Riddle me this…

Riddle me this…

When I quit my job at a local mental health agency, they invited me to stay on board as a contracted worker to do drug and alcohol assessments two days a week. (Another topic for another post. The assessment, called the GAIN, is insane.) Naturally, when I quit as a...
Camping: a tutorial UPDATED

Camping: a tutorial UPDATED

Are you nervous about going camping before winter comes? Don’t worry. I’m here to help you. If you’re anything like me, you have gone camping very few times in your life because your mom was the type of lady that thought “roughing it” was...
How to kill the mood….

How to kill the mood….

We here at the The Weed household have a thing with nicknames. Or, more accurately, Wife calls everyone weird names constantly. And they usually stick. Early in our marriage, Wife started calling me Anthony. (This was one of many nicknames–the very first of...
Dinner at the The Weed’s and Wrap-up

Dinner at the The Weed’s and Wrap-up

I’ve been thinking about the idea of living abroad. Going to a foreign land and experiencing new things. Being untethered. Seeing new cultures. Eating new foods. Getting a parasite and peeing out my bum bum. You know, the life of an adventurer. There are...
Child-bragging

Child-bragging

So, my sister Jenni and I were having a conversation the other day that got a little out of hand. Sometimes we pretend to be people we’re not, okay? Is that so weird? Is that so incredibly weird that you’re weirded out right now by the weirdness? Well,...