Nine years ago tonight I was in a movie theater in San Diego, California.  I was about to do something I'd never done before in my entir...

The other week I got a haircut.  I tend to like how these things look after they've grown out a bit.  And I've lost some weight late...

Every so often someone asks me the question: "Chris, why don't you have someone special in your life?" It's not a bad ques...

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the United States.  And though it has been adopted by a few other countries, the American observation of th...

In the wake of some recent events I'm feeling the need to say something lately, that I've reiterated a number of times before... I h...

  GeekTyrant, one of my favorite websites,  reminds us that this week is the tenth anniversary  of the release of the trailer for Star Wars ...

Cannot sleep.  Mind won't stop dwelling. Like, how I want to believe in places beyond madness.  Beyond cruelty.  I want to believe that ...

In the fall of 1994, I dialed into a friend's bulletin board system for the first time.  If you're wondering what that is, or was, a...

There is both jubilation and lamentation abounding tonight following Congress's approval of President Trump's "One Big Beautifu...

 Something I read on a news/politics discussion forum last night that has stuck with me almost 24 hours later: "The earth isn't goi...

Over the weekend I watched Gettysburg , the 1993 Civil War epic film about the Battle of Gettysburg.  It's one of my most favorite histo...

Had some very good news today!  Wish I could share it but I had to sign all kinds of non-disclosure agreements and whatnot.  But trust me, i...

Had a very vivid dream last night.  It's stuck with me all day.  I can't get it out of my head.  Maybe sharing it will let me be fre...

 It was twenty-five years ago tonight that for the very first time I was sent to a psychiatric hospital. The bipolar disorder had started du...

And hey, I've got a dog too. The Tramp.  Charlie Chaplin's classic character.  Seemingly forever making his way from one set of expe...

Writing my book compelled me to examine a lot of situations that have come about in my life.  Especially where other people are involved.  I...