Mammo Wham

Veering slightly from the proposed theme of the blog, I have to recount my recent experience with having a mammogram. I know, I know, not exactly what people might want to hear, but wait… there is a point to all this. I entered the room and was told to do the normal thing, take everything [...]

The Thai Restaurant Patron

I was at a Thai restaurant the other night and overheard a woman sitting at another table looking over the menu and trying to decide what to have. In the course of her trying to make that decision she said, “listen to this, this one has pineapple, coconut milk, chicken, curry…” And then she uttered [...]

The Concert Goer

Normally I’ll be posting about conversations overheard, intentionally and sometimes not, instead of posting about something I didn’t want to hear, or wished I hadn’t heard. Normally. Here, for this, my first post, I’ve made an exception. Read on… Setting: Keller Auditorium, Portland, Oregon, during the Swell Season concert. Subject: A woman sitting in the [...]