never change. Insanity is said to be repeating the same experiment time and time again while expecting different results. The turning point in a life of habitual risk avoidance is realizing the biggest risk is to not take one …

Continue reading “An exercise in reframing”

You know what happens when two messes try and get together? You make a bigger mess.

Happiness is learning to live with things not being what you want them to be.

Though snooze is a trusty steed,We never seem to succeedUnhanding that bandit dawn.

Maybe if people made their next year’s resolutions on their birthdays instead of some arbitrary winter day, they’d be more likely to keep them.

At first you’re just fooling around, but then it grows on you.

It’s kinda nice to have a reason to leave work early on a Friday for once. Not to mention a weekend full of friends and fun times. Sometimes you have to remind yourself not to take it all for granted.

There are certain offers we make only when we’re fairly confident that no one will take us seriously. Is there anything I can do to help? Does anyone want the last piece of pie? We should go out for a beer sometime. Will you marry me? But boy, you sure can get in a heap …

Continue reading “Writing blank checks”