#maxblogchallenge

I’ve been working on this little project at home for the last couple of days. Finishing all my beer. It’s not as crazy as it sounds, there was only eight to begin with. I was inspired by a couple of factors: – Recently, on my weekend, I read a blog entry of this blog buddy of mine about his month of dialed-back-drinking.   It was the second friend-quaintance to tell me about their Octsober.  If…

So…here I am, abandoned by the Silver Fox again.  This time on a month-long adventure to Spain with Sallory. Me, with no one to drink wine with but Mistress Myrtle the Mean.  All that’s left for me in life is sharing my gift of Oregon-bred passive-aggressiveness. Er…I mean, write.  Nothing to do but write. I figure there’s no better time to flesh out this placeholder draft that is earmarked as a…

Not just because this happened…did I decide this needed to be subheaded Unicorn Edition.  But also because I fin my unlikely group of attendees at the situationally Friday Monday Night Supper Club to be unique in so many ways that they are unicorns in their own right. I considered subheading this Full House as a cute entendres about the two married, gay and (most rare, at least in PDX) monogamous…

And Then…?

I’ve been working on my first post in about a month.  It’s going crazy, so I thought I’d try a lil MAX Blog Challenge post on my way to work today. Also, it’s 4:05 in the morning. But, looking for inspiration on my way in to work today, two things came to mind: First, I’m thinking about trying to leave at noon today.  Normally, Mondays are my “short” days…usually 6:00-3:00, since I have…

If you hang around me long enough, you’ll hear me say – in a strictly non-pejorative way, I swear – “Either you’re part of the solution or you’re part of the problem”. Or something like that. After writing about the pending increase in Oregon’s Bottle Deposit last year, I knew that I was a part of the problem and committed to action.  In my own charmingly procrastination prone style. $.10 a can…

That’s Just So Carlos!

Today was a tough day at work, falling somewhere between “complete shit” and “uphill battle”. My MAX ride home after 11 hours of giving my nose a good grind put an unexpected smile on my face…but it, too, ended well after getting off to a touch and go start. What I typically enjoy about my time off from work is that it’s solitude.  After spending however long tending to the needs of customers and…

Alright.  You were warned. I almost feel guilty writing on this topic while listening to the always classy Annie Lennox, but that’s all part of the dichotomous nature of Xtopher. Excellent taste in music. And…  There’s also Dad Humor! I really am the complete package. Seriously, though…today is my favorite day of the week. “Monday?!?”, you ask with appropriate incredulity. Not for me, Sundays…