Friday Chicken #302: Gerbil Tag

Where I cover the good and the hard in my week, visiting the non-preachy side of ritual and self-reflection. It is Friday and we are here. {a breath for Friday} What worked this week? GERBIL TAG! Gerbil tag is this made-up word/concept that was a huge help to me this...

Everything is a Costume

The other day I had one of those impossible-to-describe shivanautical epiphanies that is so beautiful and simple that it almost can’t be said out loud. But I am saying it anyway. It went something like this, but it wasn’t just words. It was deep inside my...

I survived SXSW.

And all I got from learning things the hard way was this lousy t-shirt. If you’re not up to speed, I just got back from four wild ragtag days in Austin, Texas, where I was supposedly attending that one internet conference. I have a conflict here. On the one...
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