Hugh Hollowell

On the old bank calendars we used to get every November all of the holidays were in red. I remember being excited because we did not have to go to school on the red letter days.
Today I got to do something I have dreamed of doing all my adult life. It was exactly like I [...]

Just a quick note to let everyone who cares know that for the next four days I will be on the road and will largely be out of pocket. Things should be back to normal on Thursday of next week.
I will tell you all about the trip when I get back… I may have sporadic [...]

Several people have asked about how I got involved in blogging. I have been blogging several places for a while now and the question is a bit complex… basically, a great friend had a blog and I was fascinated. (For more of the gritty details about how I met Jen and all that, I refer [...]

I had a brilliant post planned today. It was brilliant, it was well thought out, it was lucid and cogent. And it is gone.
My ADD kicked in and distracted me and it is gone, gone, gone. One day I may remember what it was I wanted to say, but that day will probably not be [...]

I am fairly apolitical, so fear not, gentle reader; you do not have to worry about this becoming a political rant blog. That is just not how I roll. However, even though I am on a low information diet, I still am inundated with the propaganda from the upcoming Presidential election here in the US.
Have [...]

I know a guy, let’s call him Steve (his name is sooo not Steve, but work with me here, OK?). Actually, to be more accurate, I knew him about 20 years ago.
We were inseparable, Steve and I were. We got in trouble together, we chased girls together, we almost got thrown in jail together. [...]

As you may have been able to tell, I have been thinking a lot about the past lately, an indulgence I rarely grant myself. I am more future based; I always believed you could do nothing about the past, so why think about it?
I turned 35 last month. I woke up and realized I [...]

John Lennon said that life is what happens while we make other plans. I have surely felt that this week.
Over the last week, I have been in touch with 4 old friends, none of whom I have talked to or heard anything from in over 10 years. As I have talked and emailed with them, [...]

I am not sure if the world needs saving, but even if it does not, you need not be a rocket scientist to realize that less emissions is better than more. In my effort to do my part (and to help lose some of this weight that suddenly appeared when I hit my mid thirties), [...]