Martin Luther King Jr. will never mean the same thing to me that he means to my brother-in-law Reggie, nor will he have the same impact on me as on my nieces and nephew. Close as we are, I can’t even claim Reverend King’s impact to the same degree as my sister. I’m just a [...]
Posts under ‘Blood, Sweat, and Cheers’
Hugging my Security Blanket Ball
Short post today; I love you (I do, really. Put this mask on.), but I have other writing to do. So last night, I spoke to Twitter and said: I love my new bowling ball. My new bowling ball hates me and is filing for a restraining order. I think I’ll name her ‘Carla’. Yeah. [...]
What I’ve learned about Bowling
Tonight marks the conclusion of the fall season of the bowling league in which I, my wife, and several of my game-geek friends participate. It’s fun. Shut up. In a way, it’s a weird return to my childhood. While bowling continues to grow in popularity in the U.S., bowling league participation dwindles, but such was [...]
SPECIAL SQUASH CASSEROLE
So there’s this thing Floy-Jean makes around the holidays. It’s generally called “Grandma’s Special Squash”, because No one really makes it quite as good as she does. It’s special. (And be ‘special’ I mean ‘actually a dessert, masquerading as a hot dish’.) Here’s how it goes. 1. Start with 3 lbs butternut squash, peeled, seeded. [...]
Doycean White Chili
Okay, so Grandma Floy (she of the dusting-of-furniture-while-we-move-it) has a pretty rad white chili recipe. I had it a couple-five holidays ago and followed up my third bowl by begging for the recipe on my hands and knees. (To which she was like: “Here’s the recipe, you didn’t have to beg. Food isn’t a secret.” [...]
#NaNoWriMo: Using Time
I’m writing from the Home Office today, rather than a booth at Panera or the front seat of my parked car over lunch hour. I have this lovely wingback chair (secretly also a recliner) in the corner of my office, and it’s in that chair that I’ve tapped out about two-thirds of this month’s project [...]
Habituals Update
It’s been relatively quiet around Casa Testerman for the past week or so. There was a trip to Philadelphia, thick with unexciting wardrobe malfunctions, but otherwise I’m plugging along with writing, reading, and trying to get these damn habits locked in. Lemme sum up: Reading: It’s been a very good month for me as far [...]
In May, I will form a habit.
I’m not always fantastic at practicing what I teach. For instance, a number of my classes have to do with modifying your own behavior (time management, giving feedback, verbal communication, how to not be a pain in the ass for everyone who reads your email, et cetera), so when I talk about what needs to [...]
